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La Conga, also known as La Conga nightclub or La Conga club, was a Cuban nightclub located in midtown Manhattan in New York City. In September 1937, the...

original La Conga nightclub opened its doors in Manhattan. It is believed that the La Conga was at Broadway and 51st Street. By 1937, the conga was well...

have success with novelty party anthems such as "Superman" and "Do the Conga". Over the years, Black Lace toured around the world. Playing party shows...

sessions, where he perfected his conga playing. He is credited as being the first U.S. born percussionist to incorporate the conga drum into jazz. On one occasion...

and "Se Fue la Comparsa". In 1942, Rodríguez joined the band of Xavier Cugat, and recorded "Bim, bam, bum" and "Ensalada de congas" (Conga Salad). Rodríguez...

short-lived "China Doll", at 51st and Broadway, formerly La Conga, the first Asian American nightclub in New York City, and billed as "New York's only all-oriental...

bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, Santamaría was a leading figure in the pachanga and boogaloo dance...

and a friend of Faulkner, later joined the band; his introduction of congas led to LA LOM adopting a higher-tempo, Latin-inspired sound, incorporating genres...

view of Los Angeles is shown, with searchlights moving to a conga beat. At Ciro's nightclub in West Hollywood, a group of Hollywood stars is having dinner...

"The Class Mates" by the time he was eleven years old. He sang and played conga for the group and they appeared on Jerry Lewis's Muscular Dystrophy Telethon...

Sledge's "We Are Family", along with Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine's "Conga". "We Are Family" - Goldman Girls "William Tell Overture" - Stephen Goldstein...

that playing La comparsa de los congos, that he realized the potential of this carnival rhythm. It has been said that he introduced the conga to America...

Retrieved December 8, 2015. Marine, Brooke. "Emily Estefan, Daughter of Miami's Conga Queen Gloria Estefan, Is a Musical Multi-Hyphenate to Watch". W Magazine...

Calixto Oviedo of NG La Banda, took over on timbales. The Mengual brothers, Orlandito and Lázaro (from Pacho Alonso) took over conga and bongo duties. The...

La música y el pueblo. La Habana, Cuba. Lowinger, Rosa and Ofelia Fox 2005. Tropicana nights: the life and times of the legendary Cuban nightclub. Harcourt...

as the congas, timbales, and clave, since many or all of those instruments often mark the second beat in the music. Los Angeles style salsa (LA style)...

Jackson – lead vocals, conga, tambourine, percussion (1965–1984, 2001; died 2009) Randy Jackson – piano, percussion, keyboards, conga, vocals (1971 (officially...

cowrote the song with Fiachra Trench): The big record at [the London LGBT nightclub] Heaven was Dan Hartman's 'Relight My Fire'—that's when we brought the...

In 1985, the band Miami Sound Machine used the joke in their video for "Conga". Whispering about how boring the ambassador's reception is, drummer Enrique...

about it the following days and hence learning that the parade, named as La Conga Parade, came to existence after many small groups had been gathering from...