In celebration of HispanicHeritageMonth, we compiled a list of 20 songs that best recap the Rock en Español genre evolution
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Billboard gathered 20 songs that best recap the Rock en Español genre evolution.
The Latin Rock scene has blessed us with timeless pieces that make us sing our lungs out at concerts, jump up and down with a group of friends at clubs, or simply transport us to another state of mind. Many Latinos, myself included, will always feel a special connection with songs that have transcended generations such as “La Ingrata,” “Musica Ligera,” and “Clavado en un Bar," because after all, they get the party lit. But before the Manas and Cafe Tacvbas of today, “Rock en Español” was an entire world waiting to be discovered in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s., who adapted a Mexican folk song and fused it with rock melodies, releasing “La Bamba” in 1958.
, who with their rock-and-roll songs inspired many aspiring bands in countries such as Argentina, Spain, Peru, and Brazil.formed Santana, bringing to the forefront not only their music style that fused Latin American and Caribbean rhythms but also the Chicano Rock movement. It was then, in the ‘70s, that the genre was coined as "Latin Rock.
Experimenting with pop, new wave, heavy metal, and punk, the genre boomed in the ‘80s with the formation of bands such as Heroes del Silencio ,
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