Performance · Other credits
Ismael Rivera
Santurce, United States
Ismael Rivera is credited on 397 releases across 100 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
397
Pressings credited
100
Albums
8
Decades active
3
In collections
Biography
Ismael Rivera a.k.a. "Maelo" (October 5, 1931 – May 13, 1987), was a Puerto Rican composer and salsa singer.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
397 releases · 100 albums · active 1956–2026
- Performance · 598
- Other credits · 52
- Production · 32
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Bell Sound Studios · VU Recording Studios · Fonografica Del Zulia · Broadway Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Cortijo Y Su Combo
- Various
- Ismael Rivera Y Sus Cachimbos
- Fania All Stars
- La Sonora Matancera
- Orquesta Panamericana
- Celia
- Mon Rivera
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