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Humberto “Tito” Nieves (born June 4, 1958; also known as “El Pavarotti de la Salsa”) is a Puerto Rican musician who became one of the leading salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s.
Humberto “Tito” Nieves was born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, and raised in the United States.
Nieves began his career while participating in Orquesta Cimarron, a New York–based group. In 1977, he teamed up with singer Héctor Lavoe and his Orchestra and joined the Conjunto Clasico. Later, Nieves started his solo career in 1986, setting himself apart by singing salsa in English. He is known for his hits such as “El Amor Más Bonito”, “Sonámbulo”, and the English-salsa hit, “I Like It Like That” produced by Sergio George and remixed by Frankie Cutlass (1996). Nieves recorded a dance-inflected rendition of the Joe Cuba song “Bang Bang”, which did not reach the Billboard Hot 100.
Hits from the album Fabricando Fantasias included “Fabricando Fantasias” and “Ya No Queda Nada” with La India, Nicky Jam, and K-Mil. He attended Xaverian High School in Brooklyn, New York, where he played in a Spanish-language band named Makondo. Though he left before graduating, he was given an honorary…
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