Rudy Torrellas was only about 5 or 6 years old when he started to sing. He said it was on the boat from New York to Puerto Rico in the mid-1930s when he sang his first tune – much to his father’s ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Rafael Ithier, a beloved musician and a founder of the legendary salsa band El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, whose hits have inspired Bad Bunny and other icons from the U.S.