Danny Rivera

Danny Rivera can be an outspoken singer/songwriter from Puerto Rico whose career spans many decades and includes several hits, most of them passionate songs within the bolero custom. Born Feb 28, 1945, in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, he started his singing profession young in his chapel choir. Through the past due ’60s and early ’70s, he increased to popularity in Puerto Rico with strikes such as for example “Porque Yo Te Amo,” “Fuiste Mía el Verano,” “Manolo,” “Mi Viejo,” “Yo con la Rosa,” “Va Cayendo una Lágrima,” and “Jesucristo.” After creating himself as a favorite singer of strike songs, he started to launch full-length albums such as for example Mi Hijo (1972), En Concierto (1975), Alborada (1976), Muy Amigos (a duet record with Eydie Gormé, 1977), and Serenata (1979). Through the ’80s Rivera continuing to enjoy reputation and began striking the Latin pop graphs frequently with albums including Así Cantaba Cheíto González (1984), Controversia (1985), Inolvidable Tito: A Mi Me Pasa Lo Mismo Que a Usted (1986), Mi Canción Ha sido Paz (1987), Ofrenda (1987), and Un Día Que Me Quieras (1988). Though his reputation begun to fade following the switch of the 10 years, he remained energetic through the ’90s and beyond. En Vivo Desde un Carnegie Hall (1999) was probably the most effective of his latter-day albums. Pursuing his 2001 arrest for protesting U.S. armed forces exercises for the Puerto Rican isle of Vieques, Rivera released the reserve Enamorado de la Paz (2002), a assortment of poems and journal entries created during his month-long imprisonment.