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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 …

The flagship act for Fania Information, the Fania All-Stars popularized NY salsa through the 1970s by organizing concerts at much larger and much larger venues (from your Red Garter in Greenwich Town completely to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx) that spotlighted not merely the label’s however the salsa world’s biggest …

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 …