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Tu Bien Lo Sabes
Héctor Lavoe

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Celia Cruz/Willie Colon Celia & Willie
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Mi Caso listen >
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Released in 1981, “Celia y Willie” is the second official collaboration between two of Fania's biggest stars: Celia Cruz and Willie Colón. The concept here was to repeat the success, both in commercial and artistic terms, of the duo's first album, the classic Only They Could Have Made This Album....MORE >
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Por Eso Yo Canto Salsa listen >
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Even the most biased salsa fan will admit that the studio recordings by the Fania All Stars were hit-and-miss affairs. There was greatness in many of them, of course, but there were also dubious experiments in mainstream crossover-- strange pastiches of Latin, disco and funk.
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Released in 1980, “Commitment” marks Fania All Stars’ formal return to full-time salsa swinging after a bittersweet end to their crossover period under Columbia Records. By this time, a lot had changed for the All Stars....MORE >
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Introduction Theme (Red Garter) listen >
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This anthology captures the nascent career of Panamanian singer/songwriter Ruben Blades just as he is about to become a household name throughout barrios in the United States and Latin America....MORE >
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Bang Bang listen >
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“Let’s just try it out, Sonny, if it doesn’t work, I’ll buy you a double”. The place: Palm Gardens Ballroom, mid-town Manhattan. The year: 1966....MORE >
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110th St and 5th Avenue listen >
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In 1954, a Latino musician from the Spanish Harlem named Gilbert Calderón (aka Joe Cuba) decided to form a sextet with no brass and a bilingual singer. This man felt that the power of the English lyrics would allow the Latin sounds to reach an English speaking audience....MORE >
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Tiburon listen >
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Willie Colón and Rubén Blades, the pioneers of what became known as "conscious salsa," first encountered each other when Colón performed with his band in Blades’ native Panama in the late 1960’s....MORE >
Willie Colon Presents Ruben Blades Metiendo Mano
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I remember just as if it was yesterday that the 8-track cartridge of Metiendo Mano (Fania 500) arrived at record stores before the single “Pablo Pueblo” was played on the radio. I bought my copy at Joyería Danilú in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico, for only $4.99.
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