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band, founded by bassist Roberto Rivera in 1973. The band's singers included

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who started a solo career after hits with the band " La Rueda" and " Chiquito Corazoncito."Colin Larkin ''The encyclopedia of popular music: Indexes'' Volume 10 - 2006 Page 302 "Historia Musical De Frankie Ruiz was a compilation of the young superstar's 14 best tracks with La Solucion, Olivencia and his own band" Band instrumentalists have included

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. The band recorded for the Venezuelan T.H. Records, later known as TH-Rodven Records and finally

Rodven Records Rodven Records was a Venezuelan record label that belonged to the Cisneros family owned Grupo Cisneros, ODC Group, then proprietors of one of the largest TV networks in the country, Venevision. They also owned a nationwide AM radio network (Radi ...

until 1991.

Discography

* "La Juma De Ayer" (Performance records, 1975) Vocals: Esteban "Tato Rico" Ramírez & Jaime "Megüi" Rivera. * "Roberto Rivera & La Solución" (Performance records, 1979) (First album with

), later reedited as "Frankie Ruiz y La Solución" * "Orquesta La Solución" also known as "La Rueda" (LAD records (Later T.H. Records), 1980) * La Solución! also known as "Una Canita Aire" (LAD - T.H. Records, 1981) * Orquesta La Solución (LAD - T.H. Records, 1982) * La Solución (T.H. Records, 1983) * Una Canita Más (T.H. Records, 1985) * Brindemos (T.H. Records, 1986) * Buena Pesca (TH-Rodven, 1987) * El Original De Puerto Rico (TH-Rodven, 1989) * Clasico (TH-Rodven, 1991) * A Bailar Pa Dentro (Paradisc Records - BMG Music International, 1993) * Alcanzar Una Estrella (AVL Records, 1999) * 30 Aniversario (SMG Productions, 2005) * A Través Del Tiempo (Puerto Rico Records, 2008) * Refreshing (Eddie Ramos Productions, 2012) * Viajero del Tiempo (Jokha Management, Expecting time frame 2014)

References

External links

* http://www.salsaclasica.com/lasolucion/ * http://www.orquestalasolucion.net * http://www.jokha.net Salsa music groups Rodven Records artists Puerto Rican musical groups {{US-band-stub