El Cantante (song)

"El Cantante"
Single by Héctor Lavoe
from the album Comedia and Doble Filo
LanguageSpanish
English title"The Singer"
Released1978 (1978)
GenreSalsa
Length10:23
LabelFania
SongwriterRubén Blades
ProducerWillie Colón

"El Cantante" is the 1978 signature song of Puerto Rican salsa singer Héctor Lavoe and first single of the album Comedia. The song was written by Rubén Blades and produced by Willie Colón. The 2006 movie about Lavoe's life, El Cantante, takes its title from the song. In 2024, the song was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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