celebrated as "Día Conmemorativo del Natalicio de Ismael Rivera". On September 27, 2001, the Puerto Rican Senate approved the law No. 134 declaring October 5 as "Ismael Rivera Day". In Villa Palmeras, Santurce, Puerto Rico, there is a plaza named "Plaza de los Salseros" which has a statue and plaque dedicated to Ismael. Celia Cruz recorded a tribute to Ismael Rivera and so did Dario y su ComboRican. Rivera was posthumously inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame in 2000. Discography Albums 'De Colores (1968) Controversia (1969) Lo Último en la Avenida (1971) Esto Fue lo Que Trajo el Barco (1972) Vengo Por la Maceta (1973) Traigo de Todo (1974) Feliz Navidad (1975) Soy Feliz (1975) De Todas Maneras Rosas (1977) Esto Si Es lo Mío (1978) El Sonero Mayor (1980) Compilation albums Con Todos los Hierros (1967) Juntos Otra Vez (1974) Eclipse Total (1975) Llaves de la Tradición (1977) Oro (1979) El Sueño del Maestro (1980) Sonero No. 1 (1982) Maelo... El Único (1992) Legend (1992) El Sonero Mayor Vol. 1 (1992) El Sonero Mayor Vol. 2 (1997) El Sonero Mayor: Latin Roots (1999) Maelo: The Fania Legends of Salsa Vol. 8 (2001) La Época de Oro Vol. 1 (2002) Historia Musical de Ismael Rivera (2004) Salsa Legende: Best of Ismael Rivera (2004) La Experiencia (2004) Mucho Corazón (2005) Su Época Dorada Vol. 1 (2007) Su Época Dorada Vol. 2 (2007) Dos Grandes de Siempre: 16 Éxitos (2008) Grandes Éxitos Vol. 2 (2008) La Herencia (2008) Historia de la Salsa (2009) Greatest Hits (2009) La Esencia de la Fania (2009) A Maelo (2011) Selecciones Fania (2012) El Sonero Mayor (2012) See also List of Puerto Ricans References Further readingIsmael Rivera, el sonero mayor (1993) by César Pagano (Colombia)Salsa, sabor y control!, sicologia de la musica tropical (1998) by Ángel G. Quintero RiveraDos libros sobre MaeloDialogo (1998) by Francisco Cabanillas U.S.Bailando en casa del Trompo (1999) by Lil Rodríguez (Venezuela) andIsmael Rivera, el sonero mayor'' by Rafael Figueroa Hernández. "El Entierro de Cortijo" by Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá. External links 1931 births 1987 deaths Maracas players People from Santurce, Puerto Rico Musicians from San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican male composers 20th-century Puerto Rican male singers Singers from San Juan, Puerto Rico Salsa musicians Puerto Rican people of African descent