Today, we offer you a brief biography of H\u00e9ctor Lavoe and the song \u201cEl Cantante\u201d. This great work composed by Rub\u00e9n Blades and Willie Col\u00f3n allowed H\u00e9ctor to be known as \u201cthe singer of singers\u201d. The songs summarize, like few others, the life of the artist from Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About H\u00e9ctor Lavoe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Auteur-composer-songwriter and music producer, H\u00e9ctor Lavoe was born into a modest family on September 30, 1946 in Porto Rico. At the age of three, he loses his mother; this will be the first of many emotional shocks in the singer's life. His father, who played the guitar with local trios and orchestras, gave music lessons to H\u00e9ctor, who enrolled very young at the Juan Morel Campos music school, where he studied solf\u00e8ge and saxophone, but soon felt that singing was made for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Voyage \u00e0 New York et d\u00e9buts dans la musique (1963-1966)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n H\u00e9ctor dreamed of singing in New York, he left for New York where he arrived on May 3, 1963 at the age of 16, where he went to live with his sister Priscilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sur sc\u00e8ne avec Willie Col\u00f3n et son orchestre (1967-1974)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since his beginnings in music, H\u00e9ctor Lavoe has recorded eleven albums with Willie Col\u00f3n, including the last two, The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1975) and Vigilante (1983).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1988, Lavoe continued to give concerts despite his personal problems, in order to promote his album Strikes Back, nominated for the Grammy Awards, which he didn't return a few months later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Voice characteristics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the characteristics of Lavoe's voice is his natural nasality, which he does not simulate when he sings. Another aspect is the luminosity of his voice and its propensity: it is neither raspy nor soft. In addition, he possessed a great singing strength, which gave a strong character to his interpretations. He also had a very effective management of his vocal range, which went from A2 (as we can hear him in some live versions of \u201cLa Murga de Panam\u00e1\u201d, playing the trombone melody), to A4 (as we can hear him in the bolero \u201cTanto como ayer\u201d and \u201cLa retirada\u201d). It had a common two-octave baryton register, ranging from \u201cA2\u201d to \u201cA4\u201d, with a key that allowed him to easily express his high notes. It also had a diction that allowed him to sing long and fast phrases with a great clarity and a good emission, which allowed the listener to understand what he was singing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Singer (1978)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We share here the song \u201cEl Cantante\u201d. Great work composed by Rub\u00e9n Blades and Willie Col\u00f3n, it is thanks to this song that H\u00e9ctor began to be known as \u201cthe singer of singers\u201d. The songs summarize the life of the Puerto Rican artist like few others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n