With its home base at New York City’s Palladium Ballroom, the mambo era was the pinnacle of Latin music in the United States. No account of those Palladium nights fails to mention the three stellar dance bands known as the Big Three: Machito and His Afro-Cubans, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodríguez....MORE >
The extraordinary singer Graciela will be always remembered as one of the most amazing voices in Latin and Tropical music. During years, she worked with the Latin king, Machito. Also, such an artists like Joe Cuba and Tito Puente, among others, were so amazed by this incredible singer....MORE >
"El Rey del Timbal" (The King of the Timbales), "King of Mambo" and "Little Caesar" were just some of the affectionate nicknames that Ernest Anthony Puente, Jr....MORE >
Every generation has had its share of heroes. They’ve appeared in books, newspapers, television, radio and even on phonograph records. That being said, it seems hard to believe that it has now been 22 years since the untimely passing of Frank Machito Grillo....MORE >
He was born Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. on April 20, 1923, in New York City. Growing up in East Harlem, his mother would always call him Ernestito - thus, most of his friends called him Ernie or Tito, and as he got older, the name Tito stuck with him....MORE >
Now that the first two installments of Tito Puente's classic 78 rpm recordings are enjoying great success, we delve into the historically significant volume 3. Here, we find the velvety vocalizing of singer Gilberto Monroig....MORE >
By now, I am hoping that you have already experienced the first volume of Tito Puente's Classic Tico 78 rpm Recordings. This second installment is a mind blower, 40 tunes on two CDs, some of them released for the first time....MORE >
As the first three volumes of this series are already enjoying a warm reception, I am hoping that this final installment will be just as successful. I like to think of this volume as the beginning of Tito Puente's chorus and instrumental years. Puente did not have a lead singer from 1954 to 1957....MORE >
