Richard "Richie" Maldonado Morales (born February 15, 1945) is a Nuyorican (a New York-born Puerto Rican) virtuoso pianist, singer, music arranger, composer and religious minister known for his success beginning in 1965 as part of the duo Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz. He is known as "El Embajador del Piano" (The Ambassador of the Piano). == Early life == Ray (birth name: Richard Maldonado Morales ) was born in Brooklyn, New York City to Puerto Rican parents in 1945. He... [more on Wikipedia]