Andy Montañez
| Andy Montañez | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Andrés Montañez |
| Also known as | El Godfather de la Salsa |
| Born | May 7, 1942 |
| Genres | Salsa, Bolero |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Associated acts | El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Dimension Latina, Ismael Miranda |
Andrés Montañez (born May 7, 1942), better known as Andy Montañez, is a salsa singer from Puerto Rico.
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[edit] Early life
Montañez, like singer Daniel Santos and boxer Ossie Ocasio, is a native of the Tras Talleres area of Santurce San Juan. He is known by the nickname "El Godfather de la Salsa". He is the first born out of 17 children.
[edit] Musical career
Montañez first gained fame as a member of the internationally successful El Gran Combo group, with songs like "Hojas blancas" (White Leaves), "Un verano en N.Y." (A Summer at NY), "El barbero loco" (The Crazy Barber), "Julia", "Ponme el alcoholado, Juana" (Rub Me With Alcohol), "Vagabundo" (Bum), "El Swing", etc. He stayed for approximately 15 years, producing 37 LP's. He left El Gran Combo to pursue a career with Venezuelan group La Dimension Latina. Creating a feud between the two groups. After leaving El Gran Combo, he enjoyed considerable success on an international scale with his own orchestra, touring Latin America and the United States several times. He represented Puerto Rico at the 1992 World's Fair in Seville, Spain.
[edit] Recent years
In recent years he had teamed up with fellow salsa singer Ismael Miranda to produce some boleros and bohemian music. By 2005-06 he's creating a new blend between salsa and reggaeton, called salsaton, along with rappers like Daddy Yankee and Julio Voltio. In 2007 he filmed various television advertisements on nutrition for the Puerto Rico Department of Family Affairs (including one in which he sang a rhumba to a dancing carrot).
On November 2, 2006, Montañez won his first Latin Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Album, together with Pablo Milanés. Montañez was selected to form part of a beneficial concert titled “Somos Haití”., where funds would be gathered to support Haiti after the 2008 hurricane season.[1]
[edit] Personal life
Two of Montañez's sons have also gone on to become salsa singers.
[edit] Discography
[edit] El Gran Combo (1962-1976)
- De Siempre (1963)
- Acángana (1964)
- Ojos Chinos-Jala Jala (1964)
- El Caballo Pelotero (1965)
- El Swing de El Gran Combo (1966)
- En Navidad (1966)
- Maldito Callo (1967)
- Esos Ojitos Negros (1967)
- Fiesta con El Gran Combo (1967)
- Boogalaoos (1967)
- Tú Querías Boogaloo?...Toma Boogaloo! (1967)
- Pata-Pata, Jala Jala, Boogaloo (1967)
- Tangos (1968)
- Los Nenes Sicodélicos (1968)
- Latin Power (1968)
- Smile! It's (1968)
- Éste si Que Es (1969)
- Estamos Primeros (1970)
- De Punta a Punta (1971)
- Por el Libro (1972)
- En Acción (1973)
- Número 5 (1973)
- Disfrútelo Hasta el Cabo! (1974)
- Número 7 (1975)
- Los Sorullos (1975)
- Mejor Que Nunca (1976)
[edit] La Dimensión Latina (1977-1980)
- Los Generales de la Salsa (1977)
- Inconquistable (1978)
- Dimensión Desconocida (1978)
- Tremenda Dimensión (1978)
- Combinación Latina (1979)
- En el Madison Square Garden (1980)
[edit] Y Su Orquesta (1980)
- Salsa Con Caché (1980)
- Para Ustedes...Con Sabor! (1981)
- Sólo Boleros (1982)
- Hoy...y Ayer (1982)
- Tania & Andy (1984)
- Versátil (1984)
- Andy Montañez (1985)
- Mejor Acompañado que Nunca (1986)
- El Eterno Enamorado (1987)
- Todo Nuevo (1990)
- El Swing de Siempre (1992)
- Catedrático de la Salsa 1992
- Cantando Voy por el Mundo (1994)
- Cuerda Para Rato
- Producto de Exportación
- Salsatón - Salsa con Reggaetón (2006)
- El Godfather de la Salsa (2007)
- Andy y Atabal (2008)
[edit] See also
- List of famous Puerto Ricans
- Biography in Music of Puerto Rico
- Interview with Andy Montanez on CorrienteLatina.com
[edit] References
- ^ Mariela Fullana Acosta (2008-10-09). "Solidario con el pueblo haitiano" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/otros_asi/espectaculos_asi/solidario_con_el_pueblo_haitiano/237079. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
