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Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948) is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres. As songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical sophistication of Central American nueva canción and Cuban nueva trova as well as experimental tempos and political inspired Nuyorican salsa to his music, creating thinking persons' (salsa) dance music. Blades has composed dozens of musical hits, the most famous of which is "Pedro Navaja," a song about a neighborhood thug who appears to die during a robbery (his song "Sorpresas" continues the story), inspired by "Mack the Knife." He also composed and sings what many Panamanians consider their second national anthem. The song is titled "Patria" (Fatherland). He is an icon in Panama and is much admired throughout Latin America, and managed to attract 18% of the vote in his failed attempt to win the Panamanian presidency in 1994. In September 2004, he was appointed minister of tourism by Panamanian president Martín Torrijos for a five-year term. He holds a law degree from the University of Panama and a master's in international law from Harvard University. He is married to singer Luba Mason. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rubén Blades, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1948-07-16
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 5.2
- info Birth Place Panama City, Panama
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6.3
Predator 2
1990-11-21
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5.7
Color of Night
1994-08-19
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6.2
The Devil's Own
1997-03-13
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5.9
Chinese Box
1997-11-14
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5.4
Disorganized Crime
1989-04-14
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5.5
Critical Condition
1987-01-16
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6.5
Cradle Will Rock
1999-12-10
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5.9
The Two Jakes
1990-08-10
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6.5
Secuestro Express
2004-06-01
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6.5
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988-03-18
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5.5
Fatal Beauty
1987-10-30
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5.1
Assassination Tango
2003-03-08
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6.2
Spoken Word
2009-07-17
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Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
2021-12-10
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5.9
The Super
1991-10-04
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The Heart of the Deal
1990-01-01
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4.7
The Maldonado Miracle
2003-01-20
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6.5
Safe House
2012-02-08
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6.3
The Josephine Baker Story
1991-03-16
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4.7
The Lemon Sisters
1989-12-01
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5.3
The Counselor
2013-10-25
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6.8
One Man’s War
1991-04-20
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5.9
Spin
2003-10-23
5.2
Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 2
2011-03-15
5.2
Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 1
2011-03-15
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7.5
Scorpion Spring
1996-10-10
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4.7
Miracle on Interstate 880
1993-02-22
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4.4
The Last Fight
1983-09-07
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3.8
Crazy From the Heart
1991-08-19
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6.8
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012-06-01
5.7
Crossover Dreams
1985-08-23
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The Making of Sun City
1985-01-23
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0
The Return of Rubén Blades
1985-10-16
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6.5
Mo' Better Blues
1990-08-03
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6.6
Hands of Stone
2016-08-26
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8.5
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
2024-06-08
8
¡Sonó, Sonó… Tite Curet!
2011-12-04
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Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro Flores
1996-12-08
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Somos un solo pueblo
1995-12-03
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Encuentro
2002-12-08
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1
Lo mejor de nuestra música popular: 15 años de éxitos
2007-12-02
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En mi país
2004-12-05
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La clave
2008-08-09
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5.7
All the Pretty Horses
2000-12-11
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8
Stay Homas. The Band That Shouldn’t Exist
2024-03-06
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Yo soy la salsa
2014-10-30
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From Son to Salsa
1997-09-12
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5.6
Imagining Argentina
2003-09-13
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7.3
Dead Man Out
1989-03-12
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6.4
Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
2018-03-18
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Willie Colón & Rubén Blades - Live In Venezuela
1998-06-16
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0
The Next Season
2011-09-21
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A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway
1998-04-04
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7.5
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
2018-11-02
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0
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019-09-13
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5
Homeboy
1988-08-24
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6
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
2005-01-25
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6.3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003-09-11
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5.4
A Million to Juan
1994-05-15
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6
Red Pill
2021-03-12
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8.4
The X-Files
1993-09-10
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6
Gideon's Crossing
2000-10-10
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7.7
Fear the Walking Dead
2015-08-23
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Músicos de Latinoamérica
2011-11-08
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Arthouse
1997-10-26
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7
Latin Grammy Awards
2000-09-13
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6
Las Lunas del Auditorio
2002-09-04