When Puerto Rican Salsa Met Black Soul - Spanish Harlem 1966

🎵 Latin Boogaloo — When NYC Salsa Met Soul, 1966 | Songs of History Summer 1966. Park Palace ballroom, Spanish Harlem. Puerto Rican and African American teenagers are dancing together to a new sound that fuses Cuban son, mambo, R&B, and rock and roll. They call it Latin Boogaloo. For three short years, it dominates the New York Latin music scene. By 1970, it's dead — replaced by salsa. Almost no one outside New York knows it existed. This is the lost genre that was the first true crossover between Latin and American Black music. ► SUBSCRIBE for new Songs of History every Tuesday & Friday at 6 PM EST #LatinBoogaloo #SpanishHarlem #NYCMusic #SongsOfHistory #HiddenGenres