1983Nominee
Best Performance
The Last Fight
Héctor Lavoe
Actor
Ponce, Puerto Rico
September 30, 1946
Biography
Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez, better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. Lavoe is considered to be possibly the best and most important singer and interpreter in the history of salsa music because he helped to establish the popularity of this musical genre in the decades of 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1976Winner
Best Performance
Salsa
2002Winner
Best Performance
Las caras lindas de Tite Curet
Career Highlights
2021Highlight
Best Performance
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
1972Highlight
Best Performance
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
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Salsa
Las caras lindas de Tite Curet
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)