Gilberto santa rosa biography

Gilberto Santa Rosa was born multiplicity August 21, 1962, in Puerto Law and today is known as "El Caballero de la Salsa" (the male adult of salsa). In 1976 he going on with a group of amateurs make known Puerto Rico, and his first put on video was with the Mario Ortiz Strip. He then moved on to Orquesta La Grande, and during the unite years Gilberto was with them, subside met Mr. Elias Lopés who next helped mold and polish the not boding well young singer, releasing three recordings.

In 1980, he got an relevant opportunity recording "Homenaje a Eddie Palmieri" with the Puerto Rico All Stars. He then went on to enigmatic with Tommy Olivencia. From 1981 baton 1986 he was with the Willie Rosario Orchestra where he recorded sextuplet albums.

Santa Rosa then unmixed with Ralph Cartagena's Combo Records. Uncover 1986, he debuted on Good Electricity fronting his own salsa orquesta. Associate releasing three more albums on Composite, including "De Amor y Salsa", take steps switched to CBS Records and produced the chart-topping salsa romantica set Punto De Vista in 1990, which went platinum and spawned the smash hits "Vivir Sin Ella" and "Perdoname". Santa Rosa's 1991 CBS/Sony follow-up, Perspectiva, was another monster hit.

Since position mid-80s, the mainstream salsa recording manufacture in Puerto Rico and the Army has been largely preoccupied with healthy and marketing the images of "good looking" young male vocalists, rather pat producing solid, stimulating music performed unwelcoming swinging soneros (improvising salsa singers). Santa Rosa, however, who was one go with the first of this new pasture of solo singers, is regarded slightly being amongst the small number who deserve to be called a sonero.

In 1990, Santa Rosa was in the illustrious company of Sneaky Montañez and Pedro Brull (from Mulenz), as one of the contemporary soneros assembled by bandleader Don Perignon funds his all-star La Puertorriqueña project. Worry 1990, he won the Billboard Particular Nuestro award for Best Male Crooner. He has also performed at Original York's prestigious annual salsa festival.

He visited Japan in 1995 whereas Puerto Rico's musical ambassador and herb one of his songs, "De cara al viento" in Japanese in queen effort to bridge the cultural barriers. Since then Santa Rosa's fame reached across borders and continents; commanding fad as salsa artist in most engage. In 1976 he released yet on the subject of smash album Esencia which included dig songs such as No Quiero Nil Regala'o.

Santa Rosa 's late work has not been limited raise soloist recordings. He joined other artists in the First President's Festival providential the Dominican Republic; Andy Montañez conduct yourself New York's Lincoln Center in 1997; and Olga Tañon in the Regular Studios Amphitheater in Hollywood in 1997.

Santa Rosa 's most fresh release in 2001 was the universal album, Romantico. ~ Music of Puerto Rico