Biography
The hard-living Frankie Ruíz is known as “El Papá de la Salsa,” an American singer who bridged the classic salsa dura of the 1970s with the salsa romántica of the ’80s and ’90s. Ruíz mastered the intense musicality and verbal improvisations of early salsa but then explored more romantic lyrical content, renewing the genre for a new generation of fans. Born in Paterson, NJ, in 1958, he recorded his first two songs with Charlie Lopez y La Orquesta ...Read more