Pete Rodriguez Pianist and conductor of boogaloo and salsa orchestra passed away
famous for popularizing Micaela and I like, like that
He was not on the list.
Pete Rodriguez was a great American pianist who was born in the Bronx in 1932, and died the night before, March 11, 2024, at the age of 92.
We owe him much of the boogaloo fever that took over the dance floors and was fashionable between 1963 and 1970...
Americans and Latinos dance to their music like the famous Micaela.
The news of Pete Rodriguez 's death was announced through the official fanial records Instagram account.
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of the great pianist and band leader, Pete Rodríguez. The world has lost an incredible Latin artist whose music will continue to influence generations to come. Our condolences to his family and friends.
Rodriguez's band, Pete Rodríguez y Su Conjunto, specialized in Latin boogaloo. Their most successful song, "I Like It Like That" (1967), made it to the national Billboard charts and has since been covered several times, including by the Blackout All-Stars for the soundtrack of the 1994 movie I Like It Like That. It received renewed exposure as the soundtrack to the main ident at Odeon Cinemas from 1998 to 2003. It featured in the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the fictitious Latin music radio station "Radio Espantoso". It, along with "Oh, That's Nice!" (1967), was then sampled in the 2018 song "I Like It" recorded by Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin. "I Like It Like That" was also used in film Chef (2014). "Oye Mira" was sampled in the 2021 song "Vielen Dank" recorded by the German hip-hop band 187 Strassenbande. It hit the #5 spot on Germany's Offizielle Deutsche Chart on May 28, 2021.
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