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LATIN MUSIC & MAINSTREAM POP
A NEW SOUND IN SALSA
THE LATIN EXPLOSION
A SOUND FROM THE STREETS
LATIN MUSIC & THE NEW CENTURY
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The creation of this Cuban American band in the 1970s, was a winning fusion that would define Latin pop for decades to come. They played a fusion of American popular music: rock and roll, funk and disco, but always with Cuban rhythms at its heart.
What is the Miami Sound Machine?
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In the 1990s, this music producer aimed to revive salsa, which was declining since its heyday in the 1970s. He wanted to remake it for a new generation, raised on rock and roll, R&B, and hip-hop.
Who is Sergio George?
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This Puerto Rican performer was already famous by the time he was 14, singing in "Menudo", a teenage Latin boy band.
Who is Ricky Martin?
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In the barrios and housing projects of Puerto Rico, this new music was taking shape. It had its roots in the rhythms of Jamaican reggae.
What is reggaetón?
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This rapper took reggaetón into the clubs and onto the dance floors of America’s mainstream with his hit song, “Gasolina.”
Who is Daddy Yankee (Ramón Ayala)?
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This future band leader got a job in the mailroom of the Bacardi Corporation. To make ends meet, he bought an accordion and began playing at restaurants for tips before he put together his own band, “The Miami Latin Boys.”
Who is Emilio Estefan?
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This girl from the South Bronx gave up a promising career as a pop singer to embrace her Puerto Rican roots. Her first hit, “Dicen Que Soy” (“They Say I Am”) was an early example of the producer, Sergio George’s "pop-inflected salsa".
Who is La India (Linda Caballero)?
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Desmond Child, the songwriter who made a career in rock and roll, writing songs for Bon Jovi, Kiss and Aerosmith (with Robi Rosa) would help write and produce this song that would transform Ricky Martin into a superstar.
What is “Livin’ La Vida Loca?”
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This rhythm had its name taken from a dancehall song by Shabba Ranks that first popularized the beat in the early 1990s and that appears in his album “Just Reality.”
What is the “Dem Bow?”
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Born and raised in Miami, this rapper represents what he calls “305” – Miami’s area code – a cultural mix from almost every corner of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Who is Pitbull?
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This song was the first international single released by the “Miami Sound Machine,” led by Gloria Estefan on their first English language album, “Eyes Of Innocence.”
What is "Dr. Beat?"
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Born in East Harlem (El Barrio) in 1968, this talented singer spent his youth around New York’s housing projects. He found success in freestyle and then switched to salsa. His first Spanish album was called “Otra Nota” (“On A Different Note”).
Who is Marc Anthony?
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He began writing a musical about growing up Latino in New York’s Washington Heights.
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
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This rapper rapped about the violence and drug culture of Puerto Rico’s poorest neighborhoods to the rhythm of the "Dem Bow" beat.
Who is Daddy Yankee (Ramón Ayala)?
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The “Dem Bow” was first fused with Spanish rap in this Central American country, where it was called Spanish reggae, and soon spread across the Caribbean.
What is Panama?
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Because of the success of the Miami Sound Machine, this influential Sony record executive, with a reputation as a risk-taker, helped Gloria Estefan to become known as the queen of Latin pop.
Who is Tommy Mottola (Thomas D. Mottola)?
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This song united two of Latin music’s most promising voices. Marc Anthony and La India spearheaded a salsa revival that brought Latinos and non-Latinos to dance floors across America. La India became a legend to Latinos everywhere.
What is "Vivir Lo Nuestro" (“To Live Our Love”)?
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Having become well known in Latin America as an alternative rocker, this Columbian of Lebanese descent, brought a unique combination of rhythm from her native Barranquilla.
Who is Shakira (Shakira Mebarak)?
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Explicit lyrics and this sexually provocative reggaetón dance drew criticism from an influential Puerto Rican senator, Velda González.
What is "the perreo?"
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Conceived during the Latin music explosion, this Broadway musical opened to packed audiences on Broadway and was honored with a Tony award for best musical for 2008.
What is “In The Heights?”
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This song became a “monster hit” for the Miami sound Machine in 1985, appearing on Billboard’s Dance, R&B and Hot 100 charts, all at the same time.
What is “Conga?”
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Marc Anthony was honored with a Grammy award for this 1997 album (CD) and would become the biggest- selling salsa performer of all time.
What is “Contra La Corriente” (“Against The Tide”)?
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This American city was the epicenter of the Latin explosion in the late 1990s and was known to be the United States’ most Latin city.
What is Miami?
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Reggaetón remained mostly confined to the island of Puerto Rico until this rapper arrived on the scene, creating new fusions for reggaetón, adding traditional Caribbean rhythms (bomba y plena, salsa, bachata) to the Jamaican Dem Bow beat, catching many listeners’ ears.
Who is Tego Calderón?
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Playing a fusion, known as “rock en español,” this Columbian Latin music star has played heavy metal, inspired by the music of Metallica, Iron Maiden and Led Zeppelin.
Who is Juanes?