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Miguelito - Canto a Borinquen (2019)

In 1973, eleven year old Miguelito was discovered singing in the San Juan airport by the legendary New York record producer Harvey Averne. Within the year, he went from the slums of Manuel A Perez, to recording an album with some of the finest salsa musicians of the time to finally performing with Eddie Palmieri at Madison Square Garden in front of 20,000 people. Throughout Latin America his songs ‘Payaso’ and ‘Canto a Borinquen’ had become cult hits. And then he simply disappeared...

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Miguel Ángel González SánchezMiguel Ángel González SánchezHimself
  • Photo of Harvey AverneHarvey AverneHimself
  • Photo of Julio CastroJulio CastroHimself
  • Photo of Nelson FelicianoNelson FelicianoHimself
  • Photo of FulasuFulasuHimself
  • Photo of Aida GonzálezAida GonzálezHerself
  • Photo of Evelyn GonzálezEvelyn GonzálezHerself
  • Photo of Leonor GonzálezLeonor GonzálezHerself
  • Photo of Papo LuccaPapo LuccaHimself
  • Photo of Japhet RodriguezJaphet RodriguezHimself

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