La Sonora Ponceña is a Puerto Rican salsa band, founded in 1954 by Enrique "Quique" Lucca Caraballo (Yauco, Puerto Rico, 12 December 1912 - 9 October 2016). Today Quique's son, Papo Lucca, directs the band. The band has stayed active for a remarkable amount of time, recording dozens of albums, including a 55th anniversary album. Singers included Tito Gómez. The history of La Sonora Ponceña is the history of Quique Lucca. In 1928, when he was 16 years old, his family moves to Ponce, Puerto Rico and Quique starts to work as an auto mechanic and starts playing the guitar… read more
La Sonora Ponceña is a Puerto Rican salsa band, founded in 1954 by Enrique "Quique" Lucca Caraballo (Yauco, Puerto Rico, 12 December 1912 - 9 October 2016). Today Quique's son, Papo Lucca, directs the band. The band has stayed active for a remarkable amount of time, recording d… read more
La Sonora Ponceña is a Puerto Rican salsa band, founded in 1954 by Enrique "Quique" Lucca Caraballo (Yauco, Puerto Rico, 12 December 1912 - 9 October 2016). Today Quique's son, Papo Lucca, directs the band. The band has stayed active for a remarkable amount of time, recording dozens of albums, including a 55th anniversary album. Singers included Ti… read more