La Sonora Ponceña is a Puerto Rican salsa band, founded in 1954 by Enrique "Quique" Lucca Caraballo (Yauco, Puerto Rico, 12 December 1912 - 9 October 2016). Today Quique's son, Papo Lucca, directs the band. The band has stayed active for a remarkable amount of time, recording dozens of albums, including a 55th anniversary album. Singers included Tito Gómez. The history of La Sonora Ponceña is the history of Quique Lucca. In 1928, when he was 16 years old