Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe were very instrumental in Salsa's success during the late '60s and throughout the '70s and '80s. Under the banner of Fania Records, this duo pushed the boundaries of ...

Both are important sonic documents in the history of salsa and are nice to have at party time. Personnel: Milton Cardona: Conga; Willie Colon: Trombone; Louie Romero: timbales; Hector Lavoe: vocals; ...

Salsa music star Willie Colon survived a “life threatening” accident while driving his motor home in North Carolina last week and was hospitalized in serious but stable condition. The Bronx ...

N.Y. -- Patrick Colon, the son of salsa legend Willie Colon, was spared prison time for possessing child pornography, court records show. Colon was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Vincent ...

The foot-tapping rhythms of “Triste y Vacía” by Héctor Lavoe & Willie Colón reverberated throughout the ... and her assistant Samm Andrews set up the speakers for Salsa Night, a dance lesson and ...

Salsa started as a Caribbean phenomenon, but it spread all over the world like wildfire, and its devilish rhythm and sinuous melodies are now universal. At its best, salsa can rock as hard as rock.

Get ready to dance, Orlando! The Orlando Salsa Festival is returning to the Kia Center on Oct. 4 with some of Puerto Rico's most popular artists like Willie Colón and Tito Nieves, among others.

When the song was released in 1989, originally performed by singer Willie Colón, it was banned from radio stations because of its content, but quickly became a salsa classic that spoke to a ...

The feat is remarkable given the fact that salsa’s peak arrived in the late ‘60s, marked by legends Celia Cruz and Willie Colón who cemented the genre as a staple of Latin culture.