Artist: Frankie Ruiz
Genre(s):
Latin
Latin: Dance
Discography:
Solista Pero No Solo
Year: 1998
Tracks: 8
Voy pa' encima
Year: 1987
Tracks: 8
Salsa
Year:
Tracks: 1
Bachata
Year:
Tracks: 1
On August 9, 1998, Salsa lost unitary of its superlative singers, Frankie Ruiz, to liver failure, which according to assorted resources, resulted from complications of the AIDS virus. One of the number 1 to perform in the Salsa Sensual stylus, Ruiz had played a major role in the revitalisation of salsa's popularity in the '70s. A native of Patterson, NJ, Ruiz began telling at a very brigham Young age. He was still a child when he made his recording debut with Charlie Lopez y Su Orquesta. Moving, with his mother, to Puerto Rico in 1965, he became smitten by the music of a popular salsa band, La Solucion. Attending as many of the group's performances as possible, he quickly knowing the band's repertoire. Although his mother implored on music director Roberto Rivera to auditory sense him, Ruiz was non interpreted seriously until the band's lead isaac Bashevis Singer failed to show for a night order engagement. Asked to fill in for the evening, Ruiz impressed the isthmus so a great deal that he was invited to become a full-time member. He remained with the mathematical group for triad years. Leaving La Solucion in the early '70s, Ruiz accepted an invitation to join Tommy Olivencia's orchestra. During the trine years that he fatigued with the group, he scored a major strike, "La Duda." Ruiz launched his solo vocation in the mid-'80s. Despite his obvious talents as a vocalizer, Ruiz was plagued by dose and alcohol dependency and a thirst for heavy living.
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