Bobby Rivas

Who is Bobby Rivas?

Bobby Rivas is a salsa/balladeer singer, composer, actor and musician from El Salvador. His band performs salsa, as well as Motown, Oldies, and Top-40 music at his group's concerts.

Born in El Salvador, Central America, the son of a Nicaraguan father and Salvadorean mother, Bobby began to sing at the age of six in school shows, church choirs, benefits, weddings, while devoting time to his other passion, playing goalkeeper in soccer.

At age eleven, Bobby participated in the "Buscando Estrellas" festival, from which he emerged a finalist. At thirteen, he joined the Chucho Tovar Flores orchestra, in which he had the opportunity to travel and to relocate to Los Angeles, California.

In 1977 he joined the "LA Compañia" orchestra, where he was introduced to the Tropical Music scene in Los Angeles. In 1980, the promoter Roberto Rivera invited Bobby to form his own group. Bobby began to perform at the Hollywood Palladium, opening for headliners such as El Gran Combo, Ruben Blades, Willie Colon, Machito, Celia Cruz, and others. It was here that his desire to sing Salsa was born.