''Dance Mania'' is a studio album by American musician
Tito Puente.
The album was added to the
National Recording Registry
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in 2002. It is also listed among the
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
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.
Track listing
All tracks written by
Tito Puente, except where noted.
Personnel
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Tito Puente – leader, arranger, timbales, vibraphone, marimba
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Bernie Glow,
Jimmy Frisaura,
Frank Lo Pinto, George López,
Gene Repetti,
Larry Moser,
León Merian – trumpet
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Rafael Palau,
Jerry Sanfino,
Schapp Pullman,
Tony Buonpastore – saxophone
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Raymond Concepción – piano
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Bobby Rodríguez – bass
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Ray Barretto
Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Lati ...
– congas
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Ray Rodríguez – bongos
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Julito Collazo
Julio "Julito" Collazo (1925 – March 5, 2004) was a master percussionist.
Collazo was born in Havana, Cuba. He began playing the ritual music of Santería on the batá drums at the age of fifteen. He moved to United States in the 1950s to join ...
– congas (tracks 4 and 11)
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Santitos Colón – lead vocals, chorus
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Vitin Avilés,
Otto Olivar – chorus
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Mickey Crofford – original studio engineer
References
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1958 albums
Tito Puente albums
RCA Records albums
United States National Recording Registry recordings
Mambo albums
United States National Recording Registry albums