Salsa: The Hall of Fame (Musicians)

[Pacion]

Like the one on Dancers, if you were to create a Hall of Fame, which musician, from any style/branch of salsa/mambo :lol: would you choose and why?

 

[squirrel]

Again, in no particular order, I'll name those I remember now who moved my soul and my body and made me love Salsa:

Frankie Ruiz
Lalo Rodriguez
Ray Ruiz
Pete El Conde Rodriguez
El Gran Combo
Celia Cruz
Andy Montanez
Buena Vista Social Club
Ray de la Paz
Eddie Palmieri
Willie Colon
Anthony Cruz
Tito Nieves
Victor Manuelle
Fruko Y sus Tesos
Gilberto Santa Rosa
Hector Lavoe
Ruben Blades
Mark Anthony
Grupo Gale
La Sonora Carruseles
Los Adolescentes
Grupo Niche
Justo Betancourt
Jose Alberto El Canario
Tito Rojas
Tony Vega
Paquito Guzman
Puerto Rican Power
Willie Rosario
Yuri Buenaventura
Cheo Feliciano

And I left out many... They make me love this music and this culture which is not mine by birth, but has become mine by heart... Salsa is now my life and I don't regret it a bit! And this is partly thanks to them! To their songs and the passion they ooze...

Sorry if I named too many... but I love them all... and if you ask me, I can dig up some more names... these are the first that come to my mind!

 

[MacMoto]

I wonder if I would be stoned if I nominated Orquesta la Palabra, the band that gave us the song we so love to hate, Lady? shock: Shock! Horror! Gasp! Has MM gone mad!?) :lol: :lol:

I don't care, I love their Breakthrough album, and there's nothing wrong with Lady anyway other than that it's in English.

 

[SDsalsaguy]

Tito Puente

 

[Katarzyna]

I am not really a salsa dancer, but Tito would be the first name I would think of :wink: :notworth:

 

[borikensalsero]

La gi gi gi!!! A.K.A La Lupe...

 

[vey]

TITO PUENTE :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:

 

[Pacion]

I wonder if I would be stoned if I nominated Orquesta la Palabra, the band that gave us the song we so love to hate, Lady? shock: Shock! Horror! Gasp! Has MM gone mad!?) :lol: :lol:

I don't care, I love their Breakthrough album, and there's nothing wrong with Lady anyway other than that it's in English.

:lol: I love Lady, MacMoto :banana: I love it when they sing the spanish lyrics too :lol:

 

[ThatHaitianSwede]

Oscar de Leon of course!

 

[MacMoto]

Oscar de Leon of course!

He performed at Latin Splash, and I missed the entire show because I was busy dancing in the salsa tent...

 

[Pacion]

:lol: MacMoto!

Any others?

 

[msjanemas]

I would have to say:

Willie Colon
Bobby Rodriguez y La Compania
Ray Rodriguez
Raphy Levitt y La Selecta
Tommy Olivencia
Tito Puente
Machito
Lebron Bros
Lupe (sang boleros)
Noro Morales
Louie Ramirez
Luis Perico Ortiz
Tipica 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78
Conjunto Clasico
Frankie Dante y Orq. Flamboyan
ANGEL CANALES
Cortijo y Ismael Rivera (Bomba y Plenas)
Pete Rodriguez (Boogaloo)
Eddie Palmieri!
Charlie Palmieri!
Joe Cuba
Joe Bataan (Latin Soul)
Willie Rosario
Ray Barretto
Yayo El Indio
KAKO
Raul Marrero
Lou Perez
Mon Rivera (Plena)
Roberto Torres "El Caminante"
TNT Band (Boogaloo, Salsa)
Bobby Valentin

 

[youngsta]

:notworth: I bow to msjane's list!

 

[msjanemas]

I bet you have most of them! :wink:

 

[youngsta]

I bet you have most of them! :wink:

Maybe half, I'm building up my collection pretty quick though!