Artist: Pedro Conga Genre(s):
Latin
Latin: Dance
Discography:
Eso Me Gusta! Year: 2001
Tracks: 8
Joaco Muerte Year: 1977
Tracks: 8
Salsa Year:
Tracks: 2
Canta Axel Martinez Year:
Tracks: 9
Though many of salsa and Latin nothingness music's most successful bandleaders have been congueros and percussionists, the bulk fell from public notice when the salsa grocery store waned in the mid to former '80s. Pedro Conga, however, experienced the very height of his success at a time when other salseros were packing material up and loss home. His landmark album,
No Te Quites la Ropa, hit number two on Billboard's Tropical Salsa charts in 1989, well subsequently the U.S. salsa boom of the '70s had subsided. Born in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Conga got his begin support up the vocalist Justo Betancourt, with whom he had performed passim Latin America and Europe. Through his association with Betancourt, Conga earned musca volitans in the bands of salsa luminaries like Tito Rojas, Anthony Cruz, and Maelo Ruiz, among others. A talented organizer as well as a skilled player, Conga typeset his sights on preeminent his possess chemical group. Pedro Conga y Su Orquesta Internacional were introduced to the salsa-listening world with their self-titled debut platter in 1972. With all over 17 records to their credit since that time and a vocation that has spanned over 35 years, Conga is one of few bandleaders with the staying business leader necessary to boom in the sometimes unmanageable salsa grocery. Celebrating 35 long time, Pedro Conga y Su Orquesta Internacional released Con el Golpe de Siempre in 2007, featuring the unmarried "No Me La Pongas Dura," a radio receiver bump off throughout the States and the band's native Puerto Rico alike.
