Paquito Guzmán

Across the Caribbean and South America, Paquito Guzmán is beloved as one of the great salsa romantica vocalists, a pioneer of the style. His smooth tenor graced dozens of recordings -- solo and with orchestras. He became a legend for his command of varying styles and rhythms from salsa and guajira to bolero and pachanga. Guzmán was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1939. His birth name is Frank Guzmán Géigel. His neighborhood was full of business establishments that hosted jukeboxes, and he fell in love with them. His first idol was bolero singer Cheíto Gonzalez. He sang jukeb...