Héctor Laove
His real name was Héctor Juan Pérez Maritínez. He was born on September 30, 1946 and dies on June 29, 1993. He was born on Puerto Rico. He attended to a music School and there he developed his interest on music. He moved to New york city when he was sixteen. He performed with several orchestras in New York. He became a solist and record many hits like El Cantante, Bandolera and El Periódico de Ayer.
Marc Anthony
Was born on September 16 of 1968 in Puerto Rico. He is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. He have had two Grammy and five Latin Grammy. He has sold more than 12 millions albums worldwide. He has won many awards as in 2009 the Congressional Hispanic Cacus Institute and a Lifetime Achievement Award. He began his career as a session vocalist for freestyle and Underground New York house music acts. He became song writer and backing vocalist for pop acts. His First music record was Rebel in 1988. In 1995 he won a Billboard for his song Todo a su tiempo.
Celia Cruz
Also known internationally as the Queen of Salsa. She was born on Octuber 21, 1925 in Cuba and died on July 16 of 2003. She won three gold albums and was a recipient of the National Medal of Arts. She has been the most influential female figure in the history of Cuban music. She started singing in cabarets, after she started singing in radios. In 1990 she won a Grammy award for best Tropical Latin Performance and Clinton awarded her with the National Medal of Arts.
Oscar D´Leon
His real name is Oscar Emilio León Somoza. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela on July 11, 1943. He had a strong interest in Percussion and he loved playing Latin rhythm. He created a group called La Salsa Mayor. In 1980 he achieved success in salsa music, he visit Cuba in 1982 and he loved the traditional sounds of Cuba music. D´León became the first latino to sign with the BBC thanks to his success in America and Spain, he has also performed in Japan.
Gilberto Santa Rosa
Das aHe is also known as El caballero de la Salsa. Was born on August 21, 1962 in Puerto Rico. His first concert was when he was still a teenager in 1976. He later on was recruited by Grande Orchestra where he became the lead singer.In 2008 he performed in the Madison Square Garden and received Gold and Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.
Rubén Blades
He was born in Panama in July 16 of 1948. He is a musician, songwriter, actor and politician. He also preform Afrocuban Salsa,and Latin Jazz. He created many songs but his mmost famous one is Pedro Navaja. He has won seven Grammy and Five Latin Grammy awards. He was a candidate for the presidency of Panama, but he didn´t won .He is an Icon in his country.
Willie Colón
His real name is William Anthony Colón Román, he was born in New York city on April 28 of 1950. His fthrs are from Puerto Rico. He is a singer, songwriter, American Politician and Salsa musician. His songs talk about social issus. he is consider the architecture of Urban Salsa. He worked with Héctor Leove, making an album. They did the albums El Malo and The Hustler.