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Rueda dancing requires a minimum of two couples, but could be as large as the maximum number of couples who can create a circle in the dance venue. (If necessary, multiple concentric circles can even be formed.) Since the 1990s, the music most commonly used for Rueda de Casino is either Salsa music or a unique variation of Salsa known as "Timba."
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, commonly known as El Gran Combo, is a Puerto Rican salsa orchestra based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [2] Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012, it was often considered Puerto Rico's most successful musical group. [3]
12 Grandes Éxitos (1960) Vamos a Bailar Merembé (1968) Super Hits (1973) En Alas de Quisqueyana (1976) Super Hits Vol. 3 (1977) Salsa y Más Salsa (1977) Por el Campeonato Mundial! (with Wilfrido Vargas) (1977) Sonido Negro (1979) 14 Éxitos de Johnny Ventura (1981) Las Tapas (1981) Un Saludo al Diputado: 14 Éxitos Vol. 2 (1982) Classic: Con ...
Super Éxitos 1990 TH Records TH-1074 Various Artists La Década De La Salsa 1980-1990 Los Diez Años Que Pusieron A Bailar Al Mundo 1990 TH Records TH-2791 Various Artists Tesoro Romántico 1992 Musica Latina International 62 Various Artists Los Soneros De Siempre 1994 FANIA JM 679 Various Artists FANIA Records 1964-1994 30 Great Years Volume 1
The term "salsa" was coined by Johnny Pacheco in the 1960s in New York, as an umbrella term for Cuban dance music being played in the city at the time. [2] Salsa as a dance emerged soon after, being a combination of mambo (which was popular in New York in the 1950s) as well as Latin dances such as Son and Rumba as well as American dances such as swing, hustle, and tap.
El gran varón", (English: The Great Man) also known as Simón, el gran varón, or Simón is a salsa song written in 1986 by Omar Alfanno and sung by Willie Colón. The song narrates the story of Simón , a queer person who is rejected by his father for his lifestyle and dies presumably of AIDS , alone in a hospital in New York.
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 subsequent success of albums including ¡Lo Maximo!, 1996's Dominicano Para el Mundo, 1997's ¡Simplemente! ¡Contrólate! & 1998's Llegó la Ley established him among the biggest salsa performers of the period. Donde Me Coja la Noche followed in 1999.