The baby of salsa is back! Jerry Rivera’s music almost single-handedly brought romantic salsa to a worldwide audience in the 1990s. Influenced by his musically gifted parents and mentored by icons like Frankie Ruiz, the Puerto Rican’s breakthrough came with…
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Quiero (2001) – Jerry Rivera
Puerto Rican Jerry Rivera is back again, this time with his enticing hit Quiero (I Want). Unlike his previous entries here entailing ’emblematic’ romantic Salsa music, ‘Quiero‘ is a stand alone love ballad. I find it hard not to be…
Que Hay de Malo (1993) – Jerry Rivera
Que Hay de Malo (What’s Wrong) inaugurates the ‘Q’ songs in the Music Library Project. Hurray! However it will be short-lived (aww) since just 4 songs exist starting with ‘Q’. Funnily enough, two of them are by Puerto Rican Salsa…
Me Estoy Eloqueciendo Por Ti (1994) – Jerry Rivera
Me Estoy Enloqueciendo Por Ti (‘I’m Going Crazy For You’) is one of the first Latin America Salsa songs that I adored instantly and listened to repeatedly over the years. If I was forced to choose my favourite salsa song then…
Amores como el Nuestro (‘Loves’ like Our One) – Jerry Rivera
Amores como el Nuestro is one of Latin America’s most emblematic love songs in Salsa. It is the second latino song to make an appearance in my music library project. The first was Marcela Gandara & Zaira Johnson’s Adorandote. In 2017,…
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