Luisito Rosario is a young experienced salsa
singer who is blessed with a beautiful voice, a charismatic, and
commanding stage presence, and Hollywood looks.
Luisito was born with a bang, and the
fireworks that are common on the 4th of July. He was raised in Hoboken,
New Jersey. He now lives in Allentown Pa. where he is focusing on his
singing career.
The proximity of New York City, across
the Hudson river where salsa started in the sixties influenced Luisito's
formative years listening to all the salsa legends of the decade.
His appreciation for the greats of the
era, especially the members of the Fania All Stars along with his Puerto
Rican roots, inspired Luisito to pursue a singing career in this genre of
Latin music.
In 1996 the legendary Larry Harlow
from Fania All Stars hired Luisito Rosario to be his lead vocalist for his
orchestra. It's been nine successful years, and they are still going
strong. They recently performed in
Caracas, Venezuela to thousands of salsa lovers. Luisito recorded "Tumba Y
Bongo" in 2002 for Larry Harlow's 35th anniversary cd where he along with
Mr. Nestor Sanchez recorded all the background vocals.
In 1996 Luisito joined the popular
salsa band in New York city " Grupo hechizo", and recorded lead vocals in
their 1998 cd "Sin Limites"which charted in the Top Five of the New York
city record pools. Luisito toured the Caribbean Islands and the US as
Hechizo's lead vocalist.
Luisito's popularity exploded in 1999
when he toured Europe, and the US with Los Hermanos Moreno.
Luisito teamed up with Mambo City
Music LTD in 2001, and launched his first solo career with "Jurame"
showcasing his salsa roots. The cd includes arrangements by Cuto Sotoand
Lucho Cueto whom have arranged for Marc Anthony and Tito Nieves.
Today Luisito has won the devotion of
fans in Europe, the Caribbean Islands, South America, and the USA.
Luisito is currently recording his
second cd showcasing the type of salsa that's popular with the hard core
salseros. This new production will include Charanga , Son, Mambo, Guajira
and just straight forward old school style salsa! But very special to
Luisito, will be a song dedicated to the late
queen of salsa "Celia Cruz", may she rest in peace. This cd
will be dedicated to all the salsa lovers of the world
