Top
100 List of
Great Salsa Songs to Dance To... (2nd Edition)
by
Rose Knows
June 18, 2001
Since I published my first list in late December, it's been one of the most popular pages of our website, along with my growing Top 10 Great Songs List. In a way, I was surprised and yet in other ways, I wasn't, as many dancers found this so helpful.
What I
didn't realize at the time was how "commercial" some of the
salsa music was and I was missing some of the great songs and bands
that existed 30 years ago and some are still going strong, such as "El
Gran Combo". So this list may still have some "commercial"
feel to it as new albums are coming out all the time or I forgot about
some other songs which I just found out the name to; but I tried my
best to branch out to the oldies, but goodies, by talking to various
DJ's, asking them what great song they were playing and by surfing the
various latin music websites to listen to music clips of "classic"
artists.
What comes to mind recently was a fabulous salsa I never heard before
that DJ Alvaro was playing entitled "Distincto y Differente"
by Justo Betancourt, recorded on vinyl in 1977! That had to be one of
the funkiest songs to dance to; or how about "La Fiesta de Pilito"
by El Gran Combo which was on their 30th Anniversary Album.
Feel free to email me your list of favourite songs and I'll add it to another list.
Adalberto
Alvarez - Somos Latinos
Africando All Stars - Doni Doni
Angel Canales - Solo Se Que Tiene Nombre de Mujer
Azabache - 07-Batman & Spiderman
Bobby Valentin & Marvin Santiago - Safa Diablo
Bio Ritmo - Bin Bin
Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri - Picadillo
Celia Cruz - Bembelequa
Celia Cruz - Celia Y Tito
Charanson- Descarga
Conjunto Universal- Que se sepa
Cuco Valoy - Juliana
Eddie Palmieri - La Malanga
El Gran Combo - La Fiesta de Pilito
El Gran Combo - Ojos Chinos
Ensamble Latino - La Maxima Expression
Fania All Stars - Descarga Fania
Fania All Stars - En Vivo del NY Salsa Festival
Fania All Stars - Sandunguera
Fruko y sus Tesos - AudioTrack 01
Fruko y sus Tesos - Cali de rumba
Gilberto Santa Rosa - Perdoname
Gilberto Santa Rosa - Que alguien me diga
Grupo Gale - Boogaloo Con Gale
Grupo Gale - Con El Mismo Swing
Grupo Galé - Descarga Galé
Hansel y Raul - Maria Teresa y Danilo
Hijos De La Salsa - El Negro Bombon
Ismael Rivera- Bilongo
Jimmy Bosch - La Cacharra
Jimmy Bosch - Otra Oportunidad
Jimmy Bosch - Un Poquito Más
Johnny Pacheco - El Esencia Del Guaguanco
Jose Alberto El Canario - Me Dejó Picao
La Sonora Carruseles - El Pito
Los Nemus Del Pacifico - Mosaico Cubano
Luis Felipe Gonzalez - Aprieta El Tumbao
Marvin Santiago - Fuego a La Jicotea
Manole - Mi reina
Mickey Taveras - Historia Entre Tus Dedos
Oscar de
Leon y José Albert - Hay Que Trabajar
Papa Wemba - Jeancy
Ray Barretto - Canto Abacua
Ray Barretto - Descarga Criolla
Ray Barretto - Guarare
Ray Barretto - BAN BAN QUERE
Ray Barretto - Descarga en El Barrio
Richie Ray - Lo Atare La Arache
Richie Ray y Bobby Cruz - Sonido Bestial
RMM - Soneros de vailadores
Robert Levmo - Mambo Yoyo
Tito Puente - Babarabatiri
Tito Puente - Cuban Fantasy
Tito Puente - El #100
Tito Puente - Four Beat Mambo
Tito Puente - Mambo #5 - The Original
Tito Puente - Mambo Buda
Tito Puente - Mambo Sentimental
Tito Puente - Mambo Tipico
Tito Puente - Mamborama - 3d Mambo
Tito Puente - Paris Mambo
Tito Puente - Picadillo Puente
Tito Puente - Salsa - With Cal Tjader
Tito Puente - Machito Forever
Tito Rojas - Quiero Hacerte el Amor
Salsa - Simon
Salsa - Te Amo
Salsa - Y MI NEGRA ESTA CANSA
Salsa - Yamulemao
Victor Manuelle - Apiadate De Mi
Wayne Gorbea - Congele el Gusto
Willie Colon - El Gran Varon
Willie Rosario - La Bomba
Yuri Buenaventura - Salsa
Yuri Buenaventura - Salsa Rai