Lavoe moved into the building on the corner of Westchester and Bryant avenues with his sister when he first came to The Bronx from Puerto Rico. Jodi-Juliana Powell • Jun 22, 2025, 9:43 PM ...

Born in Puerto Rico and raised in the mainland U.S., Lavoe worked as a singer and trombonist with fellow Fania Records great Johnny Pacheco and his orchestra.

Born in Puerto Rico, Lavoe moved to New York in the early ‘60s and quickly established himself as the face of the 1970s salsa boom, first as a singer for bands led by Johnny Pacheco and Willie ...

Héctor Lavoe, whose full name was Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez, was a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. He was born on September 30, 1946, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and passed away on June 29, 1993, in ...