Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 30, 1946
Died
June 29, 1993
Age
46
Place of Birth
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Popularity
0.4
Héctor Lavoe
Acting
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.
Also known as
Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez
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Known For
4.7
The Last Fight
1983 · Movie
0.0
Pa'l Pueblo: Fania for the People
— · Movie
10.0
Salsa
1976 · Movie
8.0
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
2021 · Movie
10.0
Las caras lindas de Tite Curet
2002 · Movie
9.5
Fania All Stars: Live In Africa 1974
1993 · Movie
7.5
Héctor Lavoe: Historias Verdaderas
2001 · Movie
10.0
From Son to Salsa
1997 · Movie
8.0
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
1972 · Movie
Filmography
2021
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
Movie · Self (archive footage)
8.0
2002
Las caras lindas de Tite Curet
Movie · Self (Archive Footage)
10.0
2001
Héctor Lavoe: Historias Verdaderas
Movie · Himself
7.5
1997
From Son to Salsa
Movie · (archive footage)
10.0
1993
Fania All Stars: Live In Africa 1974
Movie · Himself
9.5
1983
The Last Fight
Movie · Self
4.7
1976
Salsa
Movie
10.0
1972
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
Movie · Self
8.0
—
Pa'l Pueblo: Fania for the People
Movie · Self
0.0