CompositionsĪmong his best-known compositions and arrangements are ' De Barrio Obrero a la Quince' ( De Barrio Obrero a la Quince) was actually written by Trinidad Clemente, ' El Timbal de Carlitos', ' Mi Amigo el Payaso' (My friend the Clown) with lyrics by Luis Antonio Ruiz, ' El Revendon', ' Lluvia' (Rain), ' Cuando No Hay Carino' (When There's No Love). In the 1980s he opened the Tropicana Club in Puerto Rico in association with fellow Puerto Rican musician Bobby Valentin. Virgin Islands and all over the United States. In 1962, he signed with the Alegre Records label and traveled and performed with his band in Venezuela, Panama, Colombia, Mexico, Curacao, U.S. When not playing, he would work as a disc jockey for WADO, a Spanish speaking radio station in New York. In 1959, Rosario organized his first band and played for three years in the Club Caborrojeno in New York.

He was 22 years old when he took classes with percussionist Henry Adler. This was the beginning of his love affair with that instrument. On one occasion Rosario visited the famed Palladium Ballroom in New York, where Tito Puente was playing the timbales. After he graduated from high school he continued his education and studied journalism and public relations. Rosario came into contact and played the conga for various orchestras. The family rented an apartment in a Manhattan community known as Spanish Harlem. In 1946, he formed a band called Coamex but, a year later when he was 17 years old, his family to moved to New York City. His mother also had him take saxophone classes however, what he really was interested in was the conga. He received his primary and secondary education in his hometown. His parents realized that as a child Willie was musically inclined and had him take guitar lessons at the age of 6.

Rosario (birth name: Fernando Luis Rosario Marin) was born and raised in Coamo, Puerto Rico into a poor, but hard working family.

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