Boogaloo

Latin boogaloo, or bugalú, is a New York dance music of the mid-to-late 1960s that fused Afro-Cuban rhythms — mambo, cha-cha-chá and son montuno — with American rhythm and blues and soul. Created largely by young Puerto Rican musicians in East Harlem and the Bronx, it used small combos of piano, congas, timbales and horns, English and Spanish lyrics, handclaps and call-and-response choruses built for teenage dancers. Hits by *Joe Cuba*, *Pete Rodriguez* and *Johnny Colón* made it the first pan-Latino pop style in the United States before industry resistance and the consolidation of salsa ended its brief run around 1969.