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Composers, Musicians, and Singers





Composers







  • Jesús María Sanromá - Composer, The first person ever to be named official pianist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra











  • Oscar Hernandez - Salsa musician, Composed the musical theme for the television series "Sex and the City"



  • Rafael Alers - Danza composer, First Puerto Rican to compose a Hollywood musical score


  • Rafael Cepeda - Composer, Cepeda is "The Patriarch of the Bomba and Plena"




  • Vicente Carattini - Singer and composer, Composed many of Puerto Rico's Christmas themes


Musicians



  • Augusto Rodríguez - Music composer and chorus director, Rodríguez was the founder of Choir of the University of Puerto Rico.







  • Joe Cuba - Bandleader, Considered to be "The Father of the Boogaloo"


  • John Benitez, a.k.a. "Jellybean Benítez" - Music producer and remixer


  • Ladislao Martinez a.k.a. "El Maestro Ladí" - Martinez an accomplished cuatro player and the first Puerto Rican musician to play solo on the radio.



  • Raphy Leavitt - Composer, musical director, Founder "La Selecta" orchestra.



  • Tomás Rivera Morales a.k.a. "Maso" Rivera" - Composer, Child music prodigy who went on to compose over 1,000 instrumental compositions for the cuatro, among which he treasured the waltz.



Opera singers


  • Antonio Paolí - Tenor, opera singer, First person in history to record an entire opera




Singers







  • Elsa Miranda - Singer, who was featured on radio and television in the United States during the Golden Age of Radio in the 1940s. Miranda first appeared on the radio performing the promotional singing commercial Chiquita Banana in 1945. She was celebrated as one of the most popular models in the "Miss Chiquita Banana" contest during the 1940s. (I copyeditted the article and posted it the mainspace.)






  • Glenn Monroig - Composer, singer, Sang the "first" rap song in Spanish



  • Herman Santiago - Rock n Roll singer, composed song "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"


  • Ismael Miranda a.k.a. "El Niño Bonito de la Salsa" - Singer and composer




  • Ivy Queen a.k.a. "The Queen of Reggaeton" - Reggaeton singer.



  • Joe Negroni - Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, member of The Teenagers.









  • Miguel Poventud a.k.a. "El Nino Prodigio de Guayama" and "Miguelito" - Poventud was a Puerto Rican musician, singer and composer of Boleros whose songs have been intreperted by notable singers such as Paul Anka, Marco Antonio Muñiz, Johnny Albino, Héctor Lavoe and Daniel Santos


  • Myrta Silva a.k.a "La Gorda de Oro" and "Madame Chencha" - Singer, composer







  • Pellin Rodriguez - Salsa singer, Rodríguez was a member of the musical group "El Gran Combo" and toured with the group all over Europe and Latin America, gaining fame and popularity as a singer.



  • Richie Ray a.k.a. "The King of Salsa" - Singer, composer.














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