Pete Rodriguez
Creator of the Latin music classic "I Like It Like That,” American pianist and
bandleader Pete Rodríguez - not to be confused with his contemporary namesake
Pete ‘El Conde’ Rodríguez (1933-2000) - was nicknamed ‘the king of boogaloo.’
Born into a family of Puerto Rican immigrants in New York's Bronx district on
April 16, 1934 (or 1932, depending on the source), Pete Rodríguez formed his
first orchestra, La Magnífica, with whom he recorded the album At Last! (1964)
for Remo Records. His music, drawing on a variety of Caribbean styles such as
guaracha, guajira, mambo, son, merengue...
