1. Miguel Poventud was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, to Francisco Miguel Poventud, a law enforcement officer in the San Juan Police Department, and Concepcion Aponte, a seamstress.
27 Facts About Miguel Poventud
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Miguel Poventud's mother was stricken by TB and died shortly after he was discharged from the hospital.
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When Miguel Poventud's father gave him a guitar, he taught himself to play it.
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Miguel Poventud re-arranged the guitar strings upside down since he was left handed.
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Soon Miguel Poventud was performing in his hometown of Guayama, winning awards, and singing before large audiences at the local radio station WHOM.
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Miguel Poventud became known as El Nino Prodigio de Guayama.
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Miguel Poventud made Poventud an offer that included the recording of Poventud's first record album titled Pobre Huerfanito in New York City.
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Miguel Poventud wrote his first composition at age 14 titled Ya No Soy Un Nino.
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In 1956, still at the age of 14, Miguel Poventud was invited to sing in the wedding of Grace Kelly and Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.
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Miguel Poventud made his professional debut in El Teatro Puerto Rico, where he sang the songs he'd written in his mother's memory: Soy un Huerfanito, De Que Me Sirve la Vida, and Hechame a Mi la Culpa.
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Miguel Poventud continued to make further presentations at the theater with Yomo Toro y su Conjunto playing Rock 'n Roll in English, and singing Boleros in Spanish.
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Miguel Poventud's sang Rock 'n Roll songs such as "Prometo Recordarte".
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Miguel Poventud made two appearances in a local New York television show, in which he sang "De Boca a Boca" and several other Rock 'n Roll numbers.
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Miguel Poventud participated in a comedy sketch with Mexican comedian Tin Tan and was invited by the comedian to join his act in Mexico, which he did, and there they recorded an album based on their act.
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In 1964, Miguel Poventud filled in for Johnny Albino as a CBS musician with El Trio Los Panchos, when Albino could not sing because of a voice ailment.
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Miguel Poventud went on to record the album Los Panchos by Special Request, a compilation of love songs recorded in English for CBS, with Albino.
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Miguel Poventud, participated as the main guitarist and voice accompaniment in the recording of "Grandes Exitos de Johnny Albino con Los Panchos" with Albino.
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Miguel Poventud returned to New York, attended Boricua College in the Bronx, and became politically involved in the Puerto Rican independence movement around this time.
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Miguel Poventud tried his hand at singing Salsa and Ballads in the late sixties and early seventies, working with various "guitar trios" throughout New York.
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Miguel Poventud recorded with Capo in "El Bardo" and with Tito Puente in the Al Ladito Tuyo albums.
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Miguel Poventud had an accident two days before the recording and showed up with and injured thumb that was held in place with a metal pin and stitches.
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In 1976, Miguel Poventud made the arrangements and was the first guitarist in Pepe and Flora's album En La Lucha.
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In 1978 Gilberto Monroig, a member of Tito Puente's Orchestra, and Miguel Poventud recorded various songs.
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In 1978, Miguel Poventud recorded Alvarado's Me Canso tu Historia.
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Miguel Poventud lived in TriBeCa, a neighborhood in lower Manhattan, New York.
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Miguel Poventud died on March 3,1983, at St Vincent's Hospital in New York and was buried in Guayama, the place of his birth.
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Miguel Poventud is survived by his wife Norma Iris Guzman and his daughters Kaluska and Yolanda Poventud.