NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ismael Quintana

Ismael Quintana (born July 3, 1937 in Ponce, Puerto Rico), is a renowned singer and composer of salsa music. July 3 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ponce, the second largest city in Puerto Rico outside of the San Juan metropolitan area is named after the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... The music of Puerto Rico has been influenced by African and European (especially Spanish) forms, and has become popular across the Caribbean and in some communities worldwide. ...

Many Puerto Rican families emigrated to New York City in the 1930s because of the economic crisis in the island. Quintana's family moved to the Bronx sector of New York when he was only two weeks old. There he went to school and while he was in high school he formed a band with his neighborhood friends. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur Tansley coins term ecosystem War, peace and politics Socialists proclaim The death of Capitalism Rise to... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ...

In 1961, bandleader Eddie Palmieri heard Quintana sing for an audition and invited him to join his newly organized orchestra "La Perfecta". Quintana accepted and became the lead singer of the band from 1961 to 1971. During this time he co-wrote some of Palmieri's major "hit" songs. With Palmieri, Quintana was awarded the 1966 Trophy for the "Most Popular Latin Singer of the Year", awarded at the famed Palladium Ballroom in New York. 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i. ... A Bandleader is the director of a band of musicians. ... Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936 in New York City) is a pianist and renowned bandleader. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

Quintana left Palmieri for a solo career and signed with the Vaya Record Company Label. Between 1974 and 1983, he recorded five albums as a solo artist, scoring his first major "hit" with "Mi Debilidad" (My Weakness). He then followed with "Lo Que Estoy Viviendo" (1976) (What I'm Living Through) and "Amor, Vida y Sentimiento" (1977) (Love, Life and Feelings). 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

Quintana didn't always do solo's, he also participated with the Fania All-Stars and went on tour with them to Africa, Japan, France, Central and South America and the United States. In 1976, he made an appearence in the movie "Salsa", with Celia Cruz and Tito Puente. During the 1980s he recorded "Vamos Hablame Ahora" (Come on Talk to Me Now) and "Lo Que Pide La Gente" (What People Want). World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Celia Cruz (Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso) (October 21, 19241 - July 16, 2003) was a Cuban salsa singer who spent most of her career living and working in the United States. ... Tito Puente (April 20, 1923 - May 31, 2000) was an influential Latin jazz and salsa musician. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

Ismael Quintana retired from the world of music and currently lives with his family in New York.