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Ray Sepúlveda
Ray Sepúlveda is a Brooklyn-born salsa singer of Puerto Rican parents who formed the Johnny and Ray Orchestra in 1988, recorded five RMM albums, and remains active today.
Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades (born 1948, Panama) is a Panamanian salsa singer-songwriter, actor, and politician of the Fania era; his 1978 album Siembra with Willie Colón defined socially conscious salsa, and he won 12 Grammy and 13 Latin Grammy Awards and served as Panama's Minister of Tourism 2004-2009.
Son 14
Son 14, also billed as Conjunto Son 14, is a Cuban son band founded in Santiago de Cuba in 1978, known for "A Bayamo en coche".
The Latin Brothers
The Latin Brothers (Los Latin Brothers) are a Colombian salsa orchestra formed in 1974 in Medellín by Fruko on the Discos Fuentes label, known for a trombone-heavy sound.
Tito Gómez (salsa singer)
Tito Gómez, born Humberto Luis Gómez (1948–2007), was a Puerto Rican salsa sonero who sang with La Sonora Ponceña, Ray Barretto, and Grupo Niche, dying in Cali, Colombia in 2007.
Tito Puente
Tito Puente (Ernesto Antonio Puente Jr., 1923–2000), "El Rey" and King of the Timbales, was a New York-born Latin jazz and mambo bandleader; leader of the Tito Puente Orchestra from 1948, best known for Dance Mania (1958) and Oye Como Va.
Tito Rodríguez
Tito Rodríguez, born Pablo Rodríguez Lozada (1923–1973), was a Puerto Rican singer and bandleader known as the King of the Bolero, a star of New York's Palladium mambo era.
Ulpiano Vergara
Ulpiano Vergara, known as El Mechi Blanco, is a Panamanian accordionist, composer, and bandleader of música típica who has recorded more than 600 songs since 1970.
Willie Colón
Willie Colón (William Anthony Colón Román, 1950–2026), Bronx-born Puerto Rican-American trombonist, composer, and producer; Fania Records pioneer whose duos with Héctor Lavoe and Rubén Blades (Siembra, 1978) defined salsa.