WCN Transmedia Group Celebrates Latin Legend “Tito Puente” Born April 20th 1923
Feliz cumpleaños te extrañamos
WCN Transmedia Group Celebrates Latin Legend “Tito Puente”
Tito Puente
Born April 20th 1923
Feliz cumpleaños te extrañamos
Tito Puente, Sr., (April 20, 1923 – June 1, 2000[1]), born Ernesto Antonio Puente, Jr., was a Latin Jazz and Salsa music musician. The son of native Puerto Ricans Ernest and Ercilia Puente, of Spanish Harlem in New York City, Puente is often credited as “El Rey” (the King) of the timbales and “The King of Latin Music”. He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz compositions that helped keep his career going for 50 years. He and his music appear in many films such as The Mambo Kings and Fernando Trueba’s Calle 54. He guest starred on several television shows including Sesame Street, The Cosby Show and The Simpsons.
Career
Tito Puente Sr. served in the Navy for three years during World War II after being drafted in 1942. He was discharged with a Presidential Commendation for serving in nine battles. The GI Bill allowed him to study music at Juilliard School of Music, where he completed a formal education in conducting, orchestration and theory. In 1969, he received the key to the City of New York from former Mayor John Lindsay. In 1992 he was inducted into the National Congressional Record, and in 1993 he received the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal from the Smithsonian.[2]
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