Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (born 1946)

Héctor Lavoe

Puerto Rican salsa singer (1946–1993)

Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez, better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. Widely regarded as one of salsa’s most important and influential vocalists, Lavoe played a pivotal role in popularizing the genre throughout the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s. His charismatic…