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Pedro León Zapata (1928–2015), artist, humorist and cartoonist; Mariano Díaz (photographer) (born 1929), journalist, photographer, designer, writer; Lía Bermúdez (1930–2021) Marisol Escobar (1930–2016), sculptor; Jacobo Borges (born 1931), neo-figurative artist; Juan Calzadilla (born 1931), poet, painter and art critic; Julio Maragall ...
The year 1960 marked the beginning of a new era, with the appearance of the first nationwide rock and roll hits: "La hiedra venenosa" (a cover of The Coasters' "Poison Ivy") by Los Rebeldes del Rock, and "La plaga" (a cover of Little Richard's "Good Golly, Miss Molly") by Los Teen Tops, paving the way for rock and roll music (usually through ...
Redbone The Vegas Brothers formed the Mexican-American/Native American funk rock band, Redbone; Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Bosnian Rainbows (emo-punk, progressive rock) Draco Rosa, singer, musician, songwriter; Domingo Samudio, 'Sam' of Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs. Born in Texas, but of Mexican heritage.
Herbie Hancock emerged as an influential pianist in the 1960s both as a leader and as part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet". Later he became one of the most popular jazz fusion artists. Standards composed by him include "Watermelon Man" (1963), "Cantaloupe Island" (1964), "Maiden Voyage" (1965) and "Chameleon" (1973).
Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), painter, considered one of the leading modernist artists in Latin America; Fernando Botero (1932–2023), painter and sculptor; Adriana Melo, comic book artist, notable for her work on the Star Wars: Empire franchise; Luis Camnitzer (born 1937), conceptual artist; Roger Mello (born 1965), children's book illustrator
As of 2024, 349 Latin songs have entered the Hot 100 chart, 1 in the 1950s, 1 in the 1960s, 2 in the 1970s, 1 in the 1980s, 5 in the 1990s, 36 in the 2000s, 80 in the 2010s and 223 in the 2020s. A total of 22 singles managed to reach the top 10 and 4 have peaked at number 1. Only 5 Latin songs reached the top 10 between 1958 and 2016.
Latin American music imported from Cuba (such as chachachá, mambo, and rhumba) and Mexico (including ranchera and mariachi) had brief periods of popularity during the 1950s. The earliest popular Latin American music in the United States came with the rhumba in the early 1930s, followed by calypso in the mid-1940s, mambo in the late 1940s and ...
Artist 4 January "Lonely Boy" Paul Anka: 11 January 18 January 25 January "La Montaña" Lucho Gatica: 1 February 8 February "El Día De Los Enamorados" Monna Bell: 15 February 22 February 29 February "Mackie El Navaja" (Mack The Knife) José Guardiola: 7 March 14 March "Ansiedad" Nat "King" Cole: 21 March 28 March 4 April 11 April 18 April 25 April