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Ricardo Ray & Bobby Cruz - Viva Ricardo flac album

Ricardo Ray & Bobby Cruz - Viva Ricardo flac album
  • Performer Ricardo Ray & Bobby Cruz
  • Title Viva Ricardo
  • Date of release 1998
  • Country US
  • Style Salsa
  • Other formats APE MIDI ASF VOC AU MP1 DTS
  • Genre Latin
  • Size MP3 1717 mb
  • Size FLAC 1547 mb
  • Rating: 4.2
  • Votes: 612

Arranged By – Bobby Cruz, Ricardo Ray. Bass – "Skee" Russell Farnsworth. Congas – Hector Cubero. Coro – Chivirico Davila, Felo Brito. Directed By – Carmelo Fonseca. Engineer – Irving Greenbaum. Leader, Piano – Ricardo Ray. Photography – Dave Tucker. Timbales – Ray "El Flaco" Cruz. Ricardo Ray Arrives! ‎ (LP, Album, Mono, Hig). Fonseca Records, Fonseca Records, Fonseca Records. LP1106, LP-1106, LP-1107. Ricardo Ray Orchestra.

This was another United Artists Latino release that had Richie Ray exploring a wide variety of genres. Baba Caroco," "Trumpet Man, Pt. II," "El Afro," "Colorín Colorado," and "Wakamba" are just trinkets in a highly eclectic production.

Ricardo "Richie" Ray (born February 15, 1945) is a Nuyorican (a New York-born Puerto Rican) virtuoso pianist, singer, music arranger, composer and religious minister known for his success beginning in 1965 as part of the duo Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz. He is known as "El Embajador del Piano" (The Ambassador of the Piano). Ray (birth name: Richard Maldonado Morales ) was born in Brooklyn, New York City of Puerto Rican parents. They lived on Hoyt Street

Viva Ricardo: Best 2 songs. Bobby Cruz, Ricardo Ray, Ricardo Ray & Bobby Cruz - Rumbero Mayor 03:16. Bobby Cruz, Ricardo Ray, Ricardo Ray & Bobby Cruz - Wichita Lineman 04:08. Bobby Cruz, Ricardo Ray, Ricardo Ray & Bobby Cruz: best 2 tracks. Ricardo Ray - Si te Contara Arrives, 2005 04:14. Bobby Cruz, Hector Lavoe, Johnny Pacheco, Marc Anthony, Papo Lucca, Wille Colon - Juan en la Ciudad 40 Aniversario: EN VIVO, 2004 05:56. Artist: Bobby Cruz Ricardo Ray Ricardo Ray & Bobby Cruz.

Ricardo Ray & Bobby Cruz has been played on NTS shows including Bump City w/ Billy Goods, with Get It All first played on 24 December 2016. Ray left Juilliard in 1963, after just one year. He made this choice so that he could get organized and dedicate himself to his own band. This was a year after Cruz joined in as the lead vocalist. In 1964, he signed with Fonseca Records and released his debut album, Ricardo Ray Arrives-Comejen. The album included the outstanding hit songs.

Bobby Cruz, Ricardo Ray. 03:06. Download MP3. Bobby Cruz. Ricardo Ray. MP3 192Kbps.

Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Baba Coroco
Written-By – B. Cruz*, R. Ray*
4:40
2 Trumpetman - Part II
Written-By – B. Cruz*, R. Ray*
3:56
3 El Abacua
Written-By – J. Barreto*
3:32
4 Viva Ricardo
Written By – J. Iberia
4:02
5 Colorin Colorao
Written-By – B. Cruz*, R. Ray*
3:27
6 Wakamba
Written-By – C. Alonso*
2:49
7 Ba Ma La La
Written-By – F. Goodman*, R. Grasso*
2:34
8 Ae Cumaya
Written-By – C. Alonso*
4:30
9 Wichita Lineman
Written-By – J. Webb*
4:04
10 Ay ! Conchita
Written-By – B. Cruz*, R. Ray*
3:12
11 Rumbero Mayor
Written-By – B. Cruz*, R. Ray*
3:12

Credits

  • Art Direction – Frank Gauna
  • Cover, Design – Fred Marcellino
  • Engineer – Eddie Smith
  • Producer – Leroy Holmes
  • Vocals – Bobby Cruz, Ricardo Ray

Notes

original released 1969

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 39256 41722 5

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
L 31043 Ricardo Ray Viva Ricardo ‎(LP, Album, Mono) UA Latino L 31043 US 1969
LS 61043 Ricardo Ray Viva Ricardo ‎(LP, Album) UA Latino LS 61043 US 1969
DCM-S 31004 Ricardo Ray Viva Ricardo ‎(LP, Album, RE) Discomoda De Colombia DCM-S 31004 Colombia 1975
L -31043 Ricardo Ray Viva Ricardo ‎(LP, Album, Mono) UA Latino L -31043 Venezuela Unknown
L 31043 Ricardo Ray Viva Ricardo ‎(LP, Album, Mono) UA Latino L 31043 US 1969