# Héctor Lavoe — El Cantante

Héctor Lavoe’s El Cantante (1978) appears on 2 of our lists — Salsa and Dancing to Bad News, highest at No. 4 in Salsa. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1978
- **Label:** Fania
- **On:** Salsa and Dancing to Bad News
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Artist:** [Héctor Lavoe](https://waxonia.com/artist/hector-lavoe/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/hector-lavoe--el-cantante/

## What 2 lists say

### 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.

### 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.

## Listen

[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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