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"Fruta Fresca" (transl. "Fresh Fruit") is a vallenato song written and performed by Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives and produced by Emilio Estefan and Juan Vicente Zambrano as the lead single from his studio album El Amor de Mi Tierra (1999). The song incorporates the sound of Latin pop and Colombian vallenato music.
Puerto Rican singer Chayanne reached the top of the chart for the first time with "Fuiste un Trozo de Hielo en la Escarcha" in 1989. The Hot Latin Songs chart (formerly Hot Latin 50 and Hot Latin Tracks), [1] published in Billboard magazine, is a record chart based on Latin music airplay.
These artists include Peruvian Susana Baca, Colombian Totó la Momposina and Brazilian Maria Rita. The song won Record of the Year and Song of the Year in the Latin Grammy Awards of 2011. The song is important in that it touches on many underlying historical, social, and political themes present throughout Latin America. [1]
"El manisero", known in English as "The Peanut Vendor", is a Cuban son-pregón (street vendor's cry) composed by Moisés Simons. The song has been recorded more than 200 times, [1] [2] Sales of its sheet music topped 1 million, and it also was the first million-selling 78 rpm recording of Cuban music in the U.S.< [3]
Cuban cultural organization Casa de las Américas hosted many notable gatherings of nueva canción musicians, including the 1967 Encuentro de la Canción Protesta. [3] Songs of conflict in Spanish have a very long history, with elements to be found in the "fronterizos", songs concerning the Reconquest of Spain from the Moors in the 15th century.
Urbano music (Spanish: música urbana) or Latin urban is a transnational umbrella category including many different genres and styles. As an umbrella term it includes a wide and diverse set of genres and styles such as dancehall, dembow, urban champeta, funk carioca, Latin hip hop and reggaeton.
En que la lluvia desde la loma No nos dejaba ir a Zapopan.. Ay ay ay ay! Tlaquepaque Pueblito. Tus olorosos jarritos Hacen mas fresco el dulce tepache Junto a la birria con el mariachi Que en los parianes y alfarerias Suena con triste melancolia. Ay ay ay ay! Laguna de Chapala. Tienes de un cuento la magia, Cuento de ocasos y de alboradas,
The Latin Brothers is a Colombian salsa group originally led by Julio Ernesto Estrada Rincón, known as 'Fruko'. It was created by Antonio Fuentes of the label Discos Fuentes as a response to the rival salsa groups of the day.