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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 ...
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 more ...
Salsa (dance) Salsa is a Latin American dance, associated with salsa music. It originated in the late Eastern Cuba in the 1940's [1] and gained popularity in New York in 1960. Salsa is a mixture of Cuban dances, such as mambo, pachanga, and rumba, as well as American dances such as swing and tap. This dance is often performed with a partner.
The most conspicuous musical sources of Puerto Rico have primarily included African, Taino Indigenous, and European influences. Puerto Rican music culture today comprises a wide and rich variety of genres, ranging from essentially native genres such as bomba, jíbaro, seis, danza, and plena to more recent hybrid genres such as salsa, Latin trap ...
Celia Caridad Cruz y Alfonso (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname " La Guarachera de Cuba ". In the following decades, she became known internationally as ...
William Anthony Colón Román (born April 28, 1950) is an American Salsa musician and social activist. He began his career as a trombonist but also sings, writes, produces and acts. Colón is considered a pioneer of Salsa music [1][2] and a best-selling artist in the genre, having been a key figure in the nascent New York City scene associated ...
In Blades's early days, he was a vocalist in Los Salvajes del Ritmo, [1] and also a songwriter and guest singer with a professional Latin music conjunto (ensemble), Bush y sus Magníficos. His strongest influence of the day was the Joe Cuba sextet and Cheo Feliciano, whose singing style he copied to the point of imitating his voice tone and ...
Labels. Top Hits. Óscar Emilio León Simosa (born July 11, 1943), [1] known as Oscar D'León, and affectionately called The Pharaoh of Salsa, The Lion of Salsa, and the World's Sonero, is a Venezuelan musician and bassist best known for his salsa music. He is the author of "Llorarás", which he recorded in 1974 with his group, Dimensión Latina.