The veteran Puerto Rican salsa singer Tito Rojas, known for songs like
El gallo salsero
and for songs like
Siempre seré
or
Señora de Madrugada
, died at dawn this Saturday at the
age of 65 of a presumed heart attack
.
Jessica Rojas, one of the singer's daughters, confirmed the death to the music radio station Salsoul.
The interpreter's relatives were those who found him on the ground and without vital signs on the balcony of a residence in the Tejas neighborhood of Humacao, a municipality on the east coast of Puerto Rico.
"This morning a call to 911 alerted about a medical case in a residence in the Tejas neighborhood of Humacao," these publications detail.
The last presentation that
Rojas offered was a virtual one last Thursday, Christmas Eve
, through his YouTube page, together with his orchestra.
Rojas, likewise, participated in the most recent production of the Puerto Rican salsa singer Gilberto Santa Rosa,
Colegas
, on the song
Por la calle del medio
.
"No one is eternal in the world, not even having a heart that feels and sighs for life and love so much ... rest in peace, understood," Puerto Rican reggaeton Don Omar said on his Instagram account.
Julio César Rojas López, the artist's real name
, released his first album -of his more than 25-,
Mima la pululera
, together with Pedro Conga in 1972.
After that experience, he joined the Cuban singer Justo Betancourt's orchestra and the Borincuba ensemble, with which he recorded
Distinto y different
(1977) and
¡Presencia!
(1978), according to the biography included in the book
Historia de la salsa by
the Puerto Rican journalist and sociologist Hiram Guadalupe.
Although he later separated from her, Betancourt produced his next two albums as a soloist:
Borincuba con amor: Presenta a Tito Rojas
(1978) and
Borincuba Aqui
(1979).
The singer later worked with Conjunto Borincano, with which he released an album in 1980. Five years later he recorded with the Luisito Ayala orchestra and Puerto Rican Power.
El gallo salsero
, as Rojas was known, had a vast career
spanning
more than 40 years, in which he released other albums such as
A my style
,
In my
own right
,
Humble
,
I want to get home
,
The same as always
and
Traditional
.
The also singer of the successes
I have collided with life
and
Condemned me to your love
, was known for his expressions such as
Dale pa'bajo
,
Perdona sae
,
Claro, gross
and
Take pa'tu casa
.
Latest production
His last production was
Un gallo para la historia
.
Prior to that album, he released
El Viajero
, an album that he published under his own label, TR Records (the first was
Independiente
, published in 2012), and has eight songs.
"
It's an album for the good rumba and street dancer
, in the style they know Tito Rojas," the former member of the orchestras of prominent musicians, such as Puerto Rican Pedro Conga, Cuban Justo Betancourt told EFE at that time. and Puerto Rican Power.
Before working independently, the career of this musician of 59 years was in the
hands of Musical Productions, with which pulled the market discs
Sensual
,
my style
,
of right
,
Humbly
,
Canta gallo, sings
and
Tito Rojas
.
His death joins that of 'Cano' Estremera
Rojas's death joins that of another prominent Puerto Rican salsa singer in 2020,
Carlos
Cano
Estremera
, who passed away on October 28 at the
age of 62
.
Estremera, known for hits like
La Boda de ella
,
El toro
,
El caimán
or
Ámame in slow motion
, died in a hospital on the island, where he remained hospitalized for about a week due to
multiple health complications.
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