Jerry Rivera
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Jerry Rivera
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Geraldo Rivera Rodríguez |
| Born |
July 31, 1973 Humacao, Puerto Rico |
| Genres | Salsa, Latin pop |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Sony Discos (1989-2005), EMI Latin (2007), Venemusic (2011-present) |
| Website | http://www.jerryrivera.com/ |
 You may listen to Jerry Rivera's Cuenta Conmigo here. |
Geraldo Rivera Rodríguez better known as Jerry Rivera (born July 31, 1973) is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-nominated Puerto Rican salsa singer.
Rivera was born in Humacao, Puerto Rico,a town located on the eastern coast of Puerto Rico, moved with his family to Levittown in the town of Toa Baja, where he received his primary and secondary education. His entire family consists of musicians, including tropical recording artists Edwin Rivera and younger sister Saned. Two other brothers, Ito and Jose, are professional instrumental musicians. His parents, also musicians, inspired him to become a musician and as a child he would often accompany his mother Dominga, a singer, and father Edwin, a guitarist and director of Los Barones Trio, during their shows.
In 1986, when he was 13 years old, he accompanied his father who was performing at a hotel in Isla Verde, San Juan. Frankie Ruiz, who was a guest at the hotel, appeared and sang a couple of songs with them and had his picture taken alongside Rivera. In 2003, this picture was used by Rivera to make the album cover for his tribute Canto a mi Idolo... Frankie Ruiz ('I sing to my Idol... Frankie Ruiz'), who had died in 1998.
In 1988, Tommy Olivencia heard Rivera sing alongside his father and recommended that he sing solo. When Rivera was 14, his father made a demo and presented it to the CBS music department. They signed Rivera.
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