Background
Escudero was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico the capital city of the island.
Escudero was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico the capital city of the island.
During the 1960s, he enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico where he studied humanities.
When Escudero wasn"t in school or taking violin classes, he would spend hours on the family piano until he finally taught himself how to play. He perfected his piano playing by taking piano leasons from the maestro Pedro Escabi. As a student in the university, he was exposed to the works of some of Puerto Rico"s greatest poets, Antonio Machado, Julia de Burgos and Juan Antonio Corretjer.
The works of these poets greatly influenced Escudero and where to serve as the basis for his inspiration.
Escudero debuted as a musician by recording modernized versions of classical danzas. He recorded "Añoranzas", "Carta a Juan Morel" and "Caricias".
The recordings were a success and Escudero received the acceptance and recognition from the public and fellow musicians alike. During the 1970s, Escudero composed many songs that were recorded by the following singers, Danny Rivera, Marco Antonio Muñiz, Jose Feliciano, Cheo Feliciano, Ismael Miranda and many others
Escudero recorded "Sin tu Amor" (Without your Love), "Cuando el amor germina", "Repica ese guiro y canta" and "Pa" cortase las venas".
He also participated with dozens of Latin American singers in the recording of "Somos el Projimo" (We"re your neighbor) which was the Latin-American version of "We Are The World". Escudero, appeared in the film "Under Suspicion" starring Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman as a Ballroom musician and performed in the song "Party Manitoba" written by Miguel Zayas. The following is a list of some of Escudero"s Danza"s: Añoranza Caricias Carta a Morel In 1998, Escudero was named by Puerto Rico"s governor Pedro Rosselló to join the board of directors of the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture and of the Luis A. Ferre Center for the Performing Arts (Centro de Bellas Arts).
In 2001, he ran for the position of president of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, however he withdrew from the race.
Escudero currently remains politically active in the party.