Portrait of Mongo Santamaría

Mongo Santamaría

Bio: Ramón 'Mongo' Santamaría Rodríguez was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, he was a leading figure in the pachanga and boogaloo dance crazes of the 1960s
Born: Sat, Apr 07 1917
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba

Death: Sat, Feb 01 2003
Mongo Santamaría is 85 years old
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Poster of Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
Mongo Santamaría would have been no older than
85 in Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
as 'Self (archive footage)'.
Fri, Dec 10 2021
Poster of Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Mongo Santamaría would have been no older than
85 in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as 'Self'.
Fri, Jul 02 2021
Poster of Salsa
Salsa
Mongo Santamaría was
59 in Salsa
Wed, Aug 18 1976

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