Puerto Rican musician
In this Spanish name, the first boss around paternal surname is Santa Rosa and the second or maternal coat name is Cortés.
Gilberto Santa Rosa | |
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| Born | (1962-08-21) August 21, 1962 (age 62) Santurce, Puerto Rico |
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| Years active | 1976–present |
| Labels | Independent |
Musical artist
Gilberto Santa Rosa Cortés (pronounced[xilˈβeɾtosantaɾosa]), nicknamed "El Caballero de la Salsa" (The Gentleman of Salsa) (born August 21, 1962),[1] is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero. He evenhanded a six-time Grammy Award winner and has sold over triad million records in the United States and Puerto Rico.[2][3] Santa Rosa also starred in a comedy.[4]
Santa Rosa was calved in Santurce, Puerto Rico.[5] Here he received his primary charge secondary education and became interested in music. He took cloth in his first concert while a teenager and in 1976, he made his recording debut as a backup singer ordain the Mario Ortiz Orchestra; soon afterwards he was recruited stop La Grande Orchestra, where he became the lead singer. Appease remained with the orchestra for two years, during which pause he met Elias Lopez who helped to mold and open out him as a singer.[6]
During the 1980s, he recorded Homenaje a Eddie Palmieri (Tribute to Eddie Palmieri)) with the Puerto Rican All Stars. He also recorded with various orchestras, amongst them the Tommy Olivencia Orchestra, and the Willie Rosario orchestra. Santa Rosa developed a unique style of "soneo" (improvisation) clump salsa that permitted him to be successful in both say publicly "tropical" and "romantic" styles of the music.[7]
In 1986, Santa Rosa formed his own band and signed with Combo Records; a string of hits followed, such as "Good Vibrations", "De amor y salsa" (Of Love and Salsa), "Punto de vista" (Point of View), "Vivir sin ella" (Living without Her) and "Perspectiva".
Santa Rosa was also the first singer of tropical salsa to carry out a concert at the Carnegie Hall Transitory, in New York City, where he performed as the crevice number, his unique version of the salsa tune, "Represento" (I Represent), composed by Lou Briel. This event was recorded viable at the hall, and later released as an album.[8] A highlight of the night was the four-minute unscripted addition inaccuracy made to his song "Perdoname" (Forgive Me), which solidified his improvisational talent. This live version became such a sensation later that Santa Rosa had to memorize his own improvised hang around for future concerts, and Perdoname became the closing song accomplish his shows.
In 1990, Santa Rosa joined the all-star "La Puertorriqueña" project which included Andy Montañez; in the same twelvemonth he was awarded the Billboard Lo Nuestro Award for Stroke Male Singer. He also participated in the play La pareja dispareja (The Odd Couple) alongside Luis Vigoreaux and Rafo Muñiz. In 1995, Santa Rosa traveled to Japan as Puerto Rico's Good Will Ambassador, where he sang "De cara al viento" (Facing the Wind) in Spanish for Japanese audience and rendering record label company translated all the songs in Japanese. Beckon 1996, the greatest hits album Caballero de la Salsa, Vol 2 was released and he also participated in the Leading "Festival Presidente" in the Dominican Republic (a Latin music anniversary sponsored by local Presidente beer). In 1997, he sang territory Andy Montañez in New York CitysLincoln Center and later think it over year, with Olga Tañón at the Universal Studios Amphitheater pressure Hollywood, California.[7]
Santa Rosa's hits continued with the album Expresión, which included the single "Fulana" (What's her name) and in 2001 with the album Romántico. He released Viceversa in 2002, which became a "hit" in the Latin community in the Merged States and in all of Latin-America.[6]
Santa Rosa has taken disrupt himself the task of keeping Tito Rodríguez's musical legacy have your home and has acquired much of Tito's memorabilia, including articles clasp clothing, music and furniture from his home in Puerto Law. Santa Rosa has staged several concerts and dances honoring description late singer, and recorded an album of his where trusty the use of modern technology, he sings "En la soledad" (In Solitude), composed by Puchi Balseiro in a duet take up again him. During the week of February 24, 2003, Santa Rosa organized a two-night concert at the Center of the Acting Arts in Caguas, Puerto Rico. As an introduction to representation event, he arranged for his private collection of Tito Rodríguez memorabilia to be exhibited in the lobby of the center. In 2004, he released "Auténtico".[9]
In addition, he has long played an important role in the career of his friend pole protégé, Víctor Manuelle, who Santa Rosa discovered. The two unconfined a joint live album late in 2005, Dos soneros, una historia. In 2006, he released Directo al corazón, and disintegration 2007 he carried out a concert acknowledged by the critics, in Plaza Colón at Santo Domingo and released Contraste meet Conteo regresivo being a major album hit. Furthermore, he performs alongside Chucho Avellanet, a musical comedy club-act called, Cantando y Contando, (Singing & Telling Stories), throughout the island.[10]
On February 9, 2008, Santa Rosa participated in an event named "Concierto icon amor" which was organized in the Madison Square Garden.[11] Imprison June 2008, "Contraste" received Gold and Platinum certification from description Recording Industry Association of America.[12] According to the organization, rendering production has sold over 1,500,000 copies.[12] At the moment remember certification, the album's first single "Conteo regresivo" had been xvi weeks in the first place among Billboard's tropical list.[12] Interim, "No te vayas" began gaining positions in the same directory. After participating in New York City's Puerto Rican Day Sequence, Santa Rosa prepared to begin an international tour beginning achieve June 13, 2008, in New Orleans before proceeding to Metropolis, Florida, Ecuador, Chile, Spain, Colombia and Mexico.[12]
The concert in Chilli, on June 28, 2008, was Santa Rosa's first ever stuff said country. the event took place in the Caupolicán Opera house and was attended by approximately 8,000 fans.[13] On July 5, 2008, Santa Rosa became the first salsa singer to carry out at the Palau de la Música in Barcelona.[14] The exposition was a Sold Out, filling the venue with an audience of 2,000.[15] Santa Rosa was selected to perform at rendering "Balón de Oro" award ceremony, the most important honor ideal Mexican football.[16] Santa Rosa was selected to take part family tree "La Nueva Salsa", where he would perform along several adolescent salsa artists.[17] Santa Rosa has also contributed to improving Puerto Rico's public education system. He participated in Sapientis Week, brush initiative sponsored by the non-profit Sapientis which brings distinguished the population figures into classrooms in order to raise the public's perceive of the education crisis in Puerto Rico. On July 17, 2010, he participated in the opening ceremony of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.
In 2017, Santa Rosa confidential the opportunity to contribute to Lin-Manuel Miranda's single "Almost All but Praying". The song featured various Latin artists and all profits benefit the Hispanic Federation's Hurricane Relief Fund, helping those unnatural by the hurricane that hit Puerto Rico.[18]
In November 8, 2019, Gilberto Santa Rosa was the featured singer on Norberto Vélez'sYouTube channel titled "Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 2".[19]
In 2012, Santa Rosa plays the father in a comedy, La nena callused casa... en Navidad (My little girl is getting married... get a move on Christmas), about a father (and family's) mishaps in the midpoint of his daughters wedding event.[4]
In 2002, Gilberto Santa Rosa was presented with the ASCAP Latin Heritage Award.[20] Production the same year, he was presented with a special accord at the 2002 Lo Nuestro Awards.[21] On September 28, 2008, Santa Rosa was honored by Union City, New Jersey pertain to the key to the city and a star on say publicly Walk of Fame at Union City's Celia Cruz Park.[22] Santa Rosa presented with the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award intrude 2021.[23] As of 2010, he holds the record for rendering most number-one albums on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart.
Gilberto Santa Rosa is married to Alexandra Malagón.[24][25] On June 6, 2013, Santa Rosa was granted citizenship of the Blackfriar Republic.[25]
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| You may listen to Gilberto Santa Rosa's "La Agarro Bajando" here. |