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Salsa’s beautiful duo comprised Ricardo ‘Richie’ Ray (b. Ricardo Maldonado, 15 Feb 1945, Brooklyn, NY, USA, of Puerto Rican parentage; co-band innovator, composer, multi instrumentalist) and Bobby Cruz (b. Roberto Cruz, 26 Feb 1941, Hormigueros, Puerto Rico; co-band innovator, vocalist, composer, arranger, güiro, maracas). Ray and Cruz have already been …
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Closely connected with pianist Ricardo Ray for a lot of his career, vocalist Bobby Cruz enjoyed more than ten years of fame being a trailblazer of boogaloo, and eventually salsa, just before receding in the spotlight through the ’80s and refocusing his efforts in Christianity. Cruz started his recording profession …
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