Snapshots & Collections of American Sabor: Records

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Snapshots & Collections Feature

Wanted by FBI: Willie Colón Album

Armed with trombone and considered dangerous....more »

Credit: LP jacket and photograph courtesy Experience Music Project

Asalto Navideno Vol. 2 Album

Willie Colón's popular 1972 album, Asalto Navideño, mixed Puerto Rican jíbaro...more »

Credit: LP jacket and photograph courtesy Experience Music Project

Bang! Bang! Push, Push, Push Album

The sextet of Puerto Rican percussionist Joe Cuba outplayed bands twice its size, playing pachanga and...more »

Credit: LP jacket reproduction courtesy Experience Music Project

Celia Cruz & Willie Colón: The Winners Album

Collaborations with singers such as Celia Cruz produced many salsa classics....more »

Credit: LP jacket reproductions courtesy Experience Music Project

King of Mambo Album

Born in 1923 to Puerto Rican immigrants in New York, Tito Puente arranged for and directed his own...more »

Credit: Courtesy of EMP

Malo Album Cover

Malo’s Latin rock anthem, Suavecito, charted at Number 18 in 1972. It was co-written and sung by...more »

Credit: Unknown

Shelia E. Album

The cover of Sheila E's album. Her song The Glamorous Life hit the Top 10 in 1984. Granddaughter...more »

Credit: Unknown

Sam the Sham

In 1965 Wooly Bully charted at Number Two and sold three million copies, making Sam the Sham and the...more »

Credit: Courtesy of EMP

Laura Canales

Laura Canales reigned as best female vocalist at the Tejano Music Awards from 1983 to 1987. In an era...more »

Credit: Courtesy of Ramón Hernández /Hispanic Entertainment Archives, San Antonio

Mando & the Chili Peppers

Mando & the Chili Peppers is one of the pioneers of Tejano rhythm and blues in San Antonio....more »

Credit: Courtesy of Ruben Molina

Flaco Jimenez

In 2009 Jimenez collaborated with the Hohner instrument company on a signature series of accordians....more »

Credit: Courtesy of Annie Leibovitz

Pharaohization! Album

Featuring the popular Tejano influenced group, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs....more »

Credit: Courtesy of EMP

Talk To Me Album

In 1963 Sunny and the Sunliners' lead singer, Sunny Ozuna, recorded the hit Talk to Me....more »

Credit: Courtesy of EMP

Tierra

As pre-teens, brothers Rudy and Steve Salas played in the Greater Eastside community rock ‘n...more »

Credit: Courtesy of EMP

El Chicano

El Chicano had a hit in 1970 with Viva Tirado. The song takes a jazz instrumental, adds an intense...more »

Credit: Courtesy of MCA Records

Rosie Mendez-Hamlin

In 1959, 14 year-old Mexican American Rosie Mendez-Hamlin wrote the melody and lyrics for Angel Baby....more »

Credit: Unknown

"Donna"

Ritchie "Valenzuela" Valens' 1958 hit Donna, based on a cross-cultural love affair,...more »

Credit: Unknown

Canciones de mi Padre

Backed by Mariachi Vargas, one of Mexico’s finest mariachi bands, Linda Ronstadt’s Spanish-language...more »

Credit: Courtesy of EMP

Desi Arnaz

Entertainer Desi Arnaz, who had fled Cuba for Miami after the 1933 Batista takeover, introduced the...more »

Credit: Courtesy of EMP

Albita

Albita Rodríguez grew up in Havana, Cuba, the daughter of popular folk music singers. By the...more »

Credit: Courtesy of Tere Carranza

Gloria Estefan

Beginning in the mid-1980s, Gloria Estefan emerged as one of the biggest pop stars and went on to...more »

Credit: Courtesy of EMP

Nuclear Valdez

A Spam Allstars Album...more »

Credit: Courtesy of EMP

Albita

No Se Parece A Nada Album...more »

Credit: Courtesy of EMP

Celia Cruz y Willie Colón: The Winners Album

Colaboraciones con cantantes como Celia Cruz, produjeron muchos clásicos de la salsa....more »

Credit: LP jacket reproductions courtesy Experience Music Project

Laura Canales

Laura Canales reinó como la mejor vocalista femenina en los Premios de Música Tejana desde...more »

Credit: Courtesy of Ramón Hernández /Hispanic Entertainment Archives, San Antonio

Juan Luis Guerra

Juan Luis Guerra, cover of Latin Grammy Award album, 2007....more »

Credit: Juan Luis Guerra 440, La Lave de mi Corazón, 2007

Jose Feliciano

Jose Feliciano, Escenas de Amor, 1982; Album cover....more »

Credit: Escenas de Amor, 1982; Album cover