Puerto Rican singer, Yolanda Rivera (born in Ponceña, 30 Jun. 1951) is considered one of the most famous and leading singers of the La Sonora Ponceña, with songs like Rumba en el patio and Madrugador. Nicknamed La Dama de la Salsa, Yolandita includes a musical repertoire that includes salsa, plena, bolero, guaguanco, son montuno and guaracha.
She sang in New York and Panama with Willie Rosario (~1969 to 1972), then back in Puerto Rico in 1973 with Roberto Berrios y su Changó, in 1976 with Orquesta La Terrífica, with La Sonora Ponceña (1977 to 1984), in 1986 with Gabino Pampini's Fuerza Noble, in 1988 with Rubby Haddock.