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From humble beginnings - co-founder Johnny Pacheco used to sell records out of the trunk of his car - to 44,000 fans mobbing Yankee Stadium for the historic 1973 Fania All-Stars concert, Fania Records is arguably the single most important record label in the history of Salsa.

Salsa is a dance style that has both African and European roots. The dance became wildly popular in the 1970s when popular artists like Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon and Celia Cruz hit the salsa scene.

Salsa is a dance style that has both African and European roots. The dance became wildly popular in the 1970s when popular artists like Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon and Celia Cruz hit the salsa scene.

Salsa is a dance style that has both African and European roots. The dance became wildly popular in the 1970s when popular artists like Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon and Celia Cruz hit the salsa scene.

Salsa is a dance style that has both African and European roots. The dance became wildly popular in the 1970s when popular artists like Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon and Celia Cruz hit the salsa scene.

If you told the Willie Colon of 20 years ago -- the gang-banging, drug-dealing, barely-lived-to-see 30 Willie Colon -- that he'd one day be interviewing the mayor of anything, he wouldn't have believed you.

Salsa is a dance style that has both African and European roots. The dance became wildly popular in the 1970s when popular artists like Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon and Celia Cruz hit the salsa scene.

Through his partnership with bandleader Willie Colon in the 1970s, singer Hector Lavoe is credited with having popularized, if not invented, the hybrid Latin music style called salsa.

Salsero Willie Colon honors late partner Hector Lavoe. Details: 8 p.m. Friday, July 17, at the Arena Theatre, 7326 Southwest Fwy., 713-772-5900 or www.arenahouston.com . Willie Colon Anyone who saw the poorly received film El Cantante , the biography of singer Hector Lavoe starring Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez , knows that trombonist/band leader ...

After a long week of all work and no play, every weekend is worth celebrating, but for Puerto Ricans, this Sunday will be extra special.

The arithmetic was iffy, but the lung power was unstoppable at the Tribute to Ismael Miranda on Saturday night at the United Palace Theater.

MUSICAL luminaries Cheo Feliciano, Willie Colon, Tito Nieves, Jose Alberto "El Canario," Johnny Pacheco, Larry Harlow and others are coming together to toast the 40-year musical career of Puerto Rican singer, Ismael Miranda.

Friday, April 17. James L. Knight Center, 400 SE Second Ave., Miami. Show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $39 to $94; ticketmaster.com Willie Colon , James L. Knight Center , downtown Miami Willie Coln is one of salsa's undisputed heavyweights.