They are Gilberto Jr., Glenn (who followed in his footsteps) and Linda. Monroig had two sons and one daughter from two marriages. He also made many television presentations in Puerto Rico. He sang for various bands including Tito Puente’s and traveled throughout the United States and Latin-America. DISCOGRAFIA Grupo Exterminador 22 CDs en Un Link (1. Gilberto Monroig returned to New York and in 1964, he won his second Gold Record Award with “Simplemente Una Ilusión” (Simply an Illusion). He won his first Gold Record Award in 1959, with “Egoismo”. Juan Arvizu comenzó a cantar en el Orfeón Infantil que dirigía Antonio González. He also recorded some songs by composers Pedro Flores and Rafael Hernández.
He would return to Puerto Rico to make many other instant “hits” with the songs “Mujer” (Women) and “Duerme, Margarita” (Sleep, Margarita). Margarita Cueto, Jos Mojica, Juan Arvizu, Tito Guizar, Jos Moriche y Guty Crdenas entre los ms destacados. En construccin la Nueva Sede del CICIP, Iaquito y Corea. A favorite in New York played on Radio WADO was the hit single of a sexy bolero “Que Chevere” by singer/composer Miguel Poventud. COLEGIO DE INGENIEROS CIVILES DE PICHINCHA. Among them was “Malcriada” which became a “hit”. In the early 1950s, Gilberto Monroig joined Tito Puente’s Orchestra and recorded various songs. During his years in New York, he played for various bands and traveled to the Dominican Republic and Curaçao. He joined Pete in New York, where he began to gain fame as a bolero singer. Pete soon left the island and headed for New York, where he organized another band. In 1948, Pete Rivera invited Gilberto Monroig to sing for his band in the inauguration of the Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan. According to the Discography of American Historical Recordings, Cugat first recorded Perfidia in 1939 with the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra (named for the famed New York hotel), which Cugat directed for approximately 16 years, starting in 1933.
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However, it was when the “Super Orchestra Tropicana” directed by Rafael Elvira hired him that he received his first big break as a professional singer. In 1943, at age 13, he joined a group called “Taone” and a year later joined another band by the name of “Maravilla”. Finally, Monroig’s father decided that it would be best if he bought him one also. His father once gave his brother, Luis a guitar which Monroig learned to play better than his brother – often resulting in a fight over the instrument. When he was ten years old, he would imitate his favorite singer, the famed Argentine singer of tangos, Carlos Gardel.
He later moved to New York City and earned his high school equivalent diploma. Gilberto Monroig was born in Santurce, where he received his primary and secondary education. Monroig’s parents moved from the countryside to the city in search of a better way of life and settled in the Villa Palmera sector of Santurce, a section of San Juan where the musical sounds of the bomba and plena and of the tango filled the air. Gilberto Monroig (J– May 3, 1996) was a guitarist, and singer of boleros.
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