Artist:Andy Montanez
Song:Payaso
Album:The Greatest Salsa Ever
Since leaving El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico in 1977, singer Andy Montanez has had great success as a solo artist. He was born May 7, 1942 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He first gained fame as lead singer of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico. He was in that group from 1962-77 and established himself as one of the most powerful voices in salsa music. Montanez joined the Venezuelan group La Dimension Latina. Then he went solo in 1980. Montanez had great success recording for the Venezuelan label Rodven. Payaso is from the 1985 album Andy Montanez. The Album was produced by Rodven house producers Frank Torres and Julio Cesar Delgado. You can get that and Montanez' other hits on this 2CD budget comp. Rodven was sold to PolyGram in 1995. So most of Montanez' recordings are owned by Universal. Of course Montanez is now 80 so he isn't as active as he was in the 80s. But he's still a great singer. Here's Andy Montanez with percussionist Diego Gale and Grupo Gale performing Payaso. It doesn't give a date but it looks recent.
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