Willie Colón and Rubén Blades. Ray Barretto, Larry Harlow and Eddie Palmieri, to name a few. But the imprint that defined the identity of an entire genre eventually succumbed — like salsa ...

Like his friend Hector, Willie Colon's roots lay in Puerto Rico, and we see how they both helped transform that island's folk sounds into full-blooded Salsa, with The Fania All Stars band in New York.

It’s taken 40 years for Celia Cruz and Willie Colón to debut in tandem on ... In between, the queen of salsa, has locked three No. 1s on the tally: Hits Mix (five weeks at No. 1 starting ...

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.

If you liked the track, check out a classic such as La Murga, by salsa legends (and Puerto Ricans) Willie Colón and the late, great Hector Lavoe. The song features a similar, slower tempo and ...

Willie Colón, who received a Lifetime Achievement ... Born in the South Bronx to second-generation immigrant parents, Colon became famous in music circles for fusing the musical stylings of ...

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.

Héctor Lavoe, Willie Colón and Yomo Toro, ‘Asalto Navideño’ (1970) This was a Christmas album with a twist — rather than trot out the Fania All-Stars to do salsa versions of “Silent ...