Johnny Pacheco, an idolizer in globe of salsa, passes away a…
Johnny Pacheco, an idolizer in globe of salsa, passes away at age 85 – CityNews Ottawa
NEW YORK– Salsa idolizer Johnny Pacheco, that was a founder of Fania Records, Eddie Palmieri’s bandmate and also backer of songs celebrities such as Rubén Bladés, Willie Colón as well as Celia Cruz, passed away Monday. Pacheco was birthed March 25, 1935, in the Dominican Republic right into a family members of artists. Pacheco was the songs supervisor, manufacturer, arranger as well as author, supervising the tag’s category of songs that came to be recognized as salsa– a blend of Cuban mambo, guaracha and also chachachá, Puerto Rican rhythms and also Dominican meringue.
NEW YORK– Salsa idolizer Johnny Pacheco, that was a founder of Fania Records, Eddie Palmieri’s bandmate and also backer of songs celebrities such as Rubén Bladés, Willie Colón as well as Celia Cruz, passed away Monday. Fania Records tweeted that the artist was “the guy most accountable for the category of salsa songs. Pacheco was birthed March 25, 1935, in the Dominican Republic right into a family members of artists. Pacheco was the songs supervisor, arranger, author and also manufacturer, managing the tag’s category of songs that came to be recognized as salsa– a blend of Cuban mambo, guaracha and also chachachá, Puerto Rican rhythms as well as Dominican meringue.