Pete Rodriguez (Boogaloo)
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Not to be confused with the Salsa singer, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez[1] or his son Pete Rodriguez.
Pete Rodriguez was the leader and pianist of a Puerto Rican Boogaloo band from The Bronx in the mid-1960s, sometimes known as Pete Rodríguez y Su Conjunto.[2]
The band's most successful song, "I Like It Like That", made it to the national Billboard charts and has since been covered several times including by Tito Nieves. It was re-recorded by lead singer and composer Tony Pabón for the soundtrack of the 1994 movie I Like It Like That and received renewed exposure as the soundtrack to the main ident at Odeon Cinemas from 1998–2003.[3]
[edit] Discography
- Latin Boogaloo (1966)
- Boogaloo Navideño (1967)
- Oh, That's Nice! (1967)
- I Like It Like That (1967)
- El Rey Del Boogaloo!
- Hot & Wild (1968)
- Latin Soul Man (1969)
- Pete Rodriguez Now! (1970)[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Bush, John. "I Like It Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi) – Review". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r300929. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ Pete Rodriguez (2006), "CD Booklet", I Like It Like That (Fania Records)
- ^ Mr Bongo (18 July 2008). "Pete Rodriguez - I Like It Like That + Aaron Jerome remix 7". http://www.buymrbongo.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=201. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ "Pete Rodriguez". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p119705. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
