A list of my favorite boogaloo songs. Boogaloo mixed Latin and African American R&B together and was a brief craze among blacks, Latinos, and whites. They rubbed shoulders (and other things) at the dance clubs with these hot numbers! The genre is also the first truly Nuyorican music, largely created by Puerto Rican and other Latino musicians in New York during the 1960s. Moreover, the genre also influenced jazz in the late 1960s since many funky cuts recorded by cats like Lee Morgan (check out "The Sidewinder") and Lou Donaldson reflected this funky, Latin-influenced music. The genre is similar to Latin soul, or brown-eyed soul, but boogaloo refers to Puerto-Rican (and Cuban) folks in New York in the 1960s. Brown-eyed soul or Latin soul could refer to any R&B-styled music by Latino musicians, such as Mexican-American soul in southern California. Though it's great dancing music, it is also very repetitive and too formulaic, which may have been part of the reason it fell out of favor for salsa, which was more 'traditionally' Latin and had the institutional support of Latin radio and record labels such as Fania in New York.
1. Joe Cuba's "El Pito (I'll Never Go Back to Georgia) is a classic. The English part of the title comes from a chant in Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo's "Manteca." "I"ll never go back to Georgia!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdHu26Hb9Co&feature=related
2. Pete Rodriguez's "I Like It Like That" is a classic that must be heard. Another Puerto-Rican jam everyone back in the late 1960s got down to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIJfdVPACyw&feature=related
3. Joe Cuba's "Bang Bang"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mphaqVoV9RA&feature=related
4. Joe Cuba's "Oh Yeah!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLsSV7sQnG8&feature=related
5. Joe Cuba's "Sock It To Me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyVYJo8ztLs
6. Joe Cuba's "Push Push Push"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TClq1ASjIHw&feature=related
7. Joe Cuba's version of "Oye Como Va" is not boogaloo but I like it so much I'm going to put it here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dc_MyPe1vg
8. Joe Bataan, who is not even Puerto-Rican or Latino, but black and filippino, also have several great Latin soul/boogaloo cuts. "Special Girl" is one example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zisYy2a2QQ
9. Bataan's "So Fine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceMM6jakjnI
10. Bataan's "Gypsy Woman"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxhOIpQP8yY&feature=related
11. Bataan's "Subway Joe"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDsVJCS2g3Y&feature=related
12. Bataan's "If I Were King" really is Latin soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uazOlPW4KA&feature=related
13. Bataan's "Fuego" is really more salsa than boogaloo but quite good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evum7Ob_x6o&feature=related
14. Ray Terrace's "El Cuchy Frito Man" refers to the vendor of fried pork
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb6-GeENG_w
Ray Barreto also did a nice version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFAk7k0C1BE
15. L'African Team's "Africa Boogaloo" is a Latin jazz fusion group composed of African musicians, including Manu Dibango. Interesting to hear the funk guitar in this. The singer was in African Jazz, as was Dibango, which was Franco's OK Jazz's biggest rival in the Congolese music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6BwIQ596hw
16. Lee Morgan's "Untitled Boogaloo"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2eO6nJkBWk
17. Lee Morgan's "The Rumproller"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQy2Fborfek&feature=related
18. Morgan's "The Sidewinder"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf1Eo-6sDIE&feature=related
19. Mongo Santamaria's "Watermelon Man" is a Herbie Hancock cover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpicRePazIw
20. Santamaria's "Para Ti"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK3VD6Uhnxo
21. Monguito Santamaria's "Groovetime"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Whc5vasFNc
22. Mongo Santamaria's "We Got Latin Soul"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wartkumrJc8&feature=related
23. Pete Terrace's "Shotgun Boogaloo" is a cover of the more famous Motown Jr. Walker's hit.
ww.youtube.com/watch?v=reb3DenS7z8&feature
24. Willie Bobo's "Spanish Grease" influenced Carlos Santana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ENz_yZO4UU
25. Ray Barreto's "Midnight Boogaloo"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qE3ypeup0g&feature=related
26. Bobby Valentin's "Use It Before You Lose It" is my jam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VPgAZhXSGA
27. Joe Cuba's "My Man Speedy" has that great "jive-talkin" in the beginning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBAcNx2TxS0
28. The Latin Souls' "The Party's Over"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTpcTg1i6MU
29. Hector Rivera's "At the Party"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMq82nK5fIY
30. Ray Barretto's "El Watusi"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Sp3wgpqP0
31. Pete Rodriguez's "Oh, That's Nice"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o94ONWhKwX4
32. Pete Rodriguez's "Azucar"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGkhl8IEaeY&feature=related
33. Hector Rivera's "Playing It Cool"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIFA6ii5cPs&feature
34. Ray Barretto's "Mercy, Mercy, Baby"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guqlhpKgxFs&feature=related
35. Ray Barretto's "Soul Drummers"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPWjwWhLdc4&feature=related
36. Ray Barretto's "Deeper Shade of Soul"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT6_iY0QUk0&feature=related
37. Ray Barretto's "New York Soul"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tGLELUSi2c
38. Joe Torres' "Get Out of My Way"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-IrOULxwwY
39. Maravillas de Mali's "Boogaloo Sera Mali" is an interesting Malian band's interpretation of the form
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaqn_gi-dmk
40. Ray Barretto's "Babalu"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKVqlBts_1s
41. Joe Cuba's "Do You Feel It"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBjycDQE1vI&feature=related
42. Joe Cuba's "To Be With You"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBWgwc7T5PY&feature=related
43. Joe Cuba's "The Talk About Luv"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS-9wLI3zoY&feature=related
44. Joe Cuba's "What a Baby"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS-9wLI3zoY&feature=related
45. Joe Cuba's "Gimme Some Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNSTDaITU_c&feature=related
46. Willie Bobo's "I Don't Know"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=Tv3JiOGVemA&NR=1
47. Willie Bobo's "It's Not Unusual"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ijT82WgOs&feature=related
48. Joe Cuba's "Psychedelic Baby"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHzY7xlFb5I
49. Cannonball Adderley's "Jive Samba" is based on samba rhythms but is arguably "boogaloo" because of the fusion of Latin and jazz/R&B.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFK4tfQX9Ho
50. Lee Morgan's "Cornbread"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpaBpm3_R-8
51. Art Blakey's "Calling Ms. Khadija" was composed by Lee Morgan and follows the blues/R&B and Latin fusion part of boogaloo although it is jazz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1iYARikFJg
52. Willie Colon's "El Malo" is more proto-salsa but interesting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoNHe8BKc0o
53. Willie Colon's "Skinny Papa" is more of the boogaloo genre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvjCtKwjsXs
54. Tito Puente's "Fat Mama" was the inspiration for the above tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDCJX_RQTC0
55. Willie Colon's "Willie Baby"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23m4tSSKndg
56. Willie Colon's "Willie Whopper"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Vc7f3toNs
57. Lou Donaldson's "Alligator Boogaloo"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa5FfnqF24w
58. Ralph Robles' "Come and Get It"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cogVUr8NEk8&feature=related
59. Ralph Robles' "Soul Nitty Gritty"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sNwfQwwRq0
60. Monguito Santamaria's "Hey Sister" may remind people of a Beatles song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg7gWENUGLM
61. Orlando Marin's "Out of My Mind"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs4rNwQOt9g
62. The Lebron Brothers' "Lets's Get Stoned"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SWmABCfn6Q
63. Charlie Palmieri's "Cab Driver"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smh0mEfd4Kw
64. Johnny Colon's "You Gotta Love Me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HesI80NYsKs
65. Pete Rodriguez's "Pete's Boogaloo"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBOkoHnSxIY&feature=related
66. The Lebron Brothers' "Boogaloo Lebron"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idHvYIjsDAg
67. Pete Bonet's "Puerto Rican Soul"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SUhVked4BM
68. The Fantastic Johnny C's "Boogaloo Down Broadway"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48FY89F4i6g
69. Monguito Santamaria's "El Dorado"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO4yIkpMsJA
70. Monguito Santamaria's "Mi Guajira"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7YvtvyWhLs
71. Monguito Santamaria's "Work Out"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbcbl-SMujc
72. Monguito Santamaria's "Boogaloo Sabroso"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAXSSMNuToA
73. Monguito Santamaria's "Beans and Greens"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWgGgBPch0Y
74. Mongo Santamaria's cover of "Cold Sweat" is really Latin funk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVOI3HdiqNM&feature=related
75. Joe Bataan's "Mambo de Bataan"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R167uckNyZ0
76. Ismael Rivera's "Ismael Y Monchito"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLXg7FU3mBc
77. Charlie Palmieri's "Boogaloo Mania"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSdvVYWbwtI
78. Bobby Valentin's "Batman's Boogaloo"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugbmsbb5aS4
79. Gilberto Sextet's "Good Lovin"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm-DrBk1umM
80. Joe Bataan's "Under the Streetlamp"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLb3RS77QJM
81. Johnny Colon's "Mira Ven Aca"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WV8RpT5o_w&feature=related
82. Spanglish Fly's "The Popo"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkRscmJ9muA
83. Johnny Colon's "Boogaloo Blues"
84. Joe Bataan's "It's a Good Feeling (Riot)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poFXwf25TNo
85. Joe Bataan's "Magic Rose"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEacetKnxcE
86. Johnny Colon's "Boogaloo Blues"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXQm-QzJ7ig
87. Johnny Colon's "Guantanamera"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23BHGZzQdwY
88. Joe Torres' "La Bruja Negra"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_xr8WL3wb4&feature=related
89. Ray Barretto's "Do You Dig It"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pa14-obu1c
90. Joe Torres' "Soul Cha"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOeHEqLGL8Q
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