Roberto Torres, born on 10 February 1940 in Güines, Cuba, began singing at
eighteen and moved to Miami in 1959, where he joined La Sonora Matancera for
three years before forming his own groups. After establishing the Charanga
Broadway in 1962, he recorded eight albums with Gema, Musicor and Tico, and in
1969 became a vocalist for the Latin Dimension orchestra. In 1972 he launched a
solo career, producing El castigador (1973) and subsequent LPs such as De nuevo,
Roberto Torres y Sus Caminantes, Está en buenas manos, and El duro del guaguancó
under the Salsoul label. He founded SA...