Héctor Lavoe
Birthday
1946/09/30
Day of death
1993/06/29 (46 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Also know as
Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez
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.
Acting
(2021) Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
as Self (archive footage)
(1993) Fania All Stars: Live In Africa 1974
as Himself
(2001) Héctor Lavoe: Historias Verdaderas
as Himself
(1972) Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
as Self
(1983) The Last Fight
as Self
(1976) Salsa
as ---
(1997) From Son to Salsa
as (archive footage)