Rubén Blades
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Biography
One of the biggest celebrities in the history of Panama, songwriter and actor Rubén Blades was born Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna on July 16, 1948 in Panama City. After graduating from law school in the mid-1970s, he moved to New York where he began to make connections in the cityâs Latin music scene by working in the mailroom at Fania Records. He developed a strong collaboration with Willie Colón, leading to his 1975 album The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, with Willie Colón. 1977âs Metiendo Mano featured his first well-received single, âPablo Puebloâ, a nearly decade old composition about the struggles of an everyday laborer. He wrote Héctor Lavoeâs signature song âEl Cantanteâ, and in 1978 Rubén Bladesâ album Siemba would become an international smash and establish him as one of the most popular Salsa performers of all time as well as a lyricist capable of capturing the beauty and humanity of common people with singles such as âPedro Navajaâ. By the early 1980s, he became a fixture at the Grammy Awards garnering a total of 17 nominations and 9 wins over the next four decades. Though his music career continued, he also found steady work as an actor starting in 1983âs The Last Fight. He had a prominent part in the 1985 Salsa musical Crossover Dreams, and in director Robert Redfordâs 1988 adaptation of The Milagro Beanfield War. He became so established that he was able to appear in several projects that had nothing to do with music including the thriller Color of Night, an episode of The X-Files, and the 2013 Ridley Scott drama The Counselor. Such was his popularity that in 1994 he ran for President of Panama and received 17% of the popular vote.
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Rubén Blades
Siembra: 45° Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico, 14 de Mayo 2022)
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Hopes On Hold
- The Calm Before the Storm
- Letters to the Vatican
- Buscando Guayaba featuring Rubén Blades
- Pedro Navaja
- El Apagon
- Como un Huracán
- Buscando Guayaba
- Camaleón
- Mientras duermas la ciudad
- Obalue
- No Hay Chance
- Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song) featuring Marcus Miller
- Juan Pachanga by Rubén Blades
- Begin the Beguine featuring Rubén Blades
- Pedro Navaja featuring Rubén Blades
- Las Calles
- ApoÌyate en Mi Alma featuring Rubén Blades
- De Que? by Rubén Blades
- Bitter Fruit by Rubén Blades
- Tiempos
- RubeÌn's Medley: Ligia Elena / El NuÌmero 6 / Juan Pachanga featuring Rubén Blades
- Viento Y Madera
- Contrabando
