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"Conga" is a song by American band Miami Sound Machine, led by Gloria Estefan, released as the first single from their second English-language album, Primitive Love. The song was written by the band's drummer Enrique Garcia. The song first appeared on August 31, 1985, as part of the album. The single was released in Australia on September 9 ...
"1-2-3" (sometimes listed as "1, 2, 3") is a 1988 song by American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine. The song was written by the band's drummer and lead songwriter Enrique "Kiki" Garcia along with Estefan and appears on the multi-platinum album Let It Loose. The music video was directed by Jim Yukich and produced ...
A contralto, Estefan started [5] her career as lead singer of Miami Latin Boys, which was later renamed Miami Sound Machine. She and Miami Sound Machine earned worldwide success with their 1985 single "Conga", which became Estefan's signature song and led to Miami Sound Machine winning the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival's grand prix in 1986 ...
Miami Sound Machine was fronted by Gloria Estefan from 1977 through 1988. The band's first chart hit was "Dr. Beat", a top 10 hit in the UK in 1984.The group's breakthrough single in the US came in 1985 with the release of the lead single from their second studio-album Primitive Love.
Miami Sound Machine was an American Latin pop band of Latin-influenced music that featured the vocals of Cuban-born recording artist Gloria Estefan (née Fajardo). Established in 1975 by Emilio Estefan , the band was originally known as the Miami Latin Boys before becoming the Miami Sound Machine in 1977.
Cuts Both Ways is the debut solo album by American recording artist Gloria Estefan.Though the release marked the first time Estefan was billed as a solo artist, Miami Sound Machine still performed instrumentation for the album.
It is the first studio album to feature a specific credit for Estefan, but is her 10th album overall including her work with Miami Sound Machine. Initially gaining little attention in Europe, the success of the single " Anything for You " led to the album being re-released under that name, and with a different cover art, across Europe, South ...
Makes you feel as though like you’re on a tropical island". [1] In a retrospective review, Matthew Hocter from Albumism named it as one of three singles, that "truly stand out" of the album, noting its "infectious pop sound". [2] Also AllMusic editor Jason Birchmeier higlighted the song, with its "memorable" and "cooing singalong". [3]