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Tony Vega
Eladio Antonio Vega Ayala (July 13, 1957), better known by his stage name Tony
Vega, is a salsa singer from Salinas, Puerto Rico. Born into a family of
musicians, he began mastering the bongos and conga from a very young age. After
moving to New York with his family in 1968, he got his start as a percussionist
in several Latin rock bands and later joined the salsa ensemble Orquesta La
Preferida from 1971 to 1973. It was around this time that Tony Vega started his
singing career, which continued in the following years on Raphy Leavitt's La
Selecta with hits like "Cosquillita," "Sh...
