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Lalo Rodríguez

Lalo Rodriguez was an award-winning salsa singer, composer, and producer from Puerto Rico best known as a progenitor of salsa romántica. At 16, he sang on Eddie Palmieri's 1974 classic The Sun of Latin Music -- the first Latin album to win a Grammy, and he worked with Machito on 1977's Fireworks album. From 1980-1989, Rodriguez issued six charting albums -- Simplemente... Lalo, Nuevamente...Lalo, El Niño, el Hombre, el Soñador, el Loco, Punto y Coma, Un Nuevo Despertar, and Sexsacional..! -- that established the salsa romántica subgenre. Through most of the '90s, Rodriguez continued to record charting albums. The final one released during his lifetime was 1996's Estoy Aquí. He was born Ubaldo Rodríguez Santos on May 16, 1958, in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. His parents were to Magdalena Santos and jibaro singer José Angel Rodríguez Burgos (aka "El Jíbaro de Coamo"). Singing from the time he could make sounds, Rodriguez was entered into a children's singing competition by his mother when he was six and he won. By age nine he was regularly performing at festivals -- secular and religious -- as well as on the radio. At 11, he joined the salsa group Tempo Moderno and remained one of their lead vocalists and composers for the next four years. In 1973, Tempo Moderno opened a show in Puerto Rico for Eddie Palmieri. The young Rodriguez had worshiped the pianist and composer from youth. He introduced himself and asked the musician if he would listen to his sung version of "Sabroso." He did, and six months later, Palmieri returned to Puerto Rico looking for him. He had Harvey Averne arrange to bring him to New York to join his band. It was Palmieri who gave the teen his nickname "Lalo." The older musician trained and seasoned his new lead singer in live settings, adding to the commanding stage presence Rodriguez developed. In 1974, at age 16, he entered the recording studio with Palmieri and they recorded The Sun of Latin Music, one of the pianist's classic albums. Rodriguez composed one original song -- "Deseo Salvaje" -- and sang on four of the album's six tracks. The album was a hit, and at the 18th annual Grammy Awards, The Sun of Latin Music won the prize for Best Latin Album -- because it was the first year the award was presented, The Sun of Latin Music became the first-ever Latin long-player to win a Grammy. Rodriguez hit the road with the band and played across North, Central, and South America. When they returned to the studio, it was to record 1976's Unfinished Masterpiece; it too took home the Grammy for Best Latin Album. Following a tour, Rodriguez left the Palmieri group and joined Machito's orchestra to record 1977's Fireworks. Interestingly, he'd composed two of the set's most popular tracks, "Guaguanco a Mexico" and "Mi Ritmo Llego." After returning from tour, he began working with both the Tommy Olivencia group and the Puerto Rican Allstars. Rodriguez was also forming his own group and playing in Puerto Rico. The singer signed with Tierrazo Records for Simplemente... Lalo, his debut album in 1980. He composed five songs and netted four salsa hits: "Máximo Chamorro," "Tu No Sabes Querer," "Francisco Andante," "Si No Hay Material," and "Tristeza Encantada." Radio stations in N.Y.C., Miami, Los Angeles, and Chicago put his tracks in regular rotation. For 1982's charting Nuevamente, Rodriguez wrote the lion's share of the album while Tite Curet Alons penned two. 1985's El Niño, el Hombre, el Soñador, el Loco (The Boy, the Man, the Dreamer, the Crazy One) showed a change of direction for Rodriguez. Rather than salsa, he and his band explored the folkloric styles of his country, most notably bomba and plena, and for the first time, the singer composed the entire recording. He penned three of the six tracks on 1987's Punto y Coma; the remainder were composed by Johnny Ortiz and Harry Suarez. While it sold as well as his previous outings, it was also the first to flirt heavily with salsa romántica. In 1988 he jumped into salsa romántica full-time and achieved massive success with the chart-topping Un Nuevo Despertar on the TH-Rodven label. It spent more than a year in the salsa Top Ten. He followed it with Sexsacional..! in 1989. Still deep in the salsa romántica well, it contained three Rodriguez originals. Its smash single, "Amame," was composed by Rodolfo Castillo. The set performed exceptionally well, peaking at number three on the Tropical/Salsa chart and remaining in the Top Ten for the remainder of the year. After touring, Rodriguez took a long break. He returned with 1992's De Vuelta en la Trampa for Capitol EMI. Offering a bevy of fine salsa románticas composed by others, its arrangers and musicians set this date apart; they included Nino Segarra, Eddie Fernandez, Jose Gazmey, and Milton Sesenton. The set's final selection was a bolero medley containing some of Rodriguez's most famous self-penned tunes. Averne produced 1994's Nací Para Cantar, also for Captiol EMI. It again showcased Rodriguez the writer as he composed or co-composed six of the set's eight tunes. Its single, "Aunque Lo Dudes," was written by Omar Alfanno. Radio and the record-buying public loved it and it was certified platinum inside of a year. The final studio album of Rodriguez's career was 1996's Estoy Aquí. Interestingly, it followed the musical format of its predecessor, offering seven románticos and a bolero medley. Rodriguez co-produced it with Jorge Rosario Arias and employed Ernesto and Ramon Sanchez as music directors/arrangers. It charted and received airplay, but Rodriguez, beset by personal problems, barely got through the tour. The singer disappeared from professional life until 2012 when he independently recorded another studio album titled Con Todo Mi Corazon that has never been released. On December 13, 2022, Rodriguez was found lifeless in the parking lot of his residential complex. No cause of death was provided. He is remembered for his songwriting as well as his singing, is the subject of many compilations, and is widely regarded as one of salsa romantica's greatest artists.
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