Pete Rodriguez (boogaloo musician)
Not to be confused with the Salsa singer, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez[1] or his son Pete Rodriguez.
Pete Rodriguez 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
- Latin Boogaloo (1966)
- Boogaloo Navideño (1967)
- Oh, That's Nice! (1967)
- I Like It Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi) (1967)
- El Rey Del Boogaloo!
- Hot & Wild (1968)
- Latin Soul Man (1969)
- Pete Rodriguez Now! (1970)[5]
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.