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Santos, Daniel

(1916–1992)
Author: JOSHUA STAVANS

Santos, Daniel * February 5, 1916 – † November 27, 1992Santos, DanielDaniel Santos Puerto Rican singer and composer Daniel Santos specialized in different kinds of Caribbean music, including boleros, guaracha, plena, and rhumba (rumba). Throughout his long career, Santos toured through the United States as well as Latin America and the Caribbean, singing with various trios and bands. He scored countless hit songs. Santos was raised in the small city of Santurce, Puerto Rico, where he dropped…

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