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A hard guaracha the Joe Cuba Sextet turned into a Spanish-Harlem anthem in 1965, Cheo Feliciano riding the coro. Built for the boogaloo-era floor — tight,...

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A hard guaracha the Joe Cuba Sextet turned into a Spanish-Harlem anthem in 1965, Cheo Feliciano riding the coro. Built for the boogaloo-era floor — tight, percussive, all call-and-response — it has stayed alive in the salsa-dura revival bands still chasing that mid-'60s Nuyorican fire.

Year
1965
Lineage
guaracha

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