BIOGRAPHY

Andrés David Puccini Quintana

Aprendiz

Juan Carlos Melo

Instructor

Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje SENA

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 ISMAEL RIVERA'S BIOGRAPHY

Maelo was born in San Mateo de Cangrejos, Santurce, Puerto Rico, on October 5,
1931, and died on May 13, 1987 as a result of a heart attack, after leading a very
disorderly life.
At 16 he worked as a bricklayer, but he spent time singing and playing at street
parties that were held in his hometown.
His beginnings in music go back to 1948, when he played for the first time with who
would later be his compadre, Rafael Cortijo. The latter played the bongo, and
Rivera the conga, in what was called Conjunto Monterrey.
Starting in 1954, Ismael Rivera recorded 17 albums as the vocalist of the Rafael
Cortijo group, among them "El bombón de Elena", "El negro bembón", "Juan José",
"Besitos de coco", "Palo que tú das me” And “Get out of the way, parakeet”.
Also "Oriza", "The goat of the bell", "Maquinolandera", "El yoyo", "María Teresa"
and "Yo soy del campo", among others, almost all at the rhythm of the bomb and
full.
To jail. In March 1962, Maelo Rivera was sent to prison for four years to serve a
sentence in the prison rehabilitation program in the city of Lexington, Kentucky.
During his imprisonment, his compatriot Bobby Capó wrote a sauce that the
inmates endorsed, "The Tombs", in reference to the Kentucky prison, which had
several floors underground.
Completed the sentence. The artist is located in New York and forms the Maelo y
los Cachimbos orchestra, which makes an impact with the songs "La controversia"
and "La soledad", and later with "Mi negrita me espera" and "Dime por qué", two
classics of the sauce.
Other radio hits that caught the public's taste for tropical music with Los Cachimbos
were "El Jaragual", "San Miguel Arcángel", "La gata montesa", "La manía de tu
mujer", "Maña, maña" and bolero serenade type entitled "See you tomorrow".
“El sonero mayor de Puerto Rico” also recorded with the Fania All Stars, when its
owners, Italian Jerry Masucci and Dominican Johnny Pacheco bought the Tico
Alegre label and managed to capture a series of rebel musicians.
In 1979 he was the highest paid artist for that record company, second only to
Celia Cruz. Among the successes with Fania, the version of "El Nazareno", with
Papo Lucca on piano, and "Cúcala", duet with Celia Cruz, stand out.
Historical concert. In August 1974 there was a historic reunion at the Roberto
Clemente de San Juan Coliseum, between Cortijo and Ismael and the former
members of their band, led by Rafael Ithier under the name of El Gran Combo.
There songs such as "They get together", by Kito Vélez and Sammy Ayala were
performed; a new version of "Perico", by Juan Hernández; “Perfume de rosa”, by
Rafael Ortiz, and “El negro bembón”, by Bobby Capó, among others.