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Puerto Rican Salsa
Salsa most often refers to:
* Salsa (Mexican cuisine), a variety of sauces used as condiments
* Salsa music, a popular style of Latin American music
* Salsa (dance), a Latin dance associated with Salsa music
Salsa or SALSA may also refer to:
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duo formed by Norberto Vélez and Gerardo Rivas. Rivas is the son of
Jerry Rivas, one of the singers of
El Gran Combo
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, commonly known as El Gran Combo, is a Puerto Rican salsa orchestra based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012, it was often considered Puerto Rico's most successful musical group. The ...
. Rivas also enjoyed early fame during his childhood as the lead singer of "Gerardito y los Rockolos".
Both of the members were a part of fellow Puerto Rican Salsa singer
Víctor Manuelle
Víctor Manuel Ruiz Velázquez (born September 27, 1968), known professionally as Víctor Manuelle, is an American salsa musician, known to his fans as ''El Sonero de la Juventud'' ("The Singer Of Youths"). He is identified primarily with ''s ...
orchestra before deciding to go out solo. Víctor Manuelle has supported them all throughout.
The duo has enjoyed much success during their short career, even winning a Latin ''
Billboard
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'' in 2005 for ''Best Tropical Song''.
Norberto Vélez and Gerardo Rivas, the groups' vocalists performed the single "Mi salsa se respeta" as a message to the other groups in the industry.
[ ] With it they wanted to express that "while young in this,
ndustrywe know how to do our work very well".
When the group debuted, their success was underestimated by the public and fellow musicians.
Both performed also noted that they want the tropical genre to unify their efforts, to gather interest from the public.
Discography
* ''Comienzos'' (2004)
* ''Al Fin'' (2006)
* ''Con Todas Las De Ganar'' (2008)
* ''Al Borde De La Locura'' (2012)
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