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Mongo Santamaria

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Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría (April 7, 1922 in Havana, Cuba – February 1, 2003) was an Afro-Cuban percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue", as performed by John Coltrane among others. His 1963 hit rendition of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. In 1950 he moved to New York where he played with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Fania All Stars, etc.

Top songs

  1. Watermelon Man
  2. Sofrito
  3. Afro Blue
  4. Linda Guajira
  5. Mama Papa Tu
  6. Me And You Baby (Picao Y Tostao)
  7. Cloud Nine
  8. We Got Latin Soul
  9. Get The Money
  10. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
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  1. Green Onions
  2. Summertime
  3. I Can't Get Next To You
  4. Night Crawler
  5. Cold Sweat
  6. O Mi Shango
  7. Mambo Mongo
  8. Smooth Operator
  9. Iberia
  10. La Bamba
  11. Bésame
  12. Sweet 'Tater Pie
  13. Che-Que-Re-Que-Che-Que
  14. El Pussy Cat
  15. Manha de carnaval
  16. Para Ti
  17. Spring Song
  18. Lady Marmalade
  19. Manteca
  20. Cruzan
  21. Windjammer
  22. Mazacote
  23. Five On The Color Side
  24. Funk Up
  25. Mambomongo
  26. Fatback
  27. Rezo
  28. Yeh-Yeh
  29. Day Tripper
  30. Ayenye
  31. Las Guajiras
  32. Sunshine of Your Love
  33. Chano Pozo
  34. Secret Admirer
  35. Princess
  36. Mi Reina Guajira
  37. Fat Back
  38. Lady Marmelade
  39. Onyae
  40. Olive Eye
  41. Meta Rumba
  42. Song For You
  43. Los Conguitos
  44. Los Indios
  45. Bata
  46. Funny Money
  47. Monte Adentro
  48. Twenty-Five Miles
  49. Jamaicuba
  50. Imaribayo
  51. Pachanga pa ti
  52. Que Maravilloso
  53. Watermelon Man - Summer of Soul Soundtrack - Live at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival
  54. Conga Pa Gozar
  55. The Now Generation
  56. Don't Bother Me No More
  57. My Cherie Amour
  58. Mambo de cuco
  59. March Of The Panther
  60. The Whistler
  61. Dedicated To Love
  62. Columbia
  63. Adobo Criollo
  64. Naked If You Want To
  65. Yesterday's Tomorrow
  66. Ye Ye
  67. Look Away
  68. Druma Kuyi
  69. Crazy Lady
  70. What You Don't Know
  71. Yambu
  72. Mongo's Boogaloo
  73. Fever
  74. Congobel
  75. Mo' Do
  76. Bricamo
  77. Grass Roots
  78. Macunsere
  79. Timbales y Bongo
  80. Ricky Tick
  81. Pito pito
  82. Me And You Baby (Piaco Y Tostao)
  83. Bonita
  84. Cha Cha Rock
  85. Abodo Criollo
  86. Barandanga
  87. Me and You Baby (Picao Y Tosta)
  88. Corn Bread Guajira
  89. Funk Down
  90. Midnight And You

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