Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe were some of salsa music’s truly heroic early superstars. Born to a Puerto Rican family in the South Bronx, Colón was extraoridnarily talented trombonist who released his first mega-hit salsa record on the Fania label at age 17. Lavoe was a dynamic vocalist born and raised in Puerto Rico but moved to New York when he was 16. Lavoe and Colón joined forces in 1967 and began to make music at a blistering pace, ultimately releasing 14 albums together. Lavoe lived boldly and brightly but also fell deeply into depression in the late ’70s. He passed away in 1993. Colón became a community organizer, Civil Rights activist, and eventually a professor and politician.
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