Fania All-Star legend Roberto Roena

Roberto Roena (born on January 16, 1938 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico) was one of the original members of El Gran Combo a Puerto Rican salsa music orchestra. The group’s name derived from the name of an existing band named “El Combo” in which many of the original band members had been involved. Born in the neighborhood of Labios de Mayagüez, Roena took his first steps in the art of dance by staging dance routines with his brother Cuqui in La […]

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