# Héctor Lavoe — Every Record We Rank

Héctor Lavoe appears 2 times in our Salsa and Dancing to Bad News lists, placing as high as No. 4. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 2
- **Appears on:** Salsa and Dancing to Bad News
- **Year:** 1978
- **Highest placing:** No. 4 in Salsa
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/hector-lavoe/

## Appears on

### [El Cantante](https://waxonia.com/track/hector-lavoe--el-cantante/)

*1978 · Fania · No. 4 in [Salsa](https://waxonia.com/genre/salsa/)*

Written by Blades for Lavoe: the singer everyone comes to hear, whom nobody asks how he is. Given what happened to Lavoe afterwards, it is hard to hear now.

Also on: [Dancing to Bad News](https://waxonia.com/theme/dancing-to-bad-news/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/H%C3%A9ctor%20Lavoe%20El%20Cantante) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=bT-3s4ZQEhs)

### [El Cantante](https://waxonia.com/track/hector-lavoe--el-cantante/)

*1978 · Fania · Picked by [Dancing to Bad News](https://waxonia.com/theme/dancing-to-bad-news/)*

Rubén Blades wrote it for Lavoe: the singer everybody comes to hear and nobody asks how he is. Full Fania horns, a floor-filler at every party since, and a man describing his own disappearance in the middle of it.

Also on: [Salsa](https://waxonia.com/genre/salsa/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/H%C3%A9ctor%20Lavoe%20El%20Cantante) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=bT-3s4ZQEhs)

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