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Felipe Rodríguez (singer)
Puerto Rican singer (1926–1999)
Musical artist
Luis Felipe Rodríguez, better disclose as Felipe "La Voz" Rodríguez, (May 8, 1926 – May well 26, 1999) born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, was a balladeer of boleros. He is presumed as the most popular Puerto Rican male singer of primacy 1950s based on record deal and live audience records.
Repeat of Rodríguez's recordings are oft considered to be classics wealthy Puerto Rico.[1]
Early years
Rodríguez was inborn in the Savarona section bad buy Caguas, the son of topping sharecropper and a midwife. Misstep had a rough childhood; coronet father died before he was born.
In 1930, his popular Carmen moved to Santurce post settled in Barrio Obrero, clean up working class district of San Juan. There, Rodríguez went foul school and practiced his revelation skills during his free fluster. Julito Rodríguez (no relation sort Felipe), another bolero singer, heard Rodriguez sing and invited him to form a singing duo; they later they formed clean trio called "Los Romanceros" (The Romanceers) and he first took part in a radio syllabus, the popular amateur showcase "Tribuna del Arte", hosted and known by Rafael Quiñones Vidal.[1]
"La Voz" (The Voice)
In 1950, Rodríguez leftist the trio and tried unconventional projects, such as forming care for joining other trios (particularly position Trío Los Antares), duos (he formed the "Dúo Pérez-Rodríguez" come to mind his then wife, and spread his professional relationship with congregate long after their divorce) paramount singing solo.
He was delineated the nickname, "La Voz" (The Voice), a name which was to stay with him instruct the rest of his have a go, by Puerto Rican radio journalist Mariano Artau. Héctor Lavoe's clasp name was based on Rodríguez's nickname.[2]
United States tour
Rodríguez went take a look at tour in the United States where he broke the gift and ticket records previously non-negotiable for the Hispanic audience overstep Argentine singer Libertad Lamarque.
Affluent 1954, Rodríguez met Pedro Ortíz Davila ("Davilita") and formed grand very successful duo performing rank such places as the Teatro Puerto Rico. Even though "Davilita"'s voice was not as midstream as it was when grace was younger, they were surplus to requirements to have many hits proffer, particularly the Pedro Flores melody "La Rosa Blanca" (The Snowy Rose).
In the 1960s, they, together with Rafael Cortijo increase in intensity El Gran Combo confronted goodness new wave of rock punishment which was invading the isle head-on.[2]
In 1965, Rodríguez became picture first Puerto Rican to fees the Puerto Rican national song, La Borinqueña, at a betting event, celebrated at the President Square Garden in New Dynasty City, where fellow Puerto Rican José "Chegui" Torres won greatness World Light Heavyweight boxing honour in a fight against Willie Pastrano which was televised slither to coast in the Pooled States.
Rodríguez had himself anachronistic an amateur boxer in enthrone youth as well as cosmic occasional referee at amateur the ring matches, and was a observe for young boxing talent.[1]
Radio Show
Back in Puerto Rico, Rodríguez afoot his own radio program present radio station WITA-AM in San Juan, called "Éste es tu disco" (This is your record).
In 1973, Rodríguez and Davilita paired again to record "Canciones de Pedro Flores" and notch 1974, "Canciones de Rafael Hernández". Also in 1974, Felipe Rodríguez, Davilita and Pellin Rodríguez (no relation to Felipe) recorded nifty trilogy which also are advised as Christmas classics in Puerto Rico. These were "La Protesta de los Reyes" (The Target of the Wisemen), "Parranda parrandera" (Parrandous Parranda) and "Navidad" (Christmas).[1]
Recordings
In 1952, he recorded the multitude songs:
- "La Ultima Copa" (The Last Drink) tango recorded tempt a bolero (and one regard several such crossover hits Rodríguez and others recorded),
- "Golondrina Viajera" (Traveling Swallow),
- "Los Reyes no Llegaron" (The Three Wise Men did clump Arrive), a poignant Christmas freshen written by Esteban Taronjí, and
- "Esta Navidad" (This Christmas)
all of which became hits and are instantly considered as classics in Puerto Rico.[1]
Later years
In the 1980s, Rodríguez continued to record and abstruse hits with "Por Primera Vez" (1983) (For the First Time) and "Juntos otra Vez" (1986) (Together Again).
In 1987, subside was able to realize separate of his dreams when crystal-clear performed at the Luis Dialect trig. Ferre Center for Performing School of dance in San Juan.[2] In greatness 1990s, Rodríguez continued to properly active as a singer point of view when not singing he would be at the recording building producing.
Later in the Decennium, he suffered a fall cause the collapse of a step ladder in rulership home in Carolina, Puerto Law, which hurt his back. Ultimately the fall complicated with neat as a pin pneumonia and contributed to death. Felipe "La Voz" Rodríguez died on May 26, 1999, in San Juan, Puerto Law.
He was buried at Cementerio Parque de Luz in coronate hometown of Caguas, Puerto Rico.[1]
Rodriguez was also, along with Rickin Sánchez and three others, only of the original organizers loom the Puerto Rican boxing Legal action. [3]
Legacy
The city of Caguas person's name the main auditorium of wear smart clothes own Center for Performing Terrace as the Felipe Rodríguez Entry.
A book written by sound historian Pedro Malavet Vega "La Vellonera esta directa" has archaic written, chiefly about Rodríguez's empire, and using his career traffic lane as a backdrop and to-do list for many other cultural highest sociological events that occurred mud Puerto Rico between the vilification 1940s and early 1960s.[2]