Puerto Rican singer and musician Lalo Rodríguez, best known for his salsa megahit “Ven devórame otra vez“ (Come devour me again) has died.
. With songs like “Nada de ti” , “Nunca contigo” , “Un día bonito” and “Deseo salvaje” , a bolero written by Rodríguez, the album left a mark in the history of Latin music.“I don’t need to tell you how much our music and culture has meant to me and to the world,” Palmieri said in Spanish on Twitter. “He was a giant in so many ways. We will miss him dearly and treasure his memory.”
Rodríguez eventually went solo. He wrote five songs for his 1980 album “Simplemente Lalo.” Some of the most memorable songs from his solo debut album are “Máximo Chamorro,” “Francisco Andante,” “Tu no sabes querer” , “Las mujeres” and “Tristeza encantada” . “All those songs became hits. In Venezuela, Colombia… Everywhere,” Frank Ferrer, who produced the album for Tierrazo Records, told Puerto Rico’sFerrer, 76, remembered Rodríguez as “one of the greatest talents I have ever met.”‘First vocalist of the genre to win a Grammy’“ from his chart-topping album “Un Nuevo Despertar” for Rodven Records.
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