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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...