Shortly thereafter, Blades started collaborating with trombonist and bandleader Willie Colón, and they recorded several albums together and participated in albums by plena singer Mon Rivera and the Fania All Stars.

In 1978, Blades wrote the song " El Cantante "; Colón convinced him to give the song to Colón's former musical partner, Héctor Lavoe, to record, since Lavoe's nickname was already " El Cantante de los Cantantes " (" the singer of singers ").

The Colón and Blades album Siembra ( 1978 ) became the best-selling salsa record in history.

* Metiendo Mano ( 1977 )-Rubén Blades & Willie Colón

* Siembra ( 1978 )-Rubén Blades & Willie Colón

* Maestra Vida: Primera Parte ( 1980 )-Rubén Blades ( produced by Willie Colón )

* Maestra Vida: Segunda Parte ( 1980 )-Rubén Blades ( produced by Willie Colón )

* Canciones Del Solar De Los Aburridos ( 1981 )-Rubén Blades & Willie Colón

* The Last Fight ( Album ) ( 1982 )-Rubén Blades & Willie Colón

* Tras La Tormenta ( 1995 ) Rubén Blades & Willie Colón

* Sembra Y Otros Favoritos Salsa Para Siempre ( 2001 )-Rubén Blades & Willie Colón ( Fania compilation )

It would also be the introduction of bassist Oscar Cartaya, later to play with Herb Alpert, Jennifer Lopez, Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades, Tito Puente, Robbie Robertson and Willie Colón.

* Pedro Navaja by Willie Colón and Rubén Blades

As a soloist Lavoe recorded several hits including " El cantante ", " Bandolera " and " Periódico de ayer " (" El Cantante " was composed by Ruben Blades, " Bandolera " by Colón and " Periódico " by Tite Curet Alonso.

* As a producer, Willie Colón had Lavoe record what would become his signature song, the Ruben Blades-authored song " El Cantante " against Blades ' protests ( Blades wanted to record the song on his own .).

He has also played and recorded with the Fania All-Stars, Hector Lavoe, Willie Colón, Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco, Bobby Valentín, Ismael Quintana, Gloria Estefan, Adalberto Santiago, Andy Montañez, Pablo Milanés, and Rubén Blades.

Always in demand, he has recorded and performed with a long list of the giants of salsa, jazz, pop, rock and beyond, including ; Willie Colón, Rubén Blades, Héctor Lavoe, Ray Barretto, Tito Puente, Machito, Fania All-Stars, Celia Cruz, Larry Harlow, Ismael Miranda, Eddie Palmieri, Cheo Feliciano, Johnny Pacheco, Tito Nieves, Soledad Bravo, Sophy, Fernandito Villalona, Arturo Sandoval, Billy Idol, Lenny Kravitz, Kirsty MacColl, Jon Lucien, Angela Bofill, Dave Valentin, Noel Pointer, Airto & Flora Purim, Harry Belafonte, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Gilberto Santarosa, Olga Tañón, Jaci Velaquez, Mandy Moore, José Feliciano, Oscar D ' León, Gloria Estefan, Jon Secada, Franco De Vita, Ricardo Montaner, Amaury Gutiérrez, Cristian Castro, David Bisbal, Thalía, La India, Obie Bermúdez, Los Ilegales, Gaitanes, Gian Marco, Hector ' El Father ', Don Omar, and the list, ( much too long to list here ), goes on and on with hundreds of other world famous artist, both Latin and / or American.

The Stars performed before 63, 000 spectators in a concert that featured Ray Barretto, Willie Colón, Ruben Blades, Larry Harlow, Johnny Pacheco, Roberto Roena, Bobby Valentín, and Jorge Santana ( younger brother of Carlos Santana ), Edwin Tito Asencio amongst others.

Willie Colón continued producing hits with Rubén Blades and as a solo artist.

For the album sessions, Colón assembled a solid lineup that consisted of Willie's band, as well as Rubén Blades ( and in at least two songs, Héctor Lavoe ) as part of the vocal chorus section.

In the song " El Telefonito ", from his 1981 album with Willie Colón " Canciones del Solar de los Aburridos ", Rubén Blades pays a tribute to Efraín in the soneos section, parodying " Aló ¿ Quien Ñama?

Pacheco, co-owner of Fania Records and its recording musical director, suggested that Colón record Lavoe on a track of Colón's first album El Malo.

Without a long reliever or emergency starter on the playoff roster, Hargrove started both Bartolo Colón and Charles Nagy in games four and five on only three days rest.

The first performance of La bohème outside Italy was at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 16 June 1896.

On 11 June 1983 he put on one of the best concerts of his life when he played a program of his music at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

The time and the cost for transit dropped as regular paddle wheel steamships and sailing ships went from ports on the east coast and New Orleans, Louisiana to Colón, Panama ($ 80 –$ 100 ), across the Isthmus of Panama by railroad ($ 25 ) and by paddle wheel steamships and sailing ships to ports in California and Oregon ($ 100 –$ 150 ).

For the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus ' landing in the Americas and the visit of Pope John Paul II, Balaguer spent millions on a restoration of parts of historic, colonial Santo Domingo, and on sprucing up the parts of the City to be transversed by the Pope, including the construction of a grand new avenue lined with modern housing blocks. Faro a Colón ( Columbus Lighthouse )

The Teatro Colón was visited by the foremost singers and opera companies of the time, who would sometimes go on to other cities including Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

The first Teatro Colón building, overlooking Plaza de Mayo, was started in 1856 and opened on April 27, 1857, with Verdi's La traviata, just four years after its Italian premiere.

The cornerstone of the present Teatro Colón was laid in 1889 under the direction of architect Francesco Tamburini and his pupil, Vittorio Meano, who designed a theater in the Italian style on a scale and with amenities which matched those in Europe.

Some of the last performances immediately before closure of the theatre's building were Swan Lake on 30 September with the Ballet Estable del Teatro Colón and the Buenos Aires Philharmonic ( Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires ).

and, on 28 October, the opera Boris Godunov was given featuring Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón and the house chorus.

Salsa musician and trombonist Willie Colón plays a Getzen bass trumpet and can be heard improvising on the Fania label recordings Maestra Vida part 1 La Fiesta, Siembra Buscando Guayaba, Cruz and Colon Zambullete, Doble Energia Cuando Tu Quieras and Canciones Del Solar De Los Aburridos Tiburon.

It featured Willie Colón on trombone and background vocals.

That sloop-of-war had departed Aspinwall, Colombia, ( now Colón, Panama ), on 29 September 1854 and had not been heard from since sailing.

Finally, on 29 May, after several misadventures, Cristóbal Colón was spotted in the harbor at Santiago de Cuba by an American squadron.

It was the first stop of Christopher Columbus ' expedition on his way back from the Americas, a commemoration of which is the Hermitage of San Antonio Abad, where the navigator prayed, and the Casa de Colón.

Bounded on the north by Caribbean Sea, south of the Darién Province and Embera-Wounaan, east with Colombia and west by the province of Colón.

The Panama Canal Zone () was a unorganized US territory located within the Republic of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending on each side of the centerline, but excluding Panama City and Colón, which otherwise would have been partly within the limits of the Canal Zone.

In 1836, US statesman Charles Biddle reached an agreement with the New Granadan government to replace the old road with an improved one or a railroad, running from Panama City on the Pacific coast to the Chagres River, where a steamship service would allow passengers and freight to continue to Colón.

Negotiations dragged on into 1903, during which time there was unrest in Panama CIty and Colón ; the United States sent in Marines to guard the trains.

The Panama Canal Zone ( Canal Zone, or Zone ) excluded Panama City and Colón, but included four offshore islands, and permitted the United States to add to the zone any additional lands needed to carry on canal operations.

Colón is a sea port on the Caribbean Sea coast of Panama.

Colón was originally located entirely on Manzanillo Island, surrounded by Limon Bay, Manzanillo Bay, and the Folks River.