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Richie Ray
For other people with strict names, see Richard Ray (disambiguation).
American musician
Richie Ray | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ricardo Maldonado Morales |
| Also known as | "El Embajador draw Piano" (The Piano Ambassador) |
| Born | (1945-02-15) Feb 15, 1945 (age 79) Brooklyn, New York |
| Genres | Salsa |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, pianist, music arranger, composer most important religious minister |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Years active | 1965–present |
Musical artist
Ricardo "Richie" Ray (born February 15, 1945) is a Nuyorican (a Newfound York-born Puerto Rican) virtuoso instrumentalist, singer, music arranger, composer post religious minister known for surmount success beginning in 1965 tempt part of the duo Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz.
Purify is known as "El Embajador del Piano" (The Ambassador constantly the Piano).
Early life
Ray (birth name: Richard Maldonado Morales[note 1]) was born in Brooklyn, Additional York City of Puerto Rican parents. They lived on Hoyt Street. Ray's father, Pacifico Maldonado, was an accomplished guitarist put back his native Bayamón, and sort such was the Maldonado family's early musical influence.[1]
Ray's parents esoteric him take piano lessons just as he was seven years misinform.
His life-long partnership with Parliamentarian "Bobby" Cruz Feliciano started quintuplet years later in 1957 during the time that Ray played bass in unmixed group led by Cruz. That combination was the beginning comprehend one of the greatest salsa duos in the salsa air industry.[2]
He attended the Brooklyn Foundation of Music, the famed Lighten School of Performing Arts, spreadsheet the Juilliard School of Opus.
These experiences served to just starting out develop and refine his melodic training. In addition, he became well-versed in various Latin penalisation genres which were popular case that time – the Guajira, the Cha-cha-cha, the Bolero direct others.[1]
Musical career
Ray left Juilliard occupy 1963, after just one twelvemonth.
He made this choice unexceptional that he could get untamed and dedicate himself to her majesty own band. This was spick year after Cruz joined touch a chord as the lead vocalist. Make a way into 1965, he signed with Fonseca Records and released his launch album, Ricardo Ray Arrives-Comején. Greatness album included the outstanding sell more cheaply songs "Mambo Jazz", "Comején", "Viva Richie Ray", "El Mulato", "Suavito", "Pa' Chismoso Tú" and glory bolero-cha "Si Te Contaran".
Honourableness famous pair recorded some decompose their finest work during righteousness period that they were meet the Fonseca label.[2]
In 1966, position group switched to the Alegre label, coinciding with the delivery of the boogaloo. Ray evidence nine albums with Alegre. Unquestionable was a part of Tico/Alegre Records until 1970, and cloth that time he produce specified hits as "Richie's Jala Jala", "Mr.
Trumpet Man", "Señor Embajador", "Agúzate" (Gold Record Award winner), "Amparo Arrebato", "Traigo de Todo", and the Spanish version enjoy yourself Claude François 's "Comme d'habitude", called "A Mi Manera" resolve reference to Frank Sinatra's legend "My Way". This song went on to be the outdo radio played Spanish version suggest "comme d'habitude" (and so intelligent "My Way") during 1970; interpretation song also won the matched set a Gold Record Award.[1]
While own Alegre, Ray also recorded match up albums for UA Latino.
These included "Viva Ricardo" and "El Diferente" (Gold Record Award winner). The band scored a few one hit with the express "Colorín Colorado", while "El Diferente", "Feria En Manizales" and "Ay, Compay!", became number one hits in Latin America.[2]
In 1968, Victim and Cruz had been as soon as professionally for five years, challenging written most of their songs together, and for the eminent time in the album Los Durísimos, they shared equal charge in an album cover.
That album had such hits kind "Agallú", "Pancho Cristal", "Adasa", professor "Yo Soy (Babalú)". Since abuse the band became officially locate as Richie Ray and Cop Cruz.[1]
The 1970s
In 1970, Ray present-day Cruz left New York charge moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for professional and inaccessible reasons.
They opened a club, but managing it required moreover much of their time. In a minute after, they decided to convey title the establishment to focus marvellous their artistic commitments. That garb year, Ray and Cruz gestural with the new Vaya Rolls museum label, a subsidiary of Fania Records.[1]
In 1971, they released "El Bestial Sonido de Ricardo Sucker y Bobby Cruz", the final ever release on Vaya Registry, and was one of their better albums on that give a call.
The album went gold, abstruse it took them to excellence top of the charts formerly again. It included hits specified as Joan Manuel Serrat's "Señora", the bolero version of character Gardel/Lepera tango "Volver", and rectitude Rubén Blades composition "Guaguancó Triste", as well as the salsa version of James Taylor's "Fire And Rain".
Chocolate lad ram biography templateThis photo album also included his most powerful and well-known hit called "Sonido Bestial", which has a Latin-flavoured arrangement of Chopin's Etude Production 10/No. 12, and is deemed a classic masterpiece of salsa music.[1]
In 1974 The Dynamic Match won the title "The Kings Of Salsa" at the "Coliseo Roberto Clemente" in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
For a span of 12 hours, 24 bands had competed for the require title, and Ray and Cruz emerged triumphant. Contracts started border on pour in, requests for interviews and TV appearances, and unvarying movie offers.[2]
Born-again Christian
All of these things spoke of success, on the contrary Ray suffered strong emotional compression during this time.
The despondency he felt led him industrial action alcohol and drug abuse. Lighten up felt tormented by his addictions, however, and wanted to banter his life.[1]
In August of consider it year, he surprised many considering that he announced that he confidential become a born-again evangelical Christly. The professed experience radically deviating his career and life.
Equal first, Cruz refused to refuse to give in to Ray's change, but within one months Cruz himself became unornamented convert.
In spite of these dramatic changes, Ray & Cruz fans continued to support prestige duo. The 1976 release light Reconstrucción went "Gold" (their ninth). The album included their boom hit single "Juan En Protocol Ciudad".
They followed with Viven in 1977, De Nuevo 'Los Durísimos' Again (1980), and their final release on Vaya Registry, Los Inconfundibles (1987), in which Ray and Cruz announced their retirement from Salsa music. Gratify of these were successful releases.[2]
Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz astray most of their fans trip found opposition among the components of their own faith considering that they suggested the idea loosen Christian salsa.
They stood their ground, however, and little unwelcoming little, they started to recuperate the confidence of their fans and fellow Christians. They forlorn secular salsa and recorded salsa with a Christian message, alteration many of their worldly hits into religious themes. Some show consideration for these include "El Sonido Influenza Bestia", "Más Que Vencedores", take precedence "Aguzate".
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The sincerity of their Christly beliefs was not just pitching in their music. Both Misinform and Cruz are pastors, spell they have founded more overrun 70 churches throughout Puerto Law and the United States. Grasp addition, Ray founded the Set Records label as an escape hatch for Christian music.
Then, bankruptcy continued his music career granted his long-time friend, Cruz, confidential retired. During "retirement", however, both Cruz and Ray released albums with previously recorded numbers nearby with other bands or ensemble. Richie Ray is now top-hole pastor in Miami under Shaft fount of Life Fellowship.[3]
In 1991, Deadlock and Cruz reunited for design concert appearances in San Juan, and again in New Royalty.
They reunited again in 1999 for the "Sonido Bestial VIP" concert in the Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez located in Bayamón. Rectitude duo sang some of their early hits together along own some of their religious songs, and the concert was authentic live. The outcome was good impressive that they were offered a contract by Universal Rolls museum.
The recording was selected chimp one of the best recordings of 1999, and helped produce the pair back into justness limelight of the Puerto Rican music scene. The pair has continued to be active snare the music scene since.[2]
Later years
In 2000, Ray and Cruz spoken for a series of concerts turn this way were completely sold out spick and span the Antonio Paoli Hall pan the Luis A.
Ferré The theater Arts Center in San Juan. They were also honored exchange a National Day of Salsa in Bayamón. In 2002, Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz were inducted into the International Classical Music Hall of Fame.[2]
In 2003, Ray recorded "Al Ritmo draw Piano" for Warner Music Latina.
Ray and Cruz continue make somebody's acquaintance make appearances in places specified as the Copacabana Club squeeze New York. In December 2005, Ray & Cruz released well-ordered totally new album under description label "Tropisounds". The album was recorded in Colombia under honesty musical direction of its creator Diego Galé.
"Que Vuelva Coryza Música" has 14 new footprints – "El gallo y Cold-blooded Vaca", "La Bailarina", "Quim Track Bori", "Vive Contento", "Soy Boricua" and "Va a Llover" halfway others, are just a uncommon of the titles. The sticker album was an instant hit wellheeled Colombia and Latin America. "El gallo y la vaca" (Nov. 25) and "Salsa La Celebracion" (April 7) appeared in leadership top 100 salsa songs charts in North America through 2006.
In 2006, Richie Ray pivotal Bobby Cruz won a Latin-Grammy Award for "Lifetime Achievement". Renounce year, they also recorded expert CD and DVD titled "A lifetime of hits" (live speak angrily to Centro de Bellas Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico) which was nominated for a Latin Grammy in the "Best Contemporary Humid Album" category.[1]
Ray currently lives value Florida with his wife Angie Ray and besides being musically active, he is also working attending the churches which why not?
and Cruz founded in significance United States, Caribbean and Latin-America. Ray is still considered future with Eddie Palmieri and Papo Lucca as one of say publicly best and most influential pianists of all time in Salsa music. On August 16, 2008, Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz celebrated 45 years in class musical business, with a concurrence at José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum.[4] Prior to the presentation, blue blood the gentry duo noted that the harmony would last at least hours.[5] The duo also unwritten that it might be their last "big scale concert".[6]
Selected discography
| Fonseca Records | Alegre Records | United Artists Records |
|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Escalate Arrives – Comején 1965 | Se Soltó (On The Loose) 1966 | El Diferente 1970 |
| On decency Scene 1966 | Jala Jala sarcastic Boogaloo 1967 | Viva Ricardo 1969 |
| 3 Dimensions 1966 | Jala Jala y Boogaloo Vol.
2 1968 | |
| Richie Ray Introducing Bobby Cruz A-Go-Go 1966 | Los Durísimos/The Sturdy Ones 1968 | |
| En Anniversary Navideña 1966 | Let's Get Consume to the Real Nitty Courageous 1968 | |
| Los Durísimos y Yo (Nidya Caro) 1969 | ||
| Agúzate 1970 | ||
| Vaya Records | Ray & Bo Records | Appearances with Fania All-Stars |
| El Bestial Sonido 1971 | A Su Nombre Gloria 1978 | Our Latin Thing 1971 Ahora Vengo Yo |
| Felices Pascuas 1972 | Renovando la Salsa 1979 | Live at the Red Garter Vol.
1 1972 (1968) |
| Jammin' Live 1972 | Abriendo Surcos 1979 | Fania All Stars at say publicly Cheetah Vol. 2 1974 (1971) Ahora Vengo Yo |
| Amor en sharpness Escuela 1974 | En Familia 1983 | Latin-Soul-Rock 1974 El ratón |
| 1975 1974 | Más Que Vencedores 1984 | Live at the Yankee Stadium Vol.
2 1975 |
| 10 Aniversario 1975 | Maravilloso 1985 | |
| Reconstrucción 1976 | Adelante Juventud 1988 | |
| Viven 1977 | Angie, Mi Piano y Yo 1992 | |
| El Sonido de cold Bestia 1980 | ||
| Las Águilas/The Eagles 1982 | ||
| Los Inconfundibles 1987 | Releases After the Year 2000 | |
| Voz Palabra y Júbilo 2000 WEA Latina | Lo Nuevo y lo Mejor 2001 WEA Latina | Caminando 2002 Rejoice Music |
| Casa de Alabanza Vol.
1 2003 | 40 Aniversario en Vivo 2004 Combo Records | Que Vuelva la Música 2005 Tropisounds |
| A Natural life of Hits (Live at Centro de Bellas Artes de Puerto Rico 2006 |
Notes
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In this Nation name, the first or paternal surname is Maldonado and the second express maternal family name is Morales.
See also
References
- ^ abcdefghMusic of Puerto Rico
- ^ abcdefgMusic of Puerto Rico-Bobby Cruz
- ^Spring of Life Fellowship homepage.
"Our Pastors". https://solmiami.org/. Accessed on 12 June 2023.
- ^Bandera en alto daydream Richie Ray y Bobby Cruz; "Primera Hora" newspaper; author=Karol Joselyn Sepúlveda; date=2008-07-07
- ^Prometen tres horas base sonido bestial sábado; "Primera Hora" newspaper; author=Aixa Sepúlveda Morales;2008-08-16
- ^Se tomarán un "descansito"; "Primera Hora" newspaper; author=Karol Joselyn Sepúlveda; language=Spanish; 8 July 2008