Biography

Luisito Rosario is an experienced salsa singer who is blessed with a beautiful voice, a charismatic, and commanding stage presence, and Hollywood looks.

Luisito was born with a bang, and the fireworks that are common on the 4th of July. He was raised in Hoboken, New Jersey. He now lives in Allentown Pa. where he is focusing on his singing career.

The proximity of New York City, across the Hudson River where salsa started in the sixties influenced Luisito's formative years listening to all the salsa legends of the decade.

His appreciation for the greats of the era, especially the members of the Fania All Stars along with his Puerto Rican roots, inspired Luisito to pursue a singing career in this genre of Latin music.

In 1996 the legendary Larry Harlow from Fania All Stars hired Luisito Rosario to be his lead vocalist for his orchestra. It's been nine successful years, and they are still going strong. They recently performed in Caracas, Venezuela to thousands of salsa lovers. Luisito recorded "Tumba Y Bongo" in 2002 for Larry Harlow's 35th anniversary cd where he along with Mr. Nestor Sanchez recorded all the background vocals.

In 1996 Luisito joined the popular salsa band in New York city " Grupo hechizo", and recorded lead vocals in their 1998 cd "Sin Limites"which charted in the Top Five of the New York city record pools. Luisito toured the Caribbean Islands and the US as Hechizo's lead vocalist. Luisito's popularity exploded in 1999 when he toured Europe, and the US with Los Hermanos Moreno.

Luisito teamed up with Mambo City Music LTD in 2001, and launched his first solo career with "Jurame" showcasing his salsa roots. The cd includes arrangements by Cuto Soto and Lucho Cueto whom have arranged for Marc Anthony and Tito Nieves.

Luisito’s latest recording RUMBA DEL BARRIO showcasing the type of salsa that's popular with the hardcore salseros. This new production includes Charanga , Son, Mambo, Guajira and just straight forward old school style salsa! But very special to Luisito, will be a song dedicated to the late queen of salsa "CELIA CRUZ". He also had the honor of singing this song to Celia's husband Pedro Knight on thehighest rated morning show DESPIERTA AMERICA!! This cd will be mostly dedicated to all the salsa lovers of the world. Rumba Del Barrio is being chart on most DJ record pools in the #1 spots!! Also 1 800 QUIEREME and 1 800 QUIERME REMIX are both DJ'S and DANCERS favorite!!!

For Luisito salsa has always been popular, even before Ricky Martin's" La Vida Loca ". Luisito says "salsa is who we are, it is part of our culture. Salsa keeps our Latino communities united. It brings us happiness and feeds our soul ".