They reveal details of Lalo Rodríguez’s funeral

The remains of singer Lalo Rodríguez will be displayed this Monday, December 19, from 11:00 a.m. at the Ehrlich Funeral Home in Río Piedras, the family spokesman, chiropractor Fidel Estrada, reported this afternoon.

In a press release, Estrada indicated that the wake for Rodríguez, who was found lifeless last Tuesday at Building 54 of the Sabana Abajo condominium in Carolina, is part of ceremonies held by the salsa singer’s children, relatives and grandchildren to ” Honor” coordinated his life and successful artistic career of the virtuous boy who was born to sing for the world.”

Likewise, the funeral will include a 2:00 p.m. spiritual remembrance by Christian singer Samuel Hernández, a 5:00 p.m. message from Pastor Alex D’Castro, and a presentation by Lalo Rodríguez’s La Fabulosa Orchestra “with a surprise guest singer”, in which they will perform the hits from “El Canario de Carolina”.

Meanwhile, the salsa singer’s funeral will continue on Tuesday, December 20, with a service beginning at 9:00 a.m. at Carolina’s Municipal Recreation Plaza, hometown of the “Máximo Chamorro” performer. Then, at 10:00 a.m., the Orchestra La Primerísima, conducted by Tommy Olivencia, will say goodbye with a musical tribute to Lalo, to culminate at 1:00 p.m. with the singer’s funeral in the Santa Cruz Cemetery in the same city .

With a career spanning more than 45 years, the voice of hits such as Come Devour Me Again, Enchanted Sadness, Yes I Lyed to You, But You Came Out, Nothing About You and You Don’t Know How to Want was one of the most famous voices in the history of salsa in his native Puerto Rico.

Ubaldo Rodríguez Santos, the stage name, was born on May 16, 1958 in Carolina.

Although she has sung since she was 9 years old in Puerto Rico patronal festivals and on radio and television, she officially began her artistic career at the age of 12 by joining the Tempo Moderno Orchestra as a singer.

According to the National Foundation for Popular Culture, he made his recording debut at age 16 with the Eddie Palmieri Orchestra. The album, titled The Sun of the Latin Music, became the first salsa album to win an Anglo-Saxon Grammy Award. The veteran salsa singer shared that it was Palmieri who gave him his stage name, “Lalo.”

In 1976 he took part in the recording Introducing Lalo Rodríguez & Simón Pérez, the musician and composer Tommy Olivecia.

In 1980 he started as a soloist. His first full-length album was Simply… Lalo. In 1982 he produced his album Nuevamente Lalo and continued in 1985 with Niño, el hombre que es soñador es loco, a philosophical theme that later led him to record his album Punto y coma.

In 1988, Lalo returned to the artistic world with his record production A New Awakening after four years without recording. The single Come, Eat Me Again became his biggest hit. The theme reached the top spots in Panama, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela and Spain, where it received a platinum and a gold record for sales of more than 200,000 copies of the theme.

In his native country, A New Awakening was the best-selling album of 1988, earning him a gold record.

In 1989, the singer-songwriter won three major awards from the prestigious Billboard magazine: Tropical Music Singer of the Year, Song of the Year for Come, Devour Me Again, and Best Record Production of the Year for his album A New Awakening. In the same year he released the album Sexsacional..!

In the early 1990s, Lalo presented itself in Spain in La Coruña, Vigo, Bilbao and Madrid. In one of them the famous arranger and producer Quincy Jones was among his audience.

His discography in the 1990s includes Nací para cantar (1994) and Estoy aquí (1996). In Spain he was the first salsa singer to win gold and platinum records for sales exceeding 100,000 units sold in the Iberian Peninsula.