Chamaco Ramirez

Chamaco Ramirez (September 10, 1941 - March 27, 1983) was a famous Puerto Rican salsa singer and composer. He came to prominence and is still mostly remembered for his work as singer of the Tommy Olivencia Orchestra. Ramirez, was born Ramon Luis Ramirez Toro in the Parada 26 section of Santurce, Puerto Rico. A naturally gifted musician since his early youth, at the age of 16 and while still a High School student, he joined Tommy Olivencia to start the orchestra which would bear Olivencia's name and which would later go by the moniker of La Primerisima Orquesta de Puerto Rico. With La Primerisima Orquesta de Puerto Rico,in which Ramirez shared vocals with Paquito Guzmán, he would work from 1957 to 1971 and again from 1974 to 1976. He...