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Aliases: Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Ponce, Puerto Rico

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Movie Involvements: 4

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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.

Most Famous Work

The Last Fight
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4

The Last Fight

(1983) Self
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
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8
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
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8

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

(2021) Self (archive footage)
From Son to Salsa
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From Son to Salsa

(1997) (archive footage)

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