Boogaloo. Long before the term was appropriated by right-wing nutjobs, it represented what you'll hear here — the fusion of Soul/R&B and Latin pop rhythms. The mainstream story posits the genre as product of encounters between Harlem's Black and Perto Rican communities. And there's plenty of truth in that, but it's not the whole story. The bigger picture takes in a much wider range of time and space. Going back to the Latin wave in 1950s Jazz and R&B and across The Americas in their entirety. My own collection has almost as many tracks from Brazil as the USA. And many more from Latin America and the Caribbean as a whole.
Boogaloo
- A La Luna Me Voy Mongo Santamaría
- Tenho Que Ter Todo Seu Amor (Got To Have A Hundred) Eduardo Araújo
- Shalom Malecum Johnny Pacheco Con Pete Conde Rodriguez
- Ain't No Mountain High Enough (12" Remix) Inner Life Ft. Jocelyn Brown
- The Nitty Gritty Skeewiff
- Boogaloo Lebron Lebron Brothers
- Lo Tuyo Lo Mio Ray Barretto
- Pancho Foo Joe Cuba Sextet
- A Lição Wilson Miranda
- Sunny Joe Torres
1955
- The Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry) Etta James & The Peaches
- Don't Be Angry Nappy Brown
- Are You Sorry Whispers
- Unchained Melody Al Hibbler
- Ling, Ting, Tong Five Keys
- Don't Mess with My Baby Howlin' Wolf
- The Great Pretender Platters
- Mary Lou Young Jessie
- Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) Gene & Eunice
- We'll Never Meet Again Midnighters
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- Saluteremo il signor padrone Modena City Ramblers
- Saluteremo il signor padrone Anna Identici
- Saluteremo Il Signor Padrone Coro delle mondine di Correggio
- Saluteremo il signor padrone Giovanna Daffini
- Saluteremo il signor padrone Giovanna Marini & Francesco De Gregori
- Saluteremo il signor padrone Sandra e Le Mondine
English
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) Billy Joe Royal
- Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) Soul II Soul Feat. Caron Wheeler
- That's Why I Love You Slim Harpo
- Too Much Lovin' 5 Royales
- Blues At Sundown Amos Milburn
- Desperate Man Ronnie Milsap
- La Paella Machito And His Orchestra
- Lovey Dovey Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
- Cold Sweat, Pts. 1 & 2 James Brown
- Be Mine Alabama Shakes