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- ↑ Hiram Guadalupe Pérez Historia de la salsa - 2005 Page 169 En 1988 la unión produjo su primer disco, "Puerto Rican Power Orchestra: Canta Tito Rojas", un trabajó que cautivó a los fanáticos salseros con los éxitos "Quiéreme tal como soy", "Amor de mentira", "Noche de boda" y "Piel con piel", entre ...
- ↑ Sue Steward Musica!: The Rhythm of Latin America - Salsa, Rumba, ... 1999 0811825663- Page 168 "Founded in 1979 by singer Justo Betancourt; passed to Tito Rojas who renamed it Conjunto Borincano; then passed to singer Luisito Ayala as Puerto Rican Power; and finally, with Borincano's conga player Pedro L6pez, became ..."
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