Genre: Latin
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Influenced by disco divas Donna Summer and Gloria Gaynor, sisters Toņi and Encarna Salazar used to dream about becoming pop stars. Encarna began singing and dancing at a very young age and Toņi performed live for the first time at the age of 13 in her native Badajoz. After singing backup for Los Chunguitos, a band formed by their brothers, they... [+] Read More
Genre: Latin
Decades Active: 50s, 60s, 70s
An Ecuadoran national hero whose records still fill the jukeboxes in his native Guayaquil, Julio Jaramillo recorded thousands of songs -- boleros, valses, pasillos, tangos, even rancheras -- during his (relatively brief) 20-year career. Born in Guayaquil in 1935, Jaramillo learned to play the guitar at an early age, formed a trio with friends,... [+] Read More