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When the spirits dance mambo

by Constance Brissenden, Marta Moreno Vega, Larry Loyie

2004 273 pages eng

When rock and roll was transforming American culture in the 1950s and '60s, East Harlem pulsed with the sounds of mambo and merengue. Instead of Elvis and the Beatles, Marta Moreno Vega grew up worshipping Celia Cruz, Mario Bauza, and Arsenio Rodriguez. Their music could be heard on every radio in E…

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