Discography

Studio albums

As vocalist of the Willie Colón Orchestra

  • El Malo (1967)
  • The Hustler (1968)
  • Guisando (1969)
  • Cosa Nuestra (1970)
  • La Gran Fuga (1971)
  • Asalto Navideño (1971)
  • El Juicio (1972)
  • Asalto Navideño Vol. 2 (1973)
  • Lo Mato (1973)
  • The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (1975)

As soloist

  • La Voz (1975)
  • De Ti Depende (1976)
  • Comedia (1978)
  • Feliz Navidad (1979) (with Daniel Santos & Yomo Toro)
  • Recordando a Felipe Pirela (1979)
  • El Sabio (1980)
  • Que Sentimiento (1981)
  • Vigilante (1983) (with Willie Colón)
  • Revento (1985)
  • Strikes Back (1987)
  • The Master & The Protege, with Van Lester (1993) (completed with sound-alike Van Lester, posthumous album)

Other albums

With Tito Puente

  • Homenaje a Beny Moré Vol. 2 (1979)
    • song: “Donde Estabas Tú”
  • Homenaje a Beny Moré Vol. 3 (1985)
    • song: “Tumba Tumbador”

With the Fania All Stars

  • Live at the Red Garter Vol.2 (1967)
    • song: “Noche” with Pete “El Conde” Rodríguez, Ismael Miranda, & Adalberto Santiago.
  • Live At The Cheetah Vol. 1 (1972)
    • song: “Quítate Tu” with: Adalberto Santiago, Ismael Miranda, Pete “El Conde” Rodriguez, Santos Colon and Johnny Pacheco.
  • Live At The Cheetah Vol. 2 (1972)
    • song: “Que Barbaridad” with Ismael Miranda.
  • Fania All Stars: Our Latin Thing-Soundtrack (1972)
    • song: “Quítate Tu” with: Adalberto Santiago, Ismael Miranda, Pete “El Conde” Rodríguez, Santos Colon and Johnny Pacheco.
  • Fania All Stars Live at Yankee Stadium Vol. 1 (1975)
    • song: “Mi Gente” recorded live at the inauguration concert of Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan Puerto Rico 1974.
  • Fania All Stars Live at Yankee Stadium Vol. 2 (1975)
    • song: “Congo Bongo” with Cheo Feliciano. Recorded live at the inauguration concert of Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan Puerto Rico 1974.
  • Salsa, Original Motion Picture Sound Track Recording (1976)
    • song: “Mi Gente” recorded live at the inauguration concert of Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan Puerto Rico 1974.
  • Tribute To Tito Rodríguez (1976)
    • songs: “Cuando, Cuando, Cuando” and “Vuela La Paloma” with Santos Colon, Ismael Quintana, Ismael Miranda, Justo Betancourt, Bobby Cruz, Pete “El Conde” Rodríguez & Cheo Feliciano.
  • Fania All Stars Live (1978)
    • song: “Saca Tu Mujer” with Ismael Quintana, Santos Colon, Ismael Miranda, Cheo Feliciano, Celia Cruz & Justo Betancourt Recorded Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.
  • Habana Jam (1979)
    • song: “Mi Gente / Barbarazo” with Wilfrido Vargas. Recorded Live at Karl Marx Theater, Havana Cuba, 3 March 1979.
  • Commitment (1980)
    • song: “Ublabadu”.
  • Latin Connection (1981)
    • song: “Semilla de Amor”.
  • Lo Que Pide La Gente (1984)
    • songs: “El Rey De La Puntualidad”, “Por Eso Yo Canto Salsa” and “Usando El Coco” with Cali Aleman, Ismael Quintana, Ismael Miranda, Adalberto Santiago, Pete “El Conde” Rodríguez & Celia Cruz.
  • Viva La Charanga (1986)
    • songs: “Me Voy Pa’ Morón”, “Isla Del Encanto” & “Guajira Con Tumbao” with Ismael Miranda, Pete “El Conde” Rodríguez and Cali Aleman.
  • Bamboleo (1988)
    • song: “Siento”.

Lavoe also sang chorus on three songs of Mon Rivera’s album with Willie Colón, There Goes The Neighborhood (1974), and in the song “Las Cadenas de Chuíto” on Jesús Sanchez Erazo’s album Música Jíbara para las Navidades (1978).