Colón was 75. Born William Anthony Colón Román on April 28, 1950, in the South Bronx, Colón signed with Fania Records as a teenager and quickly became central to the raw, trombone-forward sound that ...
Willie Colón, a trombonist, bandleader, composer, and key architect of salsa music, has died. His family confirmed the news ...
New York-born Puerto Rican trombonist, singer, bandleader and exponent of salsa credited with nearly 40 albums ...
His first album, 1967’s El Malo, sold over 300,000 copies, and Colón later became one of the best-selling salsa artists of ...
Willie Colón, the salsa legend who took the genre to new heights while recording more than two dozen albums for Fania Records ...
On February 21, the world of Latin music lost one of its most important architects. Willie Colón passed away, leaving behind ...
Willie Colón, a beloved Nuyorican musician and a legend in the salsa music scene in both New York City and around the world, ...
Salsa music icon Willie Colon died on Saturday, his family and longtime manager said, leaving fans mourning the loss of "an architect of the New York sound." ...
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GRAMMY-nominated salsa legend Willie Colón has died aged 75. Heartbreaking tributes have poured in for the musical pioneer – with Bad Bunny calling the star “one of the legends who ...