Cuban RumbaCuban RumbaRumba is a ballroom dance of Afro-Cuban folk-dance origin that became internationally popular in the early 20th century. Best known for the dancers’ delicate side-to-side hip movements with the upper body erect, the rumba is danced with a basic pattern of two quick side steps and a slow forward step. Three steps are executed to each bar. The music, in 4/4 time, has an insistent syncopation.
BoogaluThe sound of Latin youth in and around New York during the mid- to late-60’s, Boogalu was an Anglicized form of Latin music integrating R&B, mambo and rock & roll, among other forms. Two top 20 getaway hits in 1963 – “Watermelon Man” by Mongo Santamaria and “El Watusi” by Ray Barretto – helped birth the style. Latin veterans like Tito Puente and Perez Prado did boogalus as well and young artists like Joe Bataan, Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers, the Latinaires, the Latin Souls, and the Lat-Teens burst onto the scene around that time.
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