Today we share a short biography of H\u00e9ctor Lavoe and the song \u201cEl Cantante\u201d Great work composed by Rub\u00e9n Blades and Willie Col\u00f3n, that thanks to this song, H\u00e9ctor began to be known as \u201cthe singer of the singers\u201d. The lyrics summarize like few others the life of the Puerto Rican artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About H\u00e9ctor Lavoe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Singer-songwriter and music producer H\u00e9ctor Lavoe was born into a humble family on September 30, 1946, in Puerto Rico. At the age of three, he lost his mother; it would be the first of many emotional blows in the singer's life. His father, who played guitar with local trios and orchestras, gave musical instruction to H\u00e9ctor, who at a very young age enrolled in the Juan Morel Campos School of Music, where he studied solfeggio and saxophone, but soon felt that singing was for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trip to New York and beginnings in music (1963-1966)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hector had a dream of singing in New York, Hector left for New York where he arrived on 3 May 1963 at the age of 16, where he went to live with his older sister Priscilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stage with Willie Col\u00f3n and his orchestra (1967-1974)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n From his early days in music, H\u00e9ctor Lavoe recorded a total of eleven albums with Willie Col\u00f3n, including the last two albums, The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1975) and Vigilante (1983).<\/p>\n\n\n\n By 1988, Lavoe continued to give concerts despite his personal problems, in order to promote his Grammy-nominated album Strikes Back, which he failed to win months later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Characteristics of his voice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A characteristic of Lavoe's voice was his natural nasality, which he did not fake when singing. Another aspect was the brightness in his voice and how clean it was: it did not sound raspy or dull. In addition, he possessed great singing strength, which gave a strong character to his interpretations. He also had a very efficient handling of his vocal register, which ranged from A2 (as can be appreciated in some live versions of \u201cLa Murga de Panam\u00e1\u201d, while playing the melody of the trombones), to A4 (which can be appreciated in the bolero \u201cTanto como ayer\u201d and \u201cLa retirada\u201d). He had a common baritone register, of two octaves, ranging from \u201cA2\u201d to \u201cA4\u201d, with a tessitura that made it easy to execute his high notes. He also possessed a diction that gave him the ability to sing long, fast phrasing with great clarity and good delivery, allowing the listener to understand what he was singing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Singer (1978)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here we share the song \u201cEl Cantante\u201d Great work composed by Rub\u00e9n Blades and Willie Col\u00f3n, who thanks to this song Hector began to be known as \u201cthe singer of singers\u201d. the lyrics summarize the life of the Puerto Rican artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n