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Songs reflecting conflict have a long history in Spanish, and in Latin America were particularly associated with the "corrido" songs of Mexico's War of Independence after 1810, and the early 20th century years of Revolution. Nueva canción then surfaced almost simultaneously during the 1960s in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Spain. The musical ...
Nuyorican music became popular in the 1960s with the recordings of Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va" [15] [better source needed] and Ray Barretto's "El Watusi" and incorporated Spanglish lyrics. [ 16 ] Latin bands who had formerly played the imported styles of cha-cha-cha or charanga began to develop their own unique Nuyorican music style by adding ...
The music industry in the United States began to refer to any kind of music featuring Spanish vocals as "Latin music". [22] [23] [24] Under this definition, Spanish sung in any genre is categorized as "Latin". [25] In turn, this has led to artists from Spain being labelled as "Latin" because they sing in the same language. [26]
This is a list of the Spanish Singles number-one hits of 1960. [1] Chart history. Issue Date Song Artist ... 1960 in music; List of number-one hits (Spain)
Song about the battle of Ciudad Juarez title Toma de Ciudad Juárez. In the Mestizo-Mexican cultural area, the three variants of corrido (romance, revolutionary and modern) are both alive and sung, along with popular sister narrative genres, such as the "valona" of Michoacán state, the "son arribeño" of the Sierra Gorda (Guanajuato, Hidalgo and Querétaro states) and others.
During the 1960s and 1970s most of the pop music produced in Mexico consisted of Spanish-language versions of English-language rock-and-roll hits. Singers and musical groups like Angélica María , Johnny Laboriel , Alberto Vázquez , Enrique Guzmán or Los Teen Tops performed cover versions of songs by Elvis Presley , Paul Anka , Nancy Sinatra ...
Topics specifically related to the decade 1960s in the music of Spain, i.e. in the ... 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; Pages in category "1960s in ...
During the 1940s, Spanish music was shaped by the aftermath of the Civil War and Francisco Franco's dictatorship. Traditional genres like flamenco and classical music continued to thrive, albeit under strict censorship. Popular music forms such as zarzuela and pasodoble celebrated Spanish identity. The era reflected a complex interplay of ...