Biography

Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez, better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. Lavoe is considered to be possibly the best and most important singer and interpreter in the history of salsa music because he helped to establish the popularity of this musical genre in the decades of 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Known For

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

Self (archive footage)

Pa'l Pueblo: Fania for the People

Self

Salsa

Fania All Stars: Live In Africa 1974

Himself

From Son to Salsa

(archive footage)

Las caras lindas de Tite Curet

Self (Archive Footage)

The Last Fight

Self

Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

Self