found: Data from Great Plains National Instructional Television Library for Checking it out. 118 [VR] 1983 (a.e.) (Willie Colon; musician)
found: New Grove, 2nd ed. www site, Jan. 16, 2001 (Colon, Willie; (Colon Roman Jr., William Anthony; "El malo"); b. Apr. 28, 1950, South Bronx, New York; American bandleader, composer, arranger, trombonist, popular singer, producer, and actor; surname spelled Colón in index display)
found: Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (Colón, Willie; b. William Anthony Colón, Apr. 28, 1950, Bronx, N.Y., of Puerto Rican parents; trombonist, singer, composer, producer, arranger and actor)
found: All music guide on WWW, Jan. 15, 2001 (Willie Colón; b. Apr. 28, 1950, New York, NY; trombone player, composer, bandleader)
found: Willie Colón website (http://www.williecolon.com), Jan. 15, 2001 (Willie Colón; b. William Anthony Colón Román, Bronx; 46 years old (English-language bio.), 50 years old (Spanish-language bio.))