The album's title song, and the Curet Alonso written "Pirata De La Mar", became major international hits. Many considered the album a classic and the title track, written by Roberto Angleró, an informal patriotic anthem for Puerto Ricans. Santiago's second recording with Valentin's group was the album "Soy Boricua", released in 1972. The songs "Amolador", "Beso Borracho", "Papel De Payaso" & "Vete Pa' llá" were big hits from that album. Santiago's first recording with Valentin's group was the album "Rompecabezas", released in 1971. Santiago would become an impromptu member of the group, and later a member in his own right.
Valentin was one of the original members of the Fania All-Stars, an exclusive Salsa conglomerate of Fania Records musicians that showcased other performers such as Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades, Hector Lavoe, Roberto Roena and many others. Late in 1970 Bobby Valentín, another type 1 diabetic, hired Santiago as the lead singer of his band after Frankie Hernández left his group. Another track from the album, "El Pantalón", was later recorded as "El Filo Del Pantalón" by Santiago as a solo artist. The track "Salao" from the album was later recorded as "Safa Diablo" by Bobby Valentín's group with Santiago on lead vocals. The album had a minor hit with the track "Chán Con Chán". Santiago joined Angleró's group and in 1970 recorded an album with them.
Soon after that meeting, Angleró needed a background singer and called López to see if he could lend Santiago to do some background vocals for his group and López told Angleró "you can keep him if you want to". On one engagement with López in Coamo, Puerto Rico, Santiago met Roberto Angleró and offered his services as a backup singer if he ever needed one. In 1969 Santiago left Chicago and returned to Puerto Rico where he joined Johnny "El Bravo" López's group and toured with them briefly. Santiago provided background vocals on other tracks from the album. Two of the tracks recorded where Santiago provided lead vocals, "Vasos En Colores" and "La Campana Del Lechón", were later recorded by Santiago as a solo artist. Santiago's first recorded tracks appeared on Rafael Cortijo Y Su Bonche's album "Ahí Na Má! Put It There", released in 1968. During breaks from Cortijo's group, Santiago played with local bands "Gilberto Y Su Sexteto" & "La Sonora De Felipe Rodríguez". On an impulse, Santiago decided to stay in Chicago. Santiago was hired to sing with Cortijo's group and in three weeks time learned the bands repertoire and started touring with them throughout Dominican Republic, New York City and Chicago. Upon a recommendation from conga player Celso Clemente, famed Puerto Rican composer Tite Curet Alonso met Santiago and brought him to an audition for Rafael Cortijo's group.
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His first professional job as a singer was in 1966 with Roberto Valdés group "Los Trotamundos". Santiago was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at a young age.ĭuring his youth, Santiago would participate in jam sessions in his neighborhood as well as in school. At the age of 13, Santiago and his family moved to the Nemesio Canales public housing project where he was eventually nicknamed "El Grifo de Canales" ("The kinky-haired of Canales") by close friends and fans. In his younger years Santiago lived between the Bólivar and Sánchez streets in the Parada 22 area of Santurce. Santiago was born in the Santurce district of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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