Leroy Gómez is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his work with 1970s disco and latin music act Santa Esmeralda. Leroy Gómez was born July 8, 1950 in Wareham, Massachusetts, of Cape Verdean descent. After learning how to sing and play the saxophone, Gómez started his own band at 14, and later joined Tavares, a local group of brothers who shared his Cape Verdean heritage, and with whom he would go on to tour in North America and Europe. In Paris, Elton John invited him to play the s ...