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Author Cobo, Leila, author.

Title Decoding "Despacito" : an oral history of Latin music / Leila Cobo.

Publication Info. New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  782.4216 COBO    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  782.4216 COB    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  782.42164 COBO    Check Shelf
Description x, 304 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Note "A Vintage books original"--Title page verso.
Summary A behind the scenes look at some of the biggest Latin hits of the past fifty years with the stories behind the songs told in detail by the artists, executives, producers, and players who created them.
Contents Prologue: Latin music's big moment -- Feliz Navidad (1970) -- Contrabando y traición (1974) -- To all the girls I've loved before (1984) -- Conga (1985) -- El gran varón (1989) -- Burbujas de amor (1990) -- Macarena (1994) -- Amor prohibido (1994) -- La tierra del olvido (1995) -- Suavemente (1998) -- Smooth (1999) -- Livin' la vida loca (1999) -- Whenever, wherever (2001) -- Gasolina (2004) -- Vivir mi vida (2013) -- Bailando (2014) -- Despacito (2017) -- Mi gente (2017) -- Malamente (2018).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Latin pop (Music) -- History and criticism.
Popular music -- Latin America -- History and criticism.
Musicians -- Latin America -- Interviews.
Latin Americans -- Interviews.
Latin Americans. (OCoLC)fst00993069
Latin pop (Music) (OCoLC)fst01738520
Musicians. (OCoLC)fst01030837
Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
Latin America. (OCoLC)fst01245945
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Interviews. (OCoLC)fst01423832
Interviews.
ISBN 9780593081334 (paperback)
0593081331 (paperback)
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