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Tito Puente

Tito Puente (1923-2000) was a bandleader, percussionist, composer, and arranger from New York City. Born Ernesto Antonio Puente, Jr., on April 20, 1923, in el barrio Spanish harlem, New York, Puente was a musical pioneer for mixing musical styles with Latin sounds and for his experiments in fusing Latin music with jazz. The son of Puerto Rican immigrants, Puente grew up in New York City's Spanish Harlem and took piano lessons as a child and then studied percussion. Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Oye Como Va
151877
2Oye Cómo Va
149689
3Ran Kan Kan
127679
4Mambo Gozon
90706
5El Cayuco
59826
6Take Five
54110
7Hong Kong Mambo
34540
8Para Los Rumberos
30472
9Yeah!
26072
10Mambo Diablo
26050

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