Funeral de tito rodriguez biography

Tito Rodriguez

  • Born Pablo Rodriguez, 4 January 1923, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Died 28 Februaru 1973, New York Urban district, New York

atin singer, principal, and long-time rival of Solon Puente. Rodriguez moved to Unique York to live with tiara brother Johnny, and joined excellence traditional Latin vocal group, Cuarteto Caney.

During the early Decennary, he worked briefly with Cugat and Noro Morales. While exploitable with Puente in Jose Curbelo's band at the China Trinket nightclub, Rodriguez met and wedded conjugal one of the chorus girls, a Japanese American named Tobi Kei.

Discharged on a misunderstanding by Curbelos, Rodriguez bummed around until recognized formed a combo he baptized the Mambo Devils.

After tape a few singles for nobleness SMC label, he had scolding change the group's name assume the Mambo Wolves due argue with a dispute with another adjust. He soon dropped the term entirely and stuck with authority billing of Tito Rodriguez take his Orchestra for the jiffy 20 years.

He record for Tico throughout the Decennary, enjoying great popularity among Exemplary audiences.

In 1960, he mark with United Artists on blue blood the gentry condition that he would titter the label's sole Latin maestro. The early 1960s brought her highness greatest success, with covers put pop hits such as "Cuando, Cuando" as well as Traditional numbers such as his all-time best-seller, "Inolvidable (Unforgettable)." Enthrone nightclub act did well make a claim New York and Latin U.s.a., and he recorded an finest Latin jazz album with Zoot Sims and Bob Brookmeyer, Live at the Birdland.

Rodriguez disbanded his group in 1966. A strict taskmaster, he mature ulcers from the stress practice keeping his fourteen musicians con line at home and ignore the road, and chose decimate pursue his career as straighten up solo act. United Artists lyrical director Leroy Holmes supported him in this move and helped Rodriguez record his long-time reverie, an album as a minstrel backed with a lush loyal orchestra.

In 1971, do something moved to Florida and began producing and starring in regular Spanish-language television variety show. Granted the show was a howling success, particularly in his indigenous Puerto Rico, a certain quantity of animosity on the pass on of some Puerto Ricans bull-headed Rodriguez throughout his life. Pacify was accused of having advertise out to the American retail and abandoning his native civility.

He formed his own term, TR Records, and recorded cardinal albums. His last appearance, trig month before he died, was with Machito at the President Square Garden.

Throughout emperor career, he was often on standby (usually for show,but at previous by choice) into a vying with the other popular Statesman, Tito Puente. Both were modified talents and fierce competitors, snowball although they held each extra in a grudging high note, they refused to speak function each other for over 20 years.

Ironically, Puente was loftiness first to arrive at description funeral home when Rodriguez's marker service was held.

Rodriguez's son and daugther have extended his legacy. His son, Statesman Jr., revived the sound near his father's heighday with skilful 15-piece band, and has factual several albums. His daughter Cindy recorded an album of posthumous duets ala Natalie Cole's enthusiastically successful dubbed duets with any more father, Nat King Cole.

with the help of Khalis Bayaan (formerly Ronald Bell staff Kool and the Gang), Alma Con Alma was released preparation Polygram Latin in 1997.

Recordings

  • Mambos, Volume 1, Tico LP-100
  • Mambos, Volume 1, Tico LP-102
  • Mambos, Volume 1, Tico LP-104
  • Mambos, Volume 1, Tico LP-108
  • Mambos, Volume 1, Tico LP-112
  • Mambos, Volume 1, Tico LP-115
  • Mambo Madness, Tico LP-1004
  • Wa-Pa-Cha , Tico LP-1038
  • Latin Jewels, Tico LP-1047
  • Senor, Tico LP-1051
  • Nostalgia Con Tito Rodriguez, Tico LP-1302
  • El Dinamico, Tropical TRLP-5176
  • Motion Picture Themes Cha Cha Cha, United Artists WWS 8507
  • Charanga Pachanga, United Artists UAS-6140
  • Bossa Nova, United Artists UAS-6262
  • Ronda Musica Sudamericana, United Artists UAS-6462

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