Boogaloo

In the mid 60's in the U.S., Latin music was going through a crisis. The pachanga trend, that had been entertaining dancers for some years, showed signs of waning. Played by great bands, the pachanga seemed inadaptable to the new times, which throbbed to the sounds of the countles, the twist, and the furious rhythm"n"blues, renovated and made more moderate by Motown commercial soul music.

The swing of the great Latin bands appeared ancient to the eyes of young Latinos in New York. In this way, Latin music, twist and rhythm"n"blues fused to produce the boogaloo, represented in Pete Rodríguez's hit "I like it like that". From then on, a great number of small groups created the boogaloo fever, with variants such as the shing a ling and the afroloo, which ruled Latin music until the beginning of the 70's, when it handed its reign over to salsa, for whom it had paved the way.