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Salsa music. Salsa music is a style of Caribbean music, combining elements of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and American influences. Because most of the basic musical components predate the labeling of salsa, there have been many controversies regarding its origin. Most songs considered as salsa are primarily based on son montuno and son Cubano, [10 ...
The song was written by Sergio George and Fernando Osorio, produced by George and released as the lead single from Cruz's fifty-ninth studio album La Negra Tiene Tumbao (2001). The song peaked at number thirty on the Billboard Latin Songs chart and number four on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart. It also managed to peak at number thirteen on ...
Álvaro José Arroyo González (also known as Joe Arroyo or El Joe; 1 November 1955 – 26 July 2011) was a Colombian salsa and tropical music singer, composer and songwriter. He is considered one of the greatest performers of Caribbean and salsa music in his country and across Latin America. In 2018 Billboard counted Arroyo's song "La ...
Oye Cómo Va. " Oye Cómo Va " is a 1962 cha-cha-chá song by Tito Puente, originally released on El Rey Bravo (Tico Records). The song achieved worldwide popularity when it was covered by American rock group Santana for their album Abraxas. This version was released as a single in 1971, reaching number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 11 on ...
The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens, a Top 40 hit on the U.S. charts. Valens's version is ranked number 345 on Rolling Stone magazine ′s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and is the only song on the list not written or sung in English. "La Bamba" has been covered by numerous artists, notably by Los Lobos ...
Pedro Navaja. " Pedro Navaja " (English: Peter Blade) is a salsa song written and performed by Rubén Blades from the 1978 collaboration with Willie Colón, Siembra, about a criminal of the same name. [ 1 ]Navaja means "folding knife" in Spanish. Inspired by the song " Mack the Knife ", [ 2 ] it tells the story of a panderer 's life and ...
In 2003, Leavitt and La Selecta held a concert at the Luis A. Ferré Center of Fine Arts in San Juan, where the group was awarded a Tu Musica Award for "Best Salsa Recording of the Year". The event was made into a television special entitled Raphy Leavitt and his Selecta Orchestra: 30 years of Music History. Raphy Leavitt and La Selecta ...
Marco Antonio Muñiz (born September 16, 1968), [ 1 ] known professionally as Marc Anthony, is an American singer and songwriter of Puerto Rican descent. He is the top selling salsa artist of all time. [ 2 ] A four-time Grammy Award, eight-time Latin Grammy Award and twenty-nine-time Lo Nuestro Awards winner (the most of any male), he has sold ...