Siblings include Saned, Edwin, Ito, and José, who all have careers in salsa (one of his brothers was with Puerto Rican Power). In an interview with Maria Conchita Alonso (for "Al día con Maria Conchita"), Jerry talks about how sure his father was that he would succeed.
His parents, also musicians, inspired him to become a musician and as a child he would often accompany his mother Dominga, a singer, and father Edwin, a guitarist and director of Los Barones Trio, during their shows.
His favorite singers are Eddie Santiago, Lalo Rodriguez and, in particular, Frankie Ruiz. In 1986, when he was 13 years old, he accompanied his father who was performing at a hotel in Isla Verde, San Juan. Ruiz, who was a guest at the hotel, appeared and sang a couple of songs with them and had his picture taken alongside Rivera. In 2003 this picture was used by Rivera to make the album cover for his tribute Canto a mi Idolo... Frankie Ruiz ('I sing to my Idol... Frankie Ruiz'), who had died in 1998.
In 1988, Tommy Olivencia heard Rivera sing alongside his father and recommended that he sing solo. When Jerry was 14, his father made a demo and presented it to the CBS music department. They signed Rivera.
With his first album, Empezando A Vivir, Jerry Rivera earned the title "El Bebé de la Salsa" (the salsa baby). This project generated the hit, De La Cabeza A Los Pies (loosely translates to "From Head To Toes").
His second album, Abriendo Puertas ('Opening Doors'), produced the hit songs Esa Niña ('That Girl'), Dime ('Tell Me') and Como un Milagro ('Like a Miracle') became number one hits first in Puerto Rico, then among the Hispanic populations in the United States and finally across Latin America.
His third album, Cuenta Conmigo ('Count on Me'), won three Platinum Record awards in the United States, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Colombia. It became the most-sold salsa album in history, a record previously held by Willie Colon,[1] and held the number-one spot in the Latin American Billboards for three consecutive months. Its hit songs included the Cuenta Conmigo, Me Estoy Enamorado ('I am in Love') and Casi Un Hechizo. The number one hit for the album was Amores Como El Nuestro (Loves Like Ours) which is considered to be the best song by Rivera. Rivera was awarded two Premio Lo Nuestro Awards for "Singer of the Year" and "Album of the Year" and Sony Records presented him with three Crystal Awards.
The introduction of Amores Como El Nuestro was sampled by Haitian-rapper Wyclef Jean in his 2004 song "Dance Like This" from the soundtrack of Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights which would later become the worldwide number-one 2006 hit "Hips Don't Lie" by Colombian-singer Shakira and Wyclef, too.
In 1993, he released Cara de Niño ('Baby Face') with Que Hay De Malo ('That There of Bad') and Cara de Niño as hits.
In 1994, as his popularity was rising, he released his first compilation album, Lo Nuevo y lo Mejor (The New and the Best), and contained the single hit Me Estoy Enloqueciendo Por Ti.
In 1996, Rivera released "Fresco" and Una y Mil Veces (One Thousand and One Tries) became another hit for Rivera.
In 1999, Rivera recorded De Otra Manera ('Another Way'), which featured the bolero Ese. Jerry sang the song with his father at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan.
In 2000, Rivera recorded Para Siempre ('Forever'), and the hits were Amor de Novela, Navegándote, and Puerta Abierta. This was his album on Sony Latin records.
He has performed in Venezuela, Colombia, Honduras, Panama, the United States, Spain and Japan.
In 2001, he released his self-titled album Jerry Rivera, which would include ballad songs for the first time in his salsa career, and Quiero (I Want) would be the only hit. The year after, he recorded Vuela Muy Alto (She Flies High) which brought him a new fanbase all over Latin-America and the U.S., with the title track hit the top spot and the top 10 in many charts. The following year he released Cantando A Mi Idolo... Frankie Ruiz ('Singing To My Idol... Frankie Ruiz'), a tribute album to one of his idol Frankie Ruiz. The album ganer him a Latin Grammy nominatation and his hit was Ruiz's Mi Libertad featuring Voltio.
Rivera played a small role in the movie I Like It Like That and will appear as himself in a Latin American soap opera titled Mi destino eres tu ('You are my destiny') slated to air on Univision in the US during on November 2005. Rivera has also appeared in various Banco Popular de Puerto Rico productions, including Al Compas de un Sentimiento (dedicated to the late Puerto Rican composer Pedro Flores) and Con la musica por Dentro. Amores Como El Nuestro and Magia is another of his hit songs.
Discography
Empezando a Vivir (Beginning to Live) (1989)
Abriendo Puertas (Opening Doors) (1991)
Cuenta Conmigo (Count On Me) (1992)
Cara de Niño (Baby Face) (1993)
Jerry Rivera: Lo Nuevo Y Lo Mejor (Jerry Rivera: The New and the Best)
Magia (Magic) (1995)
Fresco (album) (Fresh) (1996)
Ya No Soy El Niño Aquel(I'm Not That Child Anymore) (1997)
De Otra Manera (In Other Words) (1998)
Oro Salsero (Salsa Gold) (2000)
Historia 1 (History 1) (2000)
Para Siempre (Forever) (2000)
Jerry Rivera (Rivera) (2001)
No Me Olvidaras (You Won't Forget Me) (2001)
Vuela Muy Alto (Fly Very High) (2002)
Cantando A Mi Idolo... Frankie Ruiz (Singing To My Idol... Frankie Ruiz) (2003)
Ay Mi Vida (Oh My Life) (2005)
20 Exitos Originales (20 originals) (2007)
Official Website
http://www.jerryrivera.com/
Loco De Amor
Jerry Rivera Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
He notado que sueño despierto
Cuando estoy lejos de ti,
No puedo concentrarme en nada solo pienso en ti
Hoy dejé las llaves en el coche
Y peor fue aun la otra noche
Cuando yo creí sentir el tibio roce de tu boca muy cerca de mi
Vuelve por favor mira que estoy loco de amor
Y ya no puedo resistir ni un dia más lejos de ti
Ya ni se quien soy mira que estoy loco de amor
Sin ti no tengo a donde ir
Quiero que vuelvas junto a mi
Para recobrar la calma y la razón
Para no seguir sin rumbo
Para no morir de amor
La otra tarde cuando en ti pensaba
Mientras lentamente me afeitaba
El espejo dibujó tu cara y por un momento creí sentirte alli
Aun que en sueños he llegado amarte
De mi mente no puedo apartarte
Me parece verte en todas partes
Y te he confundido con un maniqui
Vuelve por favor mira que estoy loco de amor
Y ya no puedo resistir ni un dia más lejos de ti
Ya ni se quien soy mira que estoy loco de amor
Sin ti no tengo a donde ir
Quiero que vuelvas junto a mi
Para recobrar la calma y la razón
Para no seguir sin rumbo
Para no morir de amor............
VUELVE POR FAVOR!!!
CHORUS: VUELVE POR FAVOR MIRA QUE ESTOY LOCO DE AMOR
JERRY: Para no sentirme solo para no morir de amor
CHORUS: VUELVE POR FAVOR MIRA QUE ESTOY LOCO DE AMOR
JERRY: Me parece verte en todas partes No como no duermo sin ti no puedo vivir........wouw...wouwww...
Jajaja......BABY................SI!!!!!!
CHORUS: VUELVE POR FAVOR MIRA QUE ESTOY LOCO DE AMOR
JERRY: Es que solamente pienso en ti te necesito eres la razón de mi existir
CHORUS: Vuelve
CHORUS: Vuelve
CHORUS: VUELVE POR FAVOR MIRA QUE ESTOY LOCO DE AMOR
JERRY: Quiero que vuelvas junto a mi para recobrar la calma y la razón
CHORUS: VUELVE POR FAVOR MIRA QUE ESTOY LOCO DE AMOR
JERRY: Y ya no puedo resistir esta anciedad de amarte vuelve por favor.
The song Loco De Amor by Jerry Rivera is a heartfelt ballad describing the singer's intense longing for his love interest. He admits that his infatuation with this person is a serious problem and that he dreams of them even when he is awake. When he is away from his love interest, he cannot concentrate on anything else as they occupy his thoughts entirely. He confesses to forgetting even small things like leaving his keys in his car, demonstrating how preoccupied he is with thoughts of his love interest.
The chorus of the song urges the love interest to come back to the singer as he cannot resist being away from them any longer. He feels lost without them and does not know who he is without their presence. He wants his love interest to come back to him so that he can regain his sense of calm and rationality and not die of love. The singer's obsession with his love interest is so intense that he sometimes hallucinates seeing them everywhere, even mistaking them for a mannequin. Overall, the song depicts the struggles that come with being deeply in love and how it can emotionally consume a person.
Line by Line Meaning
Mi problema es un problema serio
I have a serious problem that's affecting me
He notado que sueño despierto
I daydream because you're always on my mind
Cuando estoy lejos de ti,
When I'm away from you,
No puedo concentrarme en nada solo pienso en ti
I can't focus on anything else but you
Hoy dejé las llaves en el coche
I forget where I left things like the car keys,
Y peor fue aun la otra noche
And it's worse at night,
Cuando yo creí sentir el tibio roce de tu boca muy cerca de mi
When I thought I felt your warm breath near me
Vuelve por favor mira que estoy loco de amor
Please come back, I'm crazy in love with you
Y ya no puedo resistir ni un dia más lejos de ti
I can't resist being away from you another day
Ya ni se quien soy mira que estoy loco de amor
I don't even know who I am anymore because I'm so in love with you
Sin ti no tengo a donde ir
I have nowhere to go without you
Quiero que vuelvas junto a mi
I want you to come back to me
Para recobrar la calma y la razón
To regain my calmness and sanity
Para no seguir sin rumbo
To not continue aimlessly
Para no morir de amor
To not die from love
La otra tarde cuando en ti pensaba
The other afternoon when I was thinking of you
Mientras lentamente me afeitaba
While I was slowly shaving
El espejo dibujó tu cara y por un momento creí sentirte alli
I saw your face in the mirror and for a moment I thought you were there
Aun que en sueños he llegado amarte
Even though I've loved you in my dreams
De mi mente no puedo apartarte
I can't get you out of my mind
Me parece verte en todas partes
I think I see you everywhere
Y te he confundido con un maniqui
And I've mistaken you for a mannequin
Para no sentirme solo para no morir de amor
To not feel alone, to not die from love
Me parece verte en todas partes No como no duermo sin ti no puedo vivir........wouw...wouwww...
I see you everywhere, I can't sleep without you, I can't live without you
Es que solamente pienso en ti te necesito eres la razón de mi existir
I only think of you, I need you, you're the reason for my existence
Quiero que vuelvas junto a mi para recobrar la calma y la razón
I want you to come back to me to regain my calmness and sanity
Y ya no puedo resistir esta anciedad de amarte vuelve por favor.
I can't resist the anxiety of loving you, please come back.
Contributed by Alex H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.