...From the 1960s through the 1980s, Puerto Rican salsa singer Héctor Lavoe helped to establish the form as a global phenomenon. He was born into a musical family in Ponce in 1946. Lavoe’s father wanted his son to learn the trombone...
Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume III: Locations: Caribbean and Latin America
Continuum, 2016
Encyclopedia Articles
...Population: ca. 39,700,000 (2001)
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Caribbean Islands comprise an archipelago of 14 distinct countries and several more US and European protectorates. In some respects, the islands are best regarded culturally...
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