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television shows during his career.
performing with the known group of political satireSatire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods,...
called Los Rayos GammaLos Rayos Gamma is a Puerto Rican comedy troupe specializing in political satire. The group was founded in the late 1960s and is currently composed of:* Sunshine Logroño - comedian, actor, host, singer, producer...
(The Gamma Rays)
performing with the Nueva TrovaNueva trova is a movement in Cuban music that emerged around 1967/68 after the Cuban Revolution of 1959, and the consequent political and social changes....
group called Haciendo Punto en Otro SonHaciendo Punto en Otro Son is a Nueva Trova band from Puerto Rico, founded in 1975. They recorded 14 albums and performed in Latin-America, the Caribbean and USA....
.
his motivational lectures which are usually called "Humortivación" (Humortivation).
coining the term chupacabraThe Chupacabra or Chupacabras , also called El Chupacabras in Spanish, is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas...
s to name the mythical creature responsible for various attacks on animals in Puerto Rico, MexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and the United States
He is the composer of several songs, among them, the
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dedicated to the island of Vieques ("Isla Nena") and many others.
Biography
Pérez is the oldest of eleven brothers and sisters. The
PerezFor the given name, see Perez .Pérez is a Spanish language surname. It can be a patronymic meaning "son of Peter," affiliated with Peterson. It can also be a Hebrew name פרץ . The other forms of the same family name are: Peris, Pesidas, Peretz, Pritz, Pretz, Fretz, Fares, Farez, among others...
are of Hebrew Spanish
AnusimAnusim , plural for anús, means "forced ones" in Hebrew. In Jewish Law, this is the legal term applied to a Jew who was forced to abandon Judaism against his or her will, but does whatever is in his or her power to continue practicing Judaism under the forced condition...
origin. While Pérez was a teenager he became involved in various church singing groups and in the Puerto Rican production of
Up With PeopleUp with People is the name of both a motivational organization and a musical performance, both related to each other.The organization is made up of troupes of young people who sing and perform internationally...
. He later formed a duo, Silverio y Roxana, that specialized in Puerto Rican music, and as a result, was a guest -and later hosted- an autochthonous Puerto Rican music television program,
"Borinquen Canta", along with news broadcaster
Guillermo José TorresGuillermo José Torres is a Puerto Rican television reporter and news anchorman.-Early years:He was born in the city of Ponce into a working-class family. In his adolescent years, Torres and his family moved to Mercedita district of Ponce, near the Mercedita Airport.Torres' brother, Carlitos, was a...
. He later studied Chemical Engineering at the
University of Puerto Rico at MayagüezThe University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez —or Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez in Spanish— is a land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant state university located in the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico...
, but remained active as a part-time singer while completing his studies. He then realized that Engineering, while a lucrative career, did not fulfill his vocation as a singer.
Pérez formally started his
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with the singing group
Haciendo Punto en Otro SonHaciendo Punto en Otro Son is a Nueva Trova band from Puerto Rico, founded in 1975. They recorded 14 albums and performed in Latin-America, the Caribbean and USA....
with four debut concerts at a night club called "La Tea" in San Juan (October 30 - November 2, 1975). This band, whose original members included Irvin Garcia, Jossy Latorre,
Nano CabreraNano Cabrera is a singer, guitarist, and composer born in Condado, Puerto Rico, who was a member of Haciendo Punto en Otro Son, the musical group that brought popularity to typical Puerto Rican music during the last quarter century. He was a close friend of Tony Croatto, and is a cousin of golfer...
and
Tony CroattoHermes Davide Fastino Croatto Martinis, better known as Tony Croatto was an Italian singer and composer best known for his interpretations of Puerto Rican folk music. He was also a television presenter.-Biography:Born in Attimis, a comune in the province of Udine, Italy...
, toured all of Puerto Rico and some other countries, recording various albums and 8-tracks. The group faced blacklisting in some Puerto Rican towns due to the political nature of some of its songs, and experienced numerous personnel changes over time (most notably Croatto's, who as a non-native Puerto Rican felt uncomfortable by the situation). Haciendo Punto would "break up" twice during the 1980s, to be reformed in the late 1990s.
After the
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went into a hiatus, Pérez went into Puerto Rican television with the
Los Rayos GammaLos Rayos Gamma is a Puerto Rican comedy troupe specializing in political satire. The group was founded in the late 1960s and is currently composed of:* Sunshine Logroño - comedian, actor, host, singer, producer...
show. In
Los Rayos Gamma, he teamed up with
Sunshine LogronoEmmanuel Logroño , better known as Sunshine Logroño is a Puerto Rican actor, radio announcer, television show host, singer, comedy writer, entrepreneur and comedian...
,
Jacobo MoralesJacobo Morales is an actor, writer and director of Marrano descent, whom many consider to be the most influential film director in Puerto Rico's history. Marrano was a name given to Spanish Jewish converts to Roman Catholicism during the Inquisition...
and
Horacio OlivoHoracio Olivo is a well known Puerto Rican actor, comedian, TV and radio personality, as well as a classically trained singer.Born in Dorado, Puerto Rico, he got his start in show business in 1949 at long defunct WNEL as a radio soap opera actor....
to satirize Puerto Rican politics. Later on, he became the show host of the successful program,
En Serio Con Silverio.
In 1987, he was credited with coining the term
ChupacabraThe Chupacabra or Chupacabras , also called El Chupacabras in Spanish, is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas...
, referring to creatures around Puerto Rico with a habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats.
In 2000, he debuted in the show
Anda Pa'l CaraAnda Pa'l Cará is a Spanish-language television program, a late-night talk and variety show from Puerto Rico. It started in 2000 on WLII-TV Tele Once as a late night show with comedian Silverio Pérez as host, but has evolved into a more youth-oriented format with a focus on celebrity news and...
. He also wrote, in 1996, a book named
Humortivacion, which promotes motivation through humor. Currently, Pérez also hosts a radio show,
Arranca en Fa!.
Humortivacion had a sequel,
Mas Humortivacion, and a follow-up,
"Domesticando tu dinosario"
Pérez also writes a column in
El Nuevo DíaEl Nuevo Día is a Puerto Rican newspaper based in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico and distributed daily throughout Puerto Rico and some parts of the United States.- History :...
newspaper.
In the mid 1990's, an electric gate caught Pérez's right arm and fractured various arm and hand bones, for which he underwent
surgerySurgery is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason...
in at least four occasions. On October 31, 2005, Pérez had a
cancerCancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth , invasion , and sometimes metastasis...
ous tumor removed from his
prostateThe prostate is a compound tubuloalveolar exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system. Females do not have prostate glands...
. Until then, Perez had been fairly successful in hiding his illness from the Puerto Rican public.
(2008) He is currently hosting a TV show
Buenas Noches con Silverio (Good Night with Silverio) on channel 13 in Puerto Rico.
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