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Puerto Rican songwriters This is a list of Puerto Rican songwriters. It includes people who were born in Puerto Rico, people who are of Puerto Rican ancestry, and many long-term residents and/or immigrants who have made Puerto Rico their home, and who are recognized for th ...
. It includes people who were born in Puerto Rico, people who are of Puerto Rican ancestry, and many long-term residents and/or immigrants who have made Puerto Rico their home, and who are recognized for their songwriting work. Entries are in alphabetical order by first name. * Americo Boschetti * Ángel "Cucco" Peña *
Antonio CabĂĄn Vale Antonio CabĂĄn Vale, a.k.a. "El Topo" (born November 22, 1942), is a guitarist, singer and composer of Puerto Rican folkloric themes. He is one of the founders of the "new song" movement (Spanish: ''nueva canciĂłn'') of the early 1970s. His danz ...
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Arturo Somohano Arturo Somohano Portela (September 1, 1910 – March 23, 1977) was a musical composer and director of the San Juan Symphony Orchestra, which is now named after him. Early years Somohano, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, had always been musical ...
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Bobby CapĂł FĂ©lix Manuel "Bobby" RodrĂ­guez CapĂł (January 1, 1922 – December 18, 1989) was a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. He usually combined ballads with classical music and was deeply involved in Puerto Rican folk elements and even Andalusi ...
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Bobby Cruz Bobby Cruz (born February 2, 1937), is a salsa singer and religious minister. He was part of the duo Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz. Both Cruz and Ray became religious ministers and as such founded over 70 Christian churches during the time they retired ...
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Braulio Dueño ColĂłn Braulio Dueño ColĂłn (March 26, 1854 – April 4, 1934) was a Puerto Rican musician and composer. Early years Dueño was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At a young age Dueño's father, who also loved music, taught him the basics of music and s ...
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Carlos Ponce Carlos Armando Ponce Freyre Jr. (born September 4, 1972) is a Puerto Rican actor, musician, model, and television personality. Ponce began his acting career by participating in Spanish language soap operas for Televisa and Telemundo. Ponce contin ...
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ArĂ­stides Chavier ArĂ©valo ArĂ­stides Chavier ArĂ©valo (3 September 1867 –1942) was a Puerto Rican pianist, modernism composer, musicologist and music author from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Early years and schooling Chavier ArĂ©valo was born in Ponce on 3 September 1867. In ...
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Daddy Yankee RamĂłn Luis Ayala RodrĂ­guez (born February 3, 1976), known professionally as Daddy Yankee, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, composer, and actor. Known as the " King of ReggaetĂłn" by music critics and fans alike, he is the artist who coined ...
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DrÀco Rosa Draco Cornelius Rosa Suårez (; born Robert Edward Rosa Suårez, June 27, 1969), also known as Draco Rosa, Robi Draco Rosa or simply Robi or Draco, is a Puerto Rican singer, musician, songwriter and entrepreneur. Rosa originally garnered fame ...
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Ednita Nazario Edna MarĂ­a Nazario Figueroa (born April 11, 1955) is a Puerto Rican musician, singer, and composer who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music business from a young age and has released twenty-three (23) studio ...
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Edwin Perez (singer) The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "Æżine" (friend). The original Anglo-Saxon form is EadÆżine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures. People * Edwin of Northumbria (died ...
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Elvis Crespo Elvis Crespo DĂ­az (born July 30, 1971) is an Puerto Rican singer and songwriter of the Merengue genre. He has won multiple awards, including a Grammy and a Latin Grammy Award in merengue. Early years Crespo was born in New York City and was na ...
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Glenn Monroig Glenn Monroig (born April 22, 1957), is a Puerto Rican composer, guitarist, and singer of various types of music styles, such as salsa, boleros and rumba. He is credited with having recorded the first rap song in Spanish. Biography Early year ...
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Gustavo Laureano Gustavo Laureano is a Puerto Rican guitarist and composer. He is best known for being the lead singer of the band La Secta AllStar. Career As a songwriter and solo artist Laureano began his career as a songwriter, together with friend Mark Ki ...
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Herman Santiago Herman Santiago (born February 18, 1941) is a Puerto Rican rock and roll pioneer and songwriter who was previously a member of the vocal group Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. He (disputedly) co-wrote the group's iconic hit " Why Do Fools Fall i ...
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Ignacio Peña Ignacio Peña Vidal (born 21 April 1973) is a Puerto Rican rock singer/songwriter, musician, producer, video director and editor, and multimedia creator. After graduating from Berklee College of Music, Berklee College of Music in Boston, Peña ...
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Ivy Queen Martha Ivelisse Pesante RodrĂ­guez (born March 4, 1972), known professionally as Ivy Queen, is a Puerto Rican singer, rapper, songwriter, and actress. She is considered one of the pioneers of the reggaeton genre, commonly referred to as the Qu ...
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Janid Janid Ortiz, known as Janid, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, actress and reality TV star.Johnathan Dwayne Johnatan Dwayne (born July 31, 1963) is a musician, composer, and artist who introduced the musical concept of art rock into Puerto Rico. Early years Dwayne was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico the capital city of the island. In the 1980s he belo ...
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José Feliciano José Montserrate Feliciano García (born September 10, 1945) () is a Puerto Rican musician, singer and composer. He recorded many international hits, including his rendition of the Doors' "Light My Fire" and his self-penned Christmas song " ...
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JosĂ© Miguel Class JosĂ© Miguel Class Ponce (September 26, 1935 – April 13, 2017) was a Puerto Rican singer who garnered international fame during the 1960s and 1970s. Biography Nicknamed "El Gallito de ManatĂ­" ("Manati's Bantam"), Class achieved fame in Puer ...
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JosĂ© Nogueras JosĂ© Nogueras (born 1951, MayagĂŒez, Puerto Rico) is a composer, music producer, singer, guitarist, and performer of modern-day Puerto Rican music. Early Years At the age of eight, he came to reside in the city of RĂ­o Piedras, during his s ...
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Jose Vazquez-Cofresi Jose Vazquez-Cofresi is an American conga drummer, bandleader, composer and producer of Puerto Rican & Italian ancestry. He is also called ''Manos de Hierro'', literally translated ‘Iron Hands’, a name given to him by a salsa bass player. T ...
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José Vega Santana José Vega Santana, known by his stage name "Remi" (born February 28, 1958) is a singer and clown from Puerto Rico. His career as a clown, spanning over 35 years, began with the group "Los Dulces Payasos" ("The Sweet Clowns") after developing t ...
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Juan Morel Campos Juan Morel Campos (16 May 1857 – 12 May 1896), sometimes erroneously spelled ''Juan Morell Campos'', was a Puerto Rican composer, considered by many to be responsible for taking the genre of danza to its highest level. He composed over ...
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Juan VĂ©lez Juan Antonio VĂ©lez (born August 2, 1983 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter, better known for being the winner of the fourth season of ''Objetivo Fama'', a Puerto Rican television singing talent contest in the form ...
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Julito RodrĂ­guez Julito RodrĂ­guez Reyes (October 5, 1925 - July 27, 2013) was a Puerto Rican bolero singer, guitarist & composer. Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Rodriguez was acknowledged to be a child prodigy in music, becoming interested in this topic sinc ...
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Kany GarcĂ­a Encarnita "Kany" GarcĂ­a de JesĂșs (born September 25, 1982) is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. Born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, GarcĂ­a first appeared on television in 2004 as a contestant on ''Objetivo Fama''. She is widely considered the m ...
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Kaydean Kaydean is a British-American record and TV producer, composer, DJ, record label executive and artist manager.
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Lou Briel Lou Briel (born October 19, 1954, Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican singer, composer, comedian, record producer, pianist, and host, among other things. Musical career Early years with Anexo 3 Lou Briel started his career at a very young ...
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Lourdes PĂ©rez Lourdes PĂ©rez (born Bernardita de Lourdes PĂ©rez Cruz on February 12, 1961) is a prolific Puerto Rican contemporary recording artist, songwriter, composer, arranger, poet, contralto vocalist, oral historian and guitarist. She is also one of f ...
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Luis Fonsi Luis Alfonso RodrĂ­guez LĂłpez-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being "Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee. Fonsi received his first ...
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Miguel Poventud Miguel Poventud a.k.a. "El Niño Prodigio de Guayama" and "Miguelito" (August 4, 1942 – March 3, 1983), was a Puerto Rican musician, singer, actor and composer of Boleros. Among the singers who have interpreted his musical compositions are ...
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Myrta Silva Myrta Silva (September 11, 1927 – December 2, 1987) was a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and television producer who was known affectionately as "La Gorda de Oro". She rose to fame in 1949 as the lead vocalist for the Cuban ensemble Sonora ...
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Nano Cabrera Nano Cabrera is a singer, guitarist, and composer born in Condado, Puerto Rico, who was a member of Haciendo Punto en Otro Son,
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Nino Segarra Nino Segarra (born June 21, 1954) is a singer, composer, musician and musical arranger. Early years Segarra was born in Maricao, Puerto Rico into a family of musicians. He was always surrounded by many musical instruments and as a child, learn ...
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Noel Estrada Noel Epinanio Estrada SuĂĄrez (June 4, 1918 – December 1, 1979) was a Puerto Rican composer. He was the author of "En mi Viejo San Juan", a song "widely known around the world". Early years Estrada was born in the town of Isabela, Puerto ...
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Obie BermĂșdez Obie BermĂșdez (born January 10, 1981) is a Puerto Rican Latin pop, salsa singer and composer. Early years BermĂșdez was born in Aibonito, Puerto Rico into a family who loved music. His father and grandfather were both musicians. He received ...
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Olga Tañón Olga Teresa Tañón OrtizIn this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is ''Tañón'' and the second or maternal family name is ''Ortiz''. (born April 13, 1967) is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. Over the course of her career, she has ...
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Pedro CapĂł Pedro CapĂł (born 14 November 1980) is a Puerto Rican singer who is a grandson of Puerto Rican singer Bobby CapĂł and former Miss Puerto Rico Irma Nydia VĂĄzquez. He studied at Colegio Calasanz in RĂ­o Piedras, Puerto Rico. Biography Pedro pic ...
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Puchi Balseiro Puchi Balseiro (born Aurea Mercedes Balseiro; November 1, 1926 in Santurce, Puerto Rico – January 11, 2007) was a composer in the filin ("feeling") music genre. Early years Puchi Balseiro was born in a district of San Juan called Santur ...
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Rafi Escudero Rafi Escudero (born December 30, 1945) is a Puerto Rican musician, singer, composer, poet and political activist. Early years Escudero was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico the capital city of the island. His parents were well aware tha ...
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RenĂ© PĂ©rez RenĂ© PĂ©rez Joglar (born February 23, 1978), known professionally as Residente (often stylized as ResÄ«dɛntə), is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as one of the founders of the alternative rap band Calle 13. ...
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Silverio PĂ©rez Silverio PĂ©rez Figueroa (born July 18, 1948 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican musician, writer, comedian, entrepreneur and broadcasting media host. Early life PĂ©rez is the oldest of the eleven children of Silverio PĂ©rez Rosado and ...
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Sunshine Logroño Emmanuel Logroño (born November 1, 1951), better known as Sunshine Logroño, is an American actor. Logroño has worked in Puerto Rican media for close to three decades. Early years Born in New York to a Puerto Rican mother, Logroño moved to S ...
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Sylvia Rexach Sylvia Regina Rexach GonzĂĄlez (January 22, 1922 – October 20, 1961), was a Puerto Rican comedy scriptwriter, poet, singer and composer of music of Puerto Rico, boleros. Early years Rexach was born and raised in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Her ...
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Tite Curet Alonso Catalino "Tite" Curet Alonso (February 26, 1926 – August 5, 2003) was a Puerto Rican composer of over 2,000 salsa songs. Early years Curet Alonso (birth name: Catalino Curet Alonso) was born in Guayama, a town located in the southern region o ...
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Tito Auger Alfonso "Tito" Auger Vega (born 3 March 1968, in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican musician best known for being the lead singer of the Rock en Español band Fiel a la Vega. Auger is also the band's main songwriter, together with Ricky ...
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Tommy Torres Tomas Torres Carrasquillo (; born November 25, 1971), known professionally as Tommy Torres (), is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and record producer.(4 April 2008)Latin songwriter/producer releases solo disc ''Reuters'' Named "#1 Hot Latin Tr ...
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Tony Croatto Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leagu ...
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Vicente Carattini Vicente Carattini (November 11, 1939 – November 7, 2005), was a singer and composer of Puerto Rican Christmas-related songs. Early years Carattini (birth name:Ernesto Vicente Carattini) was born and raised in the town of Cidra, Puerto Rico wh ...
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Zayra Alvarez Zayra Enid Alvarez Dones Nugent also known as just Zayra, is a Puerto Rican singer and musician, currently based in Texas. Zayra has recorded in the genres of rock en español, Latin pop and EDM. Music career Raised in Arroyo, Puerto Rico she ...
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Zeny & Zory Zeny y Zory (Zenaida Beveraggi & Zoraida Beveraggi), ''Las gemelas Beveraggi'', (The Beveraggi twins) (born May 12, 1957), are identical twins and have performed as a pop-music duet since the age of 15. Early years The twins were born in Santur ...
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Zoraida Santiago Dr. Zoraida Santiago (born May 25, 1952) is a composer and singer of Puerto Rican folkloric themes. Early years Santiago (birth name:Zoraida Santiago Buitrago ) was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico to Domingo Santiago and Zayda Buitrago. She was ...


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{{Portal, Puerto Rico, Music *
Music of Puerto Rico The music of Puerto Rico has evolved as a heterogeneous and dynamic product of diverse cultural resources. The most conspicuous musical sources of Puerto Rico have included European, Indigenous, and African influences, although many aspects of P ...