Put on your dancing shoes, and dance with Juanito Alimaña.

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Hello, Hivers and music lovers!

Since my son went to college abroad, he has acquired a taste for Latin music. Here, he was not much of a dancer, but now with his friends there, they usually go to a place where they dance salsa on Monday nights.

We often talk about the songs and those singers who brought salsa to fame.

We talk about the salsa history. And even though it is said that the origins of the rhythm are Cuban, the movement that gave salsa as we know it nowadays worldwide fame arose in post-war New York.

One of the greats that history recognizes as one of the most influential salsa artists of the 60s and 70s was the Puerto Rican Héctor Lavoe. His songs are poetry, and his rhythms make it hard not to feel like dancing. For years wit sang in a duo with the also famous singer Willie Colón, who deserves a #ttt sometime. So for this week, my entry in the Three Tune Tuesday initiative, week 113, are some of the salsa gems of all time by Héctor Lavoe.

But before I get into the tunes, let me give you a little background for those of you who aren't familiar with #threetunetuesday. In the words of @ablaze, who started the initiative.

The jist is as follows
Every Tuesday I'm going to share 3 songs which I like to listen to and I invite your feedback in the comments below. Better still, why not have a blast of your own Three Tune Tuesday and mention me in the post and I'll come and find the post and upvote it. If you could also use #ttt or #threetunetuesday tags that would be great. It'll be a sweet way for us all to discover new music. You'll also be in with a chance of winning the prize - more on that later.

You can find out more at ablaze's post for this last Tuesday with his recommendations for~~ this~~ last week the #112.

And without further ado, let's go with the tunes.

Tune 1 - Héctor Lavoe - Juanito Alimaña

The first tune is a song from the early 1980s. This song has become one of my son's favorites of Lavoe.

The song talks about a crook named Juanito Alimaña, who thanks to his wiles managed not to get caught in his misdeeds.

Tune 2 - Héctor Lavoe - El Cantante

The second tune is simple what Hector Lavoe is, El Cantante (The Singer). One of the greatest salsa singers of all time.

The lyrics of the song are by another salsa great, Ruben Blades.

Tune 3 - Héctor Lavoe - El Día De Mi Suerte

The last tune that I leave you, I like it very much. It is a song from the time when Lavoe played a duet with Willie Colon. El Día De Mi Suerte.

Are you already dancing after listening to the songs? Which tune you liked the most?

Thank you very much for reading!

Enjoy the music, and enjoy life!

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July 25, 2023

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Hello. I love the salsa, and dancing to it too. I learned to dance it when I first arrived to Canada. I immigrated from Portugal (Azores islands). My favourite latin music to listen to and dance is cumbia especially cumbia colombiana. And the latina used to love it when a guy didn't know a word in english and he knows how to salsa, cumbia, and merengue. Today its only with my queen i do all dances with.

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Of Colombian music, I like vallenato more than cumbia. And I love salsa and merengue.

Thanks for stopping by and keep dancing with your queen :)

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LOL. I actually forgot about that music. For me its still cumbia. Especially that old stuff. Tne more from the jungle it is the better for me to enjoy it. She my dancing partner for life as long as I got it in me.

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I saw the notification with Put on your dancing shoes and thought we were having some Bowie Super Eli 💙🔵🔷

So Rorro is into Salsa now, that is cool and you can discuss tunes with Monika @fantagira

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Haha! not Bowie, Super Ed

Yes, Monika loves to dance salsa:)
And you be warned, if we ever meet in person, I'm going to make you dance to Latin music. So start practicing with Mrs. T.

Feliz Martes! 🌀💙

!LUV

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I'm going to make you dance to Latin music.

Oh we had a salsa club in Aberdeen, and I was there late at night most weekends

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I haven’t been out dancing for a few weeks now. It starts to badly influence my mood, so I need to go to some salsa party soon!

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Oh girl, some salsa got your name on it Monika 💙

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Thank you very much for the support:)

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Héctor Lavoe has a good sound, pretty cool that your son is getting into this music now, and how you can have great conversations about it and all the great artists. You're right about these songs making you want to dance, my foot is tapping away here as I listen along..

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