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1988 In Latin Music
This is a list of notable events in Latin music (genre), Latin music (music from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas of Latin America, Latin Europe, and the United States) that took place in 1988. Events *March 2The 30th Annual Grammy Awards are held at The Radio City Music Hall in New York City: **Julio Iglesias wins the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance for ''Un Hombre Solo''. **Los Tigres del Norte wins the Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album, Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Performance for ''Gracias!... América... Sin Fronteras''. **Eddie Palmieri wins the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album, Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Performance for ''La Verdad/The Truth''. Bands formed Bands reformed Bands disbanded Bands on hiatus Number-ones albums and singles by country *List of number-one albums of 1988 (Spain) *List of number-one singles of 1988 (Spain) *Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Music (genre)
Latin music (Portuguese and es, música latina) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from Ibero-America (including Spain and Portugal) and the Latino United States inspired by Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese music genres, as well as music that is sung in either Spanish and/or Portuguese. Terminology and categorization Because the majority of Latino immigrants living in New York City in the 1950s were of Puerto Rican or Cuban descent, "Latin music" had been stereotyped as music simply originating from the Spanish Caribbean. The popularization of bossa nova and Herb Alpert's Mexican-influenced sounds in the 1960s did little to change the perceived image of Latin music. Since then, the music industry classifies all music sung in Spanish or Portuguese as Latin music, including musics from Spain and Portugal. Following protests from Latinos in New York, a category for Latin music was created by National Recording Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Number-one Billboard Top Latin Songs From The 1980s
The Hot Latin Songs chart (formerly Hot Latin 50 and Hot Latin Tracks), published in ''Billboard'' magazine, is a record chart based on Latin music airplay. The data were compiled by the ''Billboard'' chart and research department with information from 70 Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and Puerto Rico. Those radio stations were selected based on their number of listeners, and were asked to report their playlists for the week. This information was then entered to the ''Billboard'' computer system, and points were tabulated for each song. Before this chart's inception, the Latin music information on the magazine was presented only in the form of the biweekly album sales chart Top Latin Albums, which was divided into Latin Pop, Tropical/Salsa, and Region Mexican and continues to be listed separately. During the 1980s, 33 songs topped the chart. According to the ''Billboard'' electronic database, the first was "La Guirnalda" by Spanish singer Rocío Dúrcal on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948), known professionally as Rubén Blades (, but in Panama and within the family), is a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, performing musically most often in the salsa, and Latin jazz genres. As a songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical sophistication of Central American ''nueva canción'' and Cuban ''nueva trova'' as well as experimental tempos and politically inspired Son Cubano salsa to his music, creating "thinking persons' (salsa) dance music". Blades has written dozens of hit songs, including "Pedro Navaja" and "El Cantante" (which became Héctor Lavoe's signature song). He has won ten Grammy Awards out of seventeen nominations and twelve Latin Grammy Awards. His acting career began in 1983, and has continued, sometimes with several-year breaks to focus on other projects. He has prominent roles in films such as ''Crossover Dreams'' (1985), ''The Milagro Beanfield War'' (1988), '' The Super' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antecedente
''Antecedente'' is an album by the Panamanian musician Rubén Blades (credited with Son del Solar), released in 1988. The album was often reviewed with ''La Pistola y El Corazón'', by Los Lobos, which also was a return-to-roots effort. The album won a Grammy Award for "Best Tropical Latin Performance". It peaked at No. 8 on ''Billboard''s Tropical Albums chart. Production The album was produced by Blades. His backing band changed its name from Seis del Solar to Son del Solar, with trombones replacing some of the synthesizer parts. ''Antecedente'' marked a return to salsa for Blades, who had remarked that he did not like how older studio recording techniques made the music sound. Critical reception Robert Christgau wrote that "Blades augments a revamped, renamed Seis del Solar with salsa trombones and begets a dance album for the people of Panama." ''Trouser Press'' deemed the album "rewardingly rootsy." The ''St. Petersburg Times'' called it "a hot-blooded, no-nonsense salsa-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Rock
Latin rock is a term to describe a subgenre blending traditional sounds and elements of Latin American and Hispanic Caribbean folk with rock music. However, it is widely used in the English-language media to refer any kind of rock music featuring Spanish or Portuguese vocals. This has led to controversy about the scope of the terminology. Latin rock should not be confused with "rock music from Latin America" or rock en español. It's also closely related to the Latin alternative scene (which combines Latin elements with alternative rock, pop, electronic music, indie or hip hop among others) a term often used to refer the same phenomenon. History Origins (1950s–1960s) Rock and roll music of the 1950s originated from a variety of sources including rhythm and blues, blues, gospel, country, bluegrass, western swing, and Tin Pan Alley pop music. Also, there was some influence of the traditional Latin music. Caribbean rhythms like calypso were used in surf music; and there w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caifanes
Caifanes is a rock band from Mexico City. Formed in 1987, the group achieved international fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The original line-up was Saúl Hernández (vocals and guitar), Sabo Romo (bass guitar), (drums) and Diego Herrera (keyboards and saxophone). Alejandro Marcovich later joined as lead guitar player. Caifanes' style can be described as a hybrid of British new wave, progressive rock and Latin percussion underscored by deep, somber and Latin American-Mexican-Spanish-influenced lyrics and the vocal style of Saúl Hernández. Members of Caifanes have cited The Cure, The Beatles and King Crimson as major influences. Adrian Belew having produced their third studio album, ''El Silencio'', as well as making a guest appearance on it. The name "Caifanes" is said to be derived from the 1940s Mexican ''pachuco'' (zoot suiter) slang "''cae fine''". Its equivalent in English would be "cool dude". The word has also been used to describe the proverbial Mexican ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caifanes (album)
''Caifanes'' is the debut studio album by Mexican rock band Caifanes. It was released in 1988 after the success of their first singles, "Mátenme porque me muero" and "La bestia humana". The original release of the album did not contain the songs "La negra Tomasa" and "Perdí mi ojo de venado", which were released in 1989 as singles and later incorporated into the album when it was re-released on compact disc in 1993. It is undergoing a re-pressing process as of March 2011. The LP is also referred to as ''Volumen 1'' or ''Mátenme porque me muero''. Track listing Personnel Caifanes *Saúl Hernández – vocals, guitar (except on "La bestia humana") *Alfonso Andre – drums, miscellaneous percussion *Sabo Romo – bass *Diego Herrera – keyboards, saxophone Additional musicians *Gustavo Cerati – guitar on "La bestia humana" *Cachorro Lopez – stick Stick or the stick may refer to: Thin elongated objects * Twig * The weapon used in stick fighting * Walking stick, a devic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphael (singer)
Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez (born May 5, 1943), often simply referred to as Raphael, is a Spanish singer and television, film and theater actor. Raphael is recognized as one of the most successful Spanish singers in the world, having sold more than 70 million records worldwide in 7 languages. Currently, he is considered one of the most active singers of the so-called "divos of the romantic ballad", touring throughout America and Europe, transmitting for 60 years of artistic career, a repertoire full of novelty, for which his oldest songs are being recorded again,thus remastering with modern sounds closer to today's youth. Childhood Raphael was born Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez in Linares, province of Jaén (Spain). As a consequence, he is nicknamed both ''"El Ruiseñor de Linares"'' ("Nightingale of Linares") and ''"El Divo de Linares"'' ("The Divo from Linares") but is also known as "El Niño". His family moved to Madrid when he was nine months old, and he started sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Chicas Del Can
Las Chicas Del Can was the first all-female Merengue music, merengue group from Dominican Republic. Originally created by pianist Belkis Concepción, several teams of female vocalists and musicians have alternately performed under the name Las Chicas del Can throughout the group's history. History Founded in 1981, ''Las Chicas del Can'' performed a number of hits throughout the eighties, and a great number of their singles and albums achieved gold and/or platinum status. Hits such as "Zamina mina (Zangalewa), El Negro No Puede," "La Media María," "Sukaína," "Juana la Cubana," "Culeca," "Ta' Pillao," "Fuego," "Fiebre," and "Las Pequeñas Cosas" are now regarded as merengue classics. Las Chicas Del Can had tremendous success, receiving platinum records and gold records and made extensive tours around the world and Europe, including Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Puerto Rico, the United States, Holland and others. The dance "Juana La Cubana" was popularized by the eternal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Así Fue
"Así Fue" ("That's the Way It Went") is a song written and produced by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel and performed by Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja. It was released in 1988 as the second single from her studio album '' Desde Andalucía''. The song tells of the singer dealing with her ex-lover after she has a new fiancé. It reached number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States and was the fifth best-performing Latin single of 1989 in the country. Nine years later, Juan Gabriel performed a live cover version of the song at the Palacio de Bellas Artes which was recorded and released as a live album titled '' Celebrando 25 Años de Juan Gabriel: En Concierto en el Palacio de Bellas Artes'' (1998). Juan Gabriel's cover was released as a single from the record and reached number three on the Hot Latin Songs. It was the best-performing Latin single of 1998 in the US and won the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Pantoja
María Isabel Pantoja Martín (; born August 2, 1956) is a Spanish singer. She was born in the Triana district of Seville, Spain. She has released more than a dozen albums throughout a career spanning many decades, mostly of '' copla'' genre, and is known for her distinctive Andalusian style. Biography She was born in a Romani family of musicians. Both her father and her grandfather were singers. Pantoja began performing precociously at the age of seven in the flamenco ensemble of her cousin Chiquetete. At 17 she met her "maestro" Juan Solano Pedrero, who wrote her first hits along with writer and poet Rafael de León. Pantoja cultivated copla, a genre in decline at the moment that she popularised again. Some of her early hits were "El Pájaro Verde", "Garlochí" or "El Señorito". In 1983 she released her first pop album, ''Cambiar por ti'', which included the same-title song, "En la Niebla", or "Nada". From that moment, Pantoja alternated ballads and romantic songs with cop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desde Andalucía
''Desde Andalucía'' (English: ''From Andalusia'') is a studio album by Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja, released in 1988. The album became a success on the Latin Pop Albums charts. The album received a Lo Nuestro award for Pop Album of the Year. By 1993 the record had sold over 1.3 million copies. Track listing # "Hazme Tuya Una Vez Más" – 6:09 # "Queriendo y No" – 5:15 # "Ojos Azules Como el Mar" – 4:07 # "Hoy Todos Mis Días" – 8:13 # "Cuántos Días Más" – 4:18 # "Así Fue "Así Fue" ("That's the Way It Went") is a song written and produced by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel and performed by Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja. It was released in 1988 as the second single from her studio album '' Desde Andalucía ..." – 5:32 # "Luna Llena" – 5:59 # "Recordándote" – 5:40 # "Virgen del Rocío" – 6:00 Chart performance References {{DEFAULTSORT:Desde Andalucia 1988 albums Isabel Pantoja albums RCA Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
