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A Kongo influence can be found in the persistent rhythmic figure that structured the melodies of the méringue, a syncopated five-beat pattern (often spoken as "dak-ta-dak-ta-dak") borrowed from the kata (time line) for the Vodou rhythm kongo and the rhythm used for carnival and rara bands, rabòday. The dance incorporated an emphasis on the ...
This style of merengue was originally known as merengue estilo yanqui (yankee-style merengue) or "Palm Beach one step", from which the term pambiche stems (corruption of "Palm Beach"). It is said to have originated from the americanized versions of merengue that the US military personnel performed during the occupation of the Dominican Republic ...
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1961 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1961. [1] R&B
The sales increase placed Suavemente at number 188 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, only the second merengue album to make that chart. [33] In its fifth week, album sales fell 50 percent and it dropped to number eight. [34] The following week (which included the Memorial Day weekend), Suavemente moved up to number six. [35]
The origins of the music are traced to the land of El Cibao, where merengue cibaeño and merengue típico are the terms most musicians use to refer to classical merengue. The word Cibao was a native name for the island, although the Spanish used it in their conquest to refer to a specific part of the island, the highest mountainous range.
Esther Phillips, then billed as Little Esther, was the featured vocalist on three number ones for the band led by Johnny Otis.. In 1950, Billboard magazine published two charts covering the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African-American-oriented music genres: Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records and Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues ...
The Most Played R&B in Juke Boxes chart was based on "plays in juke boxes thruout the country" derived from a survey of "operators using a high proportion of rhythm and blues records". The three charts are considered part of the lineage of the magazine's multimetric R&B chart launched in 1958, [1] which since 2005 has been published under the ...
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1962 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1962. [1]The year's top R&B single was the instrumental "Soul Twist" by King Curtis.