Almohadas tito nieves biography

The Grand Marshal will be acclaimed salsa singer, Tito Nieves.

With a fantastic career that started in the late '70s, Tito has managed to stay relevant and active, keeping his sensational voice and charisma intact.

Humberto "Tito" Nieves (June 4, , Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) became one of the leading Salsa singers of the s and the early 90s.

Tito Nieves, a well-known Latin artist who was born in Puerto Rico, has left a lasting impression on the Salsa music scene.

Biography.

Humberto "Tito" Nieves (June 4, , Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) became one of the leading Salsa singers of the s and the early 90s.!

Born Humberto Nieves on June 4, 1958 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Nieves became one of the leading salseros of the 1980's and the early part of the 1990's and was widely known as the "Pavarotti of salsa" because of his clear and powerful voice.

As a young child, Nieves moved with his family to New York City where he grew up immersed in a family of musicians; his father and uncle were musicians and composers. Nieves, of course, followed suit, studying drums, guitar and bass guitar.

Born in Puerto Rico but raised in the States, Tito Nieves is a true pioneer of the New York salsa sound.

His professional music career started as a vocalist in 1975 with the Orquesta Cimarrón, replacing the great singer Rafael De Jesus. Nieves then went on to work with Hector LaVoe, singing backup vocals, followed by his recording debut in 1978 as lead vocalist with noted Puerto Rican composer Johnny Ortiz and his band, Taibori.

The next year, Nieves was lead vocals on Julio Castro's debut album with his band, Orquesta La Masacre and co-founded a band called Conjunto Clásico together w