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Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez
12+ albums
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Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez Singer, Composer, Percussionist and Orchestra Director FULL NAME: Pedro Juan Rodríguez Ferrer DATE OF BIRTH: January 31, 1933 PLACE OF BIRTH: La Cantera, Ponce, Puerto Rico DEATH: December 2, 2000 in Bronx, New York (USA) Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez is not only recognized as one of the most extraordinary vocalists in the history of salsa, but also as the one that best assimilated the essence of son among those born in our country. That is why, in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and other international places in the salsera culture - including Cuba -, connoisseurs often identify him as "the most Cuban of Puerto Rican soneros". This teacher of rumba, son, salsa and bolero Antillean was the second of three children born by Emiliano Rodríguez and Anatilde Ferrer Colón. Intuitive musician. At the age of ten years he was already playing the bongo in the Conjunto El Gondolero, which was directed by his progenitor. At thirteen, he went to live with his family in the Barrio Latino, in New York. In this metropolis would spend almost the rest of his life. At 17, he began to work in a printing press, a job he held until he was recruited by the US Army to perform his military service in the Korean war. During this period (1953 - 1956) he was parachutist of the Air Force. After his discharge and return to the Great City, he found accommodation in the set of Johnny Soler. Shortly afterwards he joined the Cuban Oriental Orchestra, whose repertoire followed the most genu
top songs
albums
Este Negro Si Es Sabroso
I Like It Like That
A Touch Of Class
La Herencia - Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez
La Herencia
El Conde
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Este Negro Sí Es Sabroso (Remastered 2026)
Soy La Ley
Selecciones Fania
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Fania Records 1964-1984 - The Incendiary Sounds of New York
El Swing Con El Conjunto Sensacion
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Salsa a Musical History