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Ray Barretto

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Artist information

Year of Birth:1929
Year of death:2006

Biography

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Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. American percussionist and bandleader|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ray-Barretto|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}} Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Latin jazz. His first hit, "El Watusi", was recorded by his Charanga Moderna in 1962, becoming the most successful pachanga song in the United States. In the late 1960s, Barretto became one of the... more

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