Yomo Toro

Yomo Toro (26 July 1933 – 30 June 2012) was a guitarist and a Puerto Rico cuatro player.

Known internationally as "The King of the Cuatro," Toro recorded over 150 albums throughout a 60-year career and worked extensively with Cuban legends Arsenio Rodríguez and Alfonso "El Panameño" Joseph; salsa artists Willie Colón, Héctor Lavoe and Ruben Blades; and artists from other music genres including Frankie Cutlass, Harry Belafonte, Paul Simon, Linda Ronstadt and David Byrne.

Early Years

Yomo Toro (birth name: Victor Guillermo Toro) was born in Ensenada, within the municipality of Guánica, near the southwestern corner of Puerto Rico. His father, Alberto, drove a truck for the sugarcane mills of the South Porto Rican Sugar Company and played cuatro in a band along with Yomo Toro’s uncles.

Nicknamed "Yomo" by his father, Toro began to play music at age 6.

At age 15, Toro formed the string trio La Bandita de la Escuela ("The Little School Band"). He continued his musical career by performing at events with La Bandita and other trios, all over the island of Puerto Rico, as well as on the radio program La Montaña Canta (The Mountain Sings).

Yomo

Jose Torres Aberu (born June 17, 1980 in Chicago), known professionally as Yomo, is a Puerto Rican reggaeton recording artist. He was raised in Humacao, Puerto Rico. Before becoming a professional artist, he used to work as a handyman on Puerto Rico's Palmas Del Mar Beach Resort.

Musical career

Yomo was born Jose Torres on June 17, 1980 in Chicago to Puerto Rican parents. He spent most of his childhood raised in Humacao, Puerto Rico. Yomo spent half of his live living in a small town in New York called Amsterdam. He is the youngest of three kids. Yomo is the father of 4 kids of three different women. Yomo dedicated his whole CD "My Destiny" to his ex-wife Jainel. While Don Omar and Daddy Yankee were crossing over into the pop international hits Reggaetón Latino and Gasolina, respectively, Yomo was still developing in reggaeton breeding ground. He first started to work with Master Joe & O.G. Black and appeared in their cd Sabotage. His first taste of success came in the form of the hot single '"Déjale Caer To' El Peso and my destiny"', which charted on the music charts and in 2009 with his hit "Descara", which became a hit in the U.S & the Caribbean.In 2010, his song Lio came out.In 2010, he also was nominated for billboards for his song bella calla, which was not released yet but on his webpage This song was also leaked in the web and this song was also another hit.

Willie Colón

William Anthony Colón Román (born April 28, 1950) is a Nuyorican (a New York-born Puerto Rican) salsa musician and social activist. He began his career as a trombonist, and also sings, writes, produces and acts. He is also involved in the politics of New York City and international politics.

Early years

Willie Colón a Nuyorican, born in the South Bronx, New York, to Nuyorican Puerto Rican parents from Puerto Rican grandparents. He picked up the trumpet from a young age, and later switched to trombone, inspired by the all-trombone sound of Mon Rivera and Barry Rogers. He spent some summers at his maternal grandmother’s sister’s (La finca de Celín y Ramón) farm in the outskirts of Manatí, Puerto Rico on the road to neighboring Ciales, Puerto Rico.

At the age of 15 he was signed to Fania Records and at 17 he recorded his first album, which ultimately sold more than 300,000 copies. Due to fortuitous events, the main record producer at Fania at the time, Johnny Pacheco, recommended Héctor Lavoe to him.

Héctor Lavoe

Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez (September 30, 1946 – June 29, 1993), better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer.

Lavoe was born and raised in the Machuelo Abajo barrio of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Early in his life, he attended the Ponce Free School of Music known today as the Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos, and, inspired by Jesús Sánchez Erazo, developed an interest in music. He moved to New York City on 3 May 1963, at the age of sixteen. Shortly after his arrival, he worked as the singer in a sextet formed by Roberto García. During this period, he performed with several other groups, including Orquesta New York, Kako All-Stars, and the Johnny Pacheco band.

In 1967, Lavoe joined Willie Colón's band as the its vocalist recording several hit songs, including "El Malo" and "Canto a Borinquen". Lavoe moved on to become a soloist and formed his own band performing as lead vocalist. As a soloist, Lavoe recorded several hits including: "El cantante" composed by Rubén Blades, "Bandolera" composed by Colón, and "Periódico de ayer" composed by Tite Curet Alonso. During this period he was frequently featured as a guest singer with the Fania All Stars recording numerous tracks with the band.

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