Pete Rodriguez (boogaloo musician)
Pete Rodriguez, legendary boogaloo musician, rehearses before a recent gig at Hostos Community College in Bronx, NY.
Not to be confused with the Salsa singer, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez[1] or his son Pete Rodriguez.
Pete Rodriguez was born in Bronx, New York in 1932. He 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 the Blackout All-Stars.[3] 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.[4]
Discography
- At Last! (1964)
- The King of The Boogaloo (1965)
- Ese Pete Si Está En Algo…! (1966)
- I Like It Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Así) (1966)
- Latin Boogaloo (1966)
- Christmas Boogaloo (Boogaloo Navideño) (1967)
- Oh, That's Nice! (Ay, Qué Bueno!) (1967)
- Hot & Wild (Yo Vengo Soltando Chispas) (1968)
- Latin Soul Man (1969)
- Now! (1970)
- Right On! (¡Ahí Na' Ma'!) (1971)
- El Rey del Boogaloo! (2003)
References
- ↑ Bush, John. "I Like It Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi) – Review". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ↑ Pete Rodriguez (2006), "CD Booklet", I Like It Like That, Fania Records
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/artist/46992-Blackout-Allstars-The
- ↑ Mr Bongo (18 July 2008). "Pete Rodriguez - I Like It Like That + Aaron Jerome remix 7". Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ↑ "Pete Rodriguez". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
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