His first major hit was with the song, Lo Dudo, which was previously recorded by José José.
•
He was arrested and sentenced to three years at the federal prison in Jacksonville, Texas for the incident After his release he sat down for an interview and described the death of his mother in 1975 at the age of 17 as the leading cause to his drug and alcohol abuse and that his 3 years in jail helped him and he would now live a better life.
•
Puerto Rican singer Jerry Rivera, who met Ruiz when he was 13 years old and whom he considered his idol, recorded an album titled Canto a mi Idolo...Frankie Ruiz in 2003 with Ruiz's songs as a tribute to Frankie Ruiz.
It became quite famous among Puerto Rican salsa fans and superstars like Frankie Ruiz, Tito Rojas, and Lalo Rodríguez.
Frankie Howerd | Frankie Laine | Frankie Boyle | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | Frankie Knuckles | Frankie J | Frankie Valli | Frankie Sandford | Frankie Muniz | Frankie Edgar | Frankie Cutlass | Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune | Frankie Negrón | Frankie Frisch | Frankie Avalon | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | Ramón Ruiz | John Ruiz | Frankie Sheahan | Frankie Ruiz | Frankie Randall | Frankie Miller | Frankie Fraser | Frankie | Ruiz | Rey Ruiz | Renata Ruiz | Pedro Ruiz de Azagra | Mike Ruiz | Matías Ruiz |
She has written well over 300 songs, within the Salsa music genre, among the renowned artists who have interpreted of her romantic line of songs, are Marco Antonio Muñiz, Gilberto Santa Rosa, El Gran Combo, Tony Vega, Frankie Ruiz, Bobby Valentín, Andy Montañez, Carmita Jiménez, Nano Cabrera, Los Hispanos, Cheo Feliciano, and many others.