Calderón (April 22, 1931 – February 15, 2009), known professionally as Joe Cuba, was an American conga drummer of Puerto Rican descent widely regarded...
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Latin boogaloo song, co-written by Jimmy Sabater and Joe Cuba. It was popularized by the Joe Cuba Sextet, featuring Cheo Feliciano on vocals. In many instances...
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Cheo Feliciano (section with Joe Cuba Sextet)
found out that Joe Cuba was in need of a singer for his sextet. Aware that Feliciano was also a talented singer, he recommended Cuba that he try out...
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Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. After his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood (1991), he won the Academy...
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Rican community. These included, but weren't limited to, Joe Bataan, Johnny Zamot, Joe Cuba, Bobby Valentín, the Latin Souls, the Lat-Teens, Johnny Colón...
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Jimmy Sabater (section Joe Cuba Sextet)
timbales player. He gained international fame thanks to his work with the Joe Cuba Sextet in the 1960s and '70s, and later became the lead singer of various...
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One theory of the sandwich's origin is that in 1917, Havana, Cuba bar owner José "Sloppy Joe" Abeal y Otero created "a simple sandwich filled with ground...
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The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (Spanish: Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis (Russian: Карибский кризис,...
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Johnny "Dandy" Rodríguez (category Afro-Cuban jazz percussionists)
Cayuco, Angelo Vaillant, Ernest Alvarez, Frankie Morales, Orestes Vilató, Joe Cuba, Jimmy Sabater, Adalberto Santiago, and Johnny Cruz. Percussion instrument...
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against Cuba prevents US businesses, and businesses organized under US law or majority-owned by US citizens, from conducting trade with Cuban interests...
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boogaloo song "Bang Bang" by the Joe Cuba Sextet. The chant in "Bang Bang" was incorporated into "Bad Girls" after a gig Joe Cuba's sextet played for a black...
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Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American businessman, investor and television presenter. He is the former principal owner and current minority owner...
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musical career, Acosta played and recorded with Joe Quijano, Tony Pabon and La Protesta, Bobby Rodriguez, Joe Cuba, Orchestra Flamboyan, Vitin Aviles, Ismael...
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Salsa music (category Cuban styles of music)
Salsa music is a style of Caribbean music, combining elements of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and American influences. Because most of the basic musical components...
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Cuba and the United States restored diplomatic relations on July 20, 2015, after relations had been severed in 1961 during the Cold War. U.S. diplomatic...
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Latin Breed: The Return of the Latin Breed Los Cachorros: El Volumen 3 Joe Cuba Sextet – Doin' It Right = Hecho Y Derecho Tito Puente and His Concert Orchestra:...
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on stage name Cuban Link and associated with fellow rappers Big Pun and Triple Seis in a group under the name Full-A-Clips. After Fat Joe signed to Atlantic...
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in Cuba (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 10, 2021. Leydon, Joe (April 27, 2016). "Film Review: 'Papa: Hemingway in Cuba'". Variety...
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Cuban Americans (Spanish: cubanoestadounidenses or cubanoamericanos) are Americans who immigrated from or are descended from immigrants from Cuba, regardless...
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dictatorship which reigned as the government of Cuba between 1952 and 1959. It began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état which saw former president and military...
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2014. Gonzalez, Jessica (2 April 2015). "Cuba on Deck?". ESPN Press Room. ESPN. Retrieved 2 April 2015. "IMDb – Joe Kehoskie". IMDb. Retrieved 18 September...
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Joseph Xavier Carollo (born March 12, 1955) is a Cuban-American politician who served as mayor of Miami from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2001...
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A.. The song has been covered by various Latin music artists, such as Joe Cuba (1963 and 1970, in a medley with "Aprieta el pollo"), Azúcar Moreno (1990)...
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Sunshine, and Cuban Link, as well as then-unknown producers DJ Khaled and Cool & Dre. Represent was preceded by his debut single "Flow Joe", which entered...
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Meyer Lansky (section Cuba, 1946-1959)
world. He was said to own points (percentages) in casinos in Las Vegas, Cuba, Miami, and New Orleans. Lansky had a strong influence with the Italian-American...
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Chef (soundtrack) (category Afro-Cuban jazz albums)
Mathieu Schreyer — a combination of Latin jazz, New Orleans jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz, salsa, soul, funk and blues, which serve as background to the storyline...
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of Tito Puente, Machito, Tito Rodriguez, Eddie Palmieri, Larry Harlow, Joe Cuba, La Playa Sextet and of course Arvito & His Latin Rhythms. All of these...
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Rubén Blades (category Afro-Cuban jazz bandleaders)
(ensemble), Bush y sus Magníficos. His strongest influence of the day was the Joe Cuba sextet and Cheo Feliciano, whose singing style he copied to the point of...
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demonstrators called on President Joe Biden to take action in Cuba. The Biden administration sanctioned a key Cuban official and a government special...
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Manteca (song) (category Afro-Cuban jazz)
Gillespie is heard singing, "I'll never go back to Georgia". In 1965, the Joe Cuba Sextet got their first crossover hit with the Latin and soul fusion of...
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