The Latin Music Trivia Book: From the Bolero to Salsa

By Joe Hernandez

Astonishing Latin Music Facts

- Did you know that the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz, was denied a U.S. visa by the U.S. Embassy in Havana because of suspected communist affiliations?
- As a teen, Tito Puente sang with a local barbershop quartet.
- The song "Pedro Navaja" (Mack the Knife) was inspired by a character that dates back to March 4, 1702, in England named Jack Shepard.
- The famous Puerto Rican composer Pedro Flores played professional baseball.
- Ventura County in Southern California is named after Desi Arnaz's great-great-grandmother, Do a Ventura
-The melody of "En Mi Viejo San Juan" was plagiarized from the song "La Bata de Olla."
- Desi Arnaz and Al Capone's son, Albert Francis "Sonny," played together in the Xavier Cugat Orchestra.
- Cuba and Puerto Rico had the first and second radio stations outside the United States.
- The mob ran the Palladium Ballroom in New York City.

These are just a few of the thousands of fascinating facts, fallacies, tidbits, and tales in The Latin Music Trivia Book. Become a Latin music trivia expert as you read this amusing and insightful guide to some of your favorite or not-so-favorite musicians, singers, composers, and orchestras. Explore how the marketing term Salsa came into existence and what the leading proponents of Latin music think of its use. Learn when the first bolero was composed, and discover when, where, how, and who recorded the first early Latin songs. The articles are short, concise, refreshing, informative, and illustrated with 167 photographs. The explanations are to the point; the information will pique your interest and entertain you.

There are thousands of frivolous facts collected in this volume that are guaranteed to be conversation openers, amaze your friends, and establish you as an undisputed master of trivial knowledge of Latin music. The Latin Music Trivia Book proves that fact is almost always funnier than fiction.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D5BNWDX6
• ISBN13: 9798883410894
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"