Boogaloo: Willie Colon Rarest "Willie Baby" Fania 444
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Artist : WILLIE COLON Song : "Willie Baby" b/w "Jazzy" Label & # : Fania #444 (1967) Vinyl Condition : NM Labels Condition : NM Cover Condition : Remarks
ULTRA RARE IN A 45 RPM NM!! From "El Malo" LP....SIMPLY A GREAT BOOGALOO COLLECTOR'S ITEM!!!
Recorded when Willie was just seventeen, but it displays canny business sense as well as talent: Colón included two English-language tunes in the then-hot boogaloo style (the embarrassingly unforgettable "Skinny Papa"), and a terrific, organ-heavy example of the even shorter-lived shingaling craze ("Willie Whopper," which sounds like an urban answer to "Incense And Peppermints"). He even managed to boost his name recognition by making many of the songs about himself (the boogaloo "Willie Baby"). Hector Lavoe's on lead vocals; pianist Dwight Brewster co-wrote several of the tunes with Colón, including the aptly titled opener "Jazzy"; other musicians include Eddie Guagua and James Taylor (bass), Joe Santiago (trombone), and Mario Galagarza, Pablo Rosario and Nick Marrero (percussion)
The Pata Pata, the Jala-Jala, the Shing-A-Ling & the Boogaloo hit the dance floors almost at the same time. We can say that any one of them was a variant of the other. Thje late 60s & early 70s were fun years and we all danced to those rhythms!!!!
PRELUDES IN BOOGALOO
Latin boogaloo burst onto the scene in 1966, the year that saw the recording not only of "Bang Bang" but of the other best-known boogaloo tunes as well. Johnny Colón’s "Boogaloo Blues," Pete Rodríguez’s "I Like It Like That," and Hector Rivera’s "At the Party" all hit the record stores in 1966-67, and made overnight stars of many of the young musicians in El Barrio and in the clubs throughout the New York area. Much to the concern, and even hardship, of the established bandleaders from the 1950’s and early 1960’s, it was the young boogaloo musicians who seemed to come out of nowhere and were suddenly getting top billings, selling the most records, and getting the hottest requests for airplay. The standbys, on the other hand, notably Tito Puente and Charlie Palmieri, suddenly found themselves in dire straits. As Joe Cuba recalls, with boogaloo the career of his band, which had been around for over ten years by then, was catapulted into the national and international spotlight ; now they were sharing shows and touring with big-time performers like the Supremes, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, and the Drifters, and traveling widely. They had a long and successful run at the Flamboyán Hotel in Puerto Rico, where boogaloo also caught on like wildfire.
The most popular band in Puerto Rico in those years, El Gran Combo, brought out an album with six of the twelve cuts listed as boogaloos, and included the immensely popular "Gran Combo’s Boogaloo." The fever then held on for another year or two, longer than most of the dance crazes of those years, and even the disdainful holdouts among the more sophisticated musicians, like Eddie Palmieri, Tito Rodriguez and Tito Puente, came around to recording their own boogaloos. It was a time when, as many of the musicians attest, you could not not play boogaloo and expect to draw crowds and get recording contracts.
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RECORD GRADING:
MINT: Unplayed, still sealed. M – Played vinyl but has no marks and plays with very mimimal or no surface noise. VG++ : Played vinyl has one or two light marks and plays with minimal surface noise. VG+: Played vinyl has more than a few marks and plays with some light surface noise but no skips. Strong sound!. VG: Well played vinyl has a lot of surface marks but no deep scratches, vinyl plays with surface noise but sound quality is still good. No Skips. Items are to be paid within 7 days (if not paid it will be subject for relisting) of auction close and will be shipped within 48 hours of receipt of payment. Paypal is the preferred method of payment. If you need to send a money order, please send it to: Carlos A Flores 25910 Crippen Drive Land O' Lakes, FL 34639price rating
