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Tito Puente
Person · male · United States · New York City · born 1923 · died 2000 · recording since 1956
American musician (1923-2000)
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Also known as Ernesto Antonio Puente · PUENTE, Tito · Puente Tito · Tito Puente & His Orchestra · Tito Puente and His Concert Orchestra · Tito Puente and his Latin Jazz Ensemble & Orchestra · +5 more
Timeline
72 events▣ Album 59✦ Award 10◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1920s
1950s
· Debut release
Debut release: Mambo Caravan
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1960s
· Album
Album: Tito Puente Swings - The Exciting Lupe Sings / La exitante Lupe canta con el maestro Tito Puente
Album
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1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography2,231 words · 13 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1378042834
Biography
Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, timbalero, vibraphonist and record producer. He composed dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz music. He was also known as "El Rey de los Timbales," or "The King of the Timbales."
Puente and his music have appeared in films including The Mambo Kings and Fernando Trueba's Calle 54. He guest-starred on television shows, including Sesame Street and The Simpsons episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns?".
Early life
Puente was born on April 20, 1923, at Harlem Hospital Center in the New York borough of Manhattan, the son of Ernesto and Felicia Puente, Puerto Ricans living in New York City's Spanish Harlem. His family moved frequently, but he spent the majority of his childhood in Spanish Harlem. Puente's father was the foreman at a razor blade factory. His family called him Ernestito (Spanish diminutive for 'Ernest'), which became shortened to "Tito".
Puente was first introduced to music through the radio. Described as a hyperactive child, neighbors complained hearing seven-year-old Puente beating on pots and window frames, so his mother sent him to 25-cent piano lessons. He switched to percussion by the age of 10, drawing influence from jazz drummer Gene Krupa. He later created a song-and-dance duo with his sister Anna in the 1930s and intended to become a dancer, but an ankle tendon injury prevented him from pursuing dance as a career. Puente also learned from the trios and bambas that played at Plaza San Jose in old San Juan. He heard mambo (now called salsa) music and was influenced by its Afro-Cuban roots. By 13, Puente was considered a prodigy. When he was 16, he played with Ramon Oliver's band. When the drummer in Machito's band was drafted to the army, Puente subsequently took his place.
Styles and Influences
Puente had distinct Asian influences in his composition and arranging style, all of which came after his service during World War II. After finishing his time in the Navy, Puente attended the Juilliard School of Music to study conducting and orchestration. His conducting teacher was Japanese, further influencing the Asian elements in his compositions. Throughout the rest of his career, Puente traveled to Japan many times while on tour. He said that if it was not for war, he would have never been exposed to their music and culture. "Even in war, [the power of] music, art, dancing, food… always eventually wins."Puente's introduction to music was jazz drumming with an African American show drummer he remembers as Mr. Williams. During this time, he also learned acrobatic tap and ballroom dancing. Puente introduced new techniques to some percussion instruments that would help redefine how they were used in music. For example, while learning vibraphone and marimba, he introduced piano techniques. He also applied his jazz training to timbales, which was unlike anything that had been done before. This helped redefine the timbales as a solo instrument.
Time in the Navy
Puente served in the Navy for three years during World War II after being drafted in 1942. He was discharged with a Presidential Unit Citation for serving in nine battles on the escort aircraft carrier USS Santee (CVE-29) where his duties included playing alto saxophone and clarinet in the ship's big band as well as occasionally drum set, piano during mess hall, acting as the ship's bugler, and serving as a machine gunner in the battles of Leyte and Midway. The G.I. Bill allowed him to study music at Juilliard School of Music, where he completed his formal education in conducting, orchestration, and theory after three years. Puente described his time in the Navy as, "What you normally study in a four-year music conservatory, but in three months… And it was all done with military discipline… it was intense."
Puente was the ship's bugler. Whenever warming up he would play general quarters. One day he forgot to turn off the microphone, leading everyone to believe there was an attack. He hid below deck for a few days due to the anger from crew members for the false alarm. Puente said his worst time in the Navy was every time he had to play taps for someone who was killed.
While aboard the Santee, Puente expanded his compositional skills by learning how to arrange for big bands given the extra time he had. He was coached by Lieutenant Sweeney who he came to be friends with. Sweeney referred to Puente as "Lil' Ernie" because of his height. The first chart Puente arranged was 'El Botellero' which he sent to Machito and Mario Bauza in New York City.
Post-Navy
Puente was offered a delayed return to the ship so he could go to different parts of the Orient (LINK). He was given several months to stop in each port city to learn about music, food, and customs. During this time he learned a lot about Asian music, experienced the culture, and learned how they apply music theory in their compositions. He learned that they use chord voicings in fourths, wrote melodies based on scales, and more. This influenced pieces such as "Hong Kong Mambo," "Mambo Buddha," and "Picadillo." After finishing his time in the Navy, Puente attended the Juilliard School of Music to study orchestration and conducting.
Bands wanted Puente playing up front rather than in the back like most big bands. Not only did he play in a unique and revolutionary way, he also put on a show for the audiences. Sometimes he was the show. Puente was also a popular arranger given his background and the influence of past mentors. By 1948, Puente started his own group.
During the 1950s, Puente was at the height of his popularity and helped to bring Cuban and Caribbean sounds like mambo, son, and cha-cha-chá, to mainstream audiences. His album Dance Mania
Dance ManiaSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracksA1El cayucoA2ComplicaciónA33-D MamboA4Llegó MijánA5Cuando te veaA6Hong Kong MamboB1Mambo gozónB2Mi chiquita quiere bembéB3Varsity DragB4Estoy siempre junto a tiB5Agua limpia todoB6Saca tu mujer was released in 1958.
Among his compositions is the cha-cha-chá song "Oye Cómo Va" (1963), popularized by Latin rock musician Carlos Santana and later interpreted, among others, by Julio Iglesias, Irakere and Celia Cruz. In 1969, he received the key to the City of New York from former Mayor John Lindsay. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Congressional Record and in 1993, he received the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal from the Smithsonian Institution.
The Palladium Era
Puente is one of the subjects of La Época – The Palladium Era, a documentary about the Palladium era in New York, Cuban music and rhythms, mambo and salsa as dances and music and much more. The documentary discusses many of Puente's, as well as Arsenio Rodríguez's, contributions and features interviews with some of the musicians Puente recorded with.
Beginning in the 1950s, Americans fell in love with mambo. In New York City, the Palladium Ballroom was the "Home of the Mambo." It had been converted from the Alma Dance Studio into a nightclub by Tommy Morton in 1946.
Machito, who was popular and sold lots of records, was hired along with musicians to play all kinds of music for the dancers. Machito sought to bring in black and Latino consumers from Harlem that normally frequented the Savoy or Park Place Ballroom. Machito and Morton hired Federico Pagani, leader of the Happy Boys, to promote Latino dance.
Their next step was starting a Sunday promotion called the Blen Blen Club, and they gave away discount cards at both subway stations and bus stops. By the first Sunday, there was a mob waiting in line at four o'clock in the afternoon. On this night six bands were hired with Noro Morales and Jose Curbelo headlining. These bands brought in Latino, Black, and White people. This launched the Palladium era.
Afro-Cubans were the first band to go to the Palladium and bring uptown beats and dancing to Broadway. This was the first venue where the children of immigrants came to dance to music that was not what their parents listened to. On Broadway and 7th, 53rd and 54th street had to be closed down because of the long lines around the block. Wednesday's and Friday-Sunday's were dedicated to the mecca of Latin music. Given that this was post-World War II, people were happily spending money given the economic boom and the desire to have a good time.
The Palladium needed multiple bands to keep the Blen Blen Club going since Machito was not always available. Pagani knew Puente from the Happy Boys and heard an "arousing" tune Puente was working on that "made [his] blood turn cold." Machito hired Puente to play on Sundays and had him put together a group called the Picadilly Boys.
People also enjoyed seeing the rivalry between Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodriguez. Puente and Rodriguez constantly wanted to outdo each other and individually improved to increase the competition.
The Palladium was the home of the mambo until it closed in 1966.
Personal life and death
Puente's oldest son Ron Puente is from a first marriage to Mirta Sanchez. Richard "Richie" Puente was the percussionist in the 1970s and 1980 funk band Foxy. Puente's youngest son, Tito Puente Jr., has performed and recorded many of Puente's songs. His daughter Audrey Puente is a television meteorologist for WNYW and WWOR-TV in New York City.
Puente was greatly appreciated when he performed in 1999 in Trinidad at the World Beat Concert, alongside notables such as South African Hugh Masakela and Senegalese Baba Maal.
After a show in Puerto Rico on May 31, 2000, Puente suffered a massive heart attack and was flown to New York City for surgery to repair a heart valve, but complications developed, and he died later that night. He was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. After he died, Puente's local community in New York City celebrated him. He was well known within his community because of his involvement. He would go up to people who were jamming and playing street music (music everyday people listened and danced to). He called himself a street musician.
Awards and recognition
In 1995, Puente received the Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award.
On September 10, 2007, a United States Post Office in Spanish Harlem was named after him at a ceremony presided over by House Ways and Means Committee Chair Charles Rangel and Rep. José Serrano.
An amphitheater was named after him at Luis Muñoz Marín Park, next to the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
In 1995, Puente was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music.
Puente performed at the closing ceremonies at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The timbales he used are displayed at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
In 1997, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
In 1990, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 1984, he received an honorary Decree from the Los Angeles City Council.
On June 5, 2005, Puente was honored by Union City, New Jersey with a star on the Walk of Fame at Union City's Celia Cruz Park.
In 1999, he was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame.
On May 19, 1999, he received an honorary Mus.D degree from Columbia University.
On August 20, 2000, East 110th Street in Spanish Harlem was named 'Tito Puente Way.' Whenever anyone asked where Puente came from, he always said 110th street.
In 2011, the US Postal Service issued a commemorative postage stamp in his likeness as part of their Latin Legends series.
On October 11, 2022, Puente was honored with a Google Doodle in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.
In 2025, Puente was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame.
As sideman
With Dizzy Gillespie
Rhythmstick (1990)
With Benny Golson
Remembering Clifford (Milestone, 1998)
With Quincy Jones
Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1959–65 [1965])
With Hilton Ruiz
Rhythm in the House (RMM, 1976 [1998])
With Sonny Stitt
The Matadors Meet the Bull (Roulette, 1965)
With Bobby Sanabria
¡NYC Aché! (Flying Fish Records, 1993)
Selected feature films
Armed and Dangerous (1986) as Band Leader
Radio Days (1987) as Latin Bandleader
The Mambo Kings (1992) as Himself
Documentaries
Tito Puente: The King of Latin Music (2000)
Profiles Featuring Tito Puente Jr. (2007)
Latin Knights (2005)
Calle 54 (2000)
Concert films
Tito Puente – Live in Montreal (Montreal Jazz Festival) (1983) (2003)
Tito Puente – Palladium Days (Newport Jazz Festival) (1997)
Tito Puente - The Mambo King - 100th LP Live [DVD] (1997)
The Simpsons
Puente appeared in the two-part whodunit drama "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" in the sixth season finale and seventh season premiere of American comedy cartoon show The Simpsons in 1995. In the shows, Puente joins Springfield Elementary School as a music teacher after the school discovers it is located over an oil well. However, Mr. Burns manages to pump the oil first, which makes him the legal owner of the well. This causes the school to fall into debt with budget cuts to the music and maintenance departments, causing Puente to lose his job. When Burns is later shot, Puente becomes one of the prime suspects but manages to clear himself by performing one of his songs for Chief Wiggum. Seven alternative endings were filmed of various characters shooting Burns; Puente is one of the alternates. Although all endings were animated, the ending of Maggie Simpson shooting Burns was the ending chosen to air.
The Emmy-nominated song "Señor Burns" from the episode is featured on both the 1997 album Songs in the Key of Springfield and the 1999 album Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 39 | 94.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 128 | 98.6th |
| Studio albums | 65 | 99.5th |
| Awards recorded | 26 | 99.7th |
| Timeline events | 72 | 99.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 44 | 84.8th |
| Genres | 11 | 97.2th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (128 release groups · 65 studio albums)
Albums · 65
1956 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1EbonyA2Tee Pee MamboA3Goody GoodyA4Caravan MamboA5Mambo AmericaA6In The MoodB1Honeysuckle RoseB2Mambo DiabloB3Autumn In RomeB4Mambo U.S.A.B5MoonglowB6I Can't Give You Anything But Love Baby1956 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 34:35
A1Tito on Timbales5:59A2Stick on Bongo2:43A3Congo Beat4:37A4Timbales Solo3:54B1Four Beat Mambo3:07B2Big Four5:30B3Swinging Mambo2:39B4Tito and Mongo on Timbales6:061958 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
A1ElequanaA2BragadaA3Obatala YezaA4Alaumba ChemacheA5Oguere MadeoA6ObaricosoB1Four by Two (Part 1)B2Conga AlegreB3Ti Mon BoB4Mon-TiB5Hot Timbales1958 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1El cayucoA2ComplicaciónA33-D MamboA4Llegó MijánA5Cuando te veaA6Hong Kong MamboB1Mambo gozónB2Mi chiquita quiere bembéB3Varsity DragB4Estoy siempre junto a tiB5Agua limpia todoB6Saca tu mujer1959 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 29:54
A1Brazil2:22A2Perfidia2:07A3Acapulco2:35A4Yours2:52A5Dancing Under Latin Skies2:56A6Tampico2:25B1Frenesi2:06B2Port-Au-Pleasure3:05B3Chattanooga Choo Choo2:00B4Juanita2:21B5Sand in My Shoes2:39B6Cuban Pete2:261960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1Dance of the HeadhuntersA2Call of the Jungle BirdsA3Rumba-TimbalesA4The Ceremony of TambóA5VelorioA6Cuero pelaoB1Jungle HolidayB2GuaguancoB3Ritual Drum DanceB4Witch Doctor's NightmareB5Son montunoB6Voodoo Dance at Midnight1962 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 31:05
A1Malanga con yucca2:34A2Oye como va4:34A3Tokyo de noche2:37A4Trombola2:30A5Triago el coco seco3:08A6África habla2:47B1Batacumba2:25B2La pase gozando3:22B3Tito suena el timbal2:19B4Donde vas2:35B5Gata miau, miau2:141964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 34:19
A1New Guaguanco3:08A2Más bajo3:10A3Juguetes del destino2:22A4Flamenco Mood2:43A5Y ahora qué2:38A6Joropo jorocón1:35B1Ban ban queré3:25B2A Noro Morales3:10B3El conquistador2:22B4Carminova2:37B5Sin nada2:41B6Pobre corazón4:281964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 38:49
1El agitador2:432Imágenes3:183Gua cha rum4:094Magia negra2:025Vete pa la luna3:126Llora timbero2:517Apóyate en mi alma5:188El plato roto3:269Timbalito2:1110Llora corazón2:5511Espérame3:2912De mí para ti3:151965 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:17
A1Soy la que soy2:20A2Con mil desengaños3:36A3Lola2:10A4Y sin embargo te quiero2:56A5Buen viaje2:55A6El pajarillo3:04B1Guajiro de Cunaqua3:16B2Lamento borincano2:54B3Titita1:58B4Viva mi tristeza3:18B5Agua de beber2:30B6Yo traigo bomba2:20Tito Puente Swings - The Exciting Lupe Sings / La exitante Lupe canta con el maestro Tito Puente
1965 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:57
A1Todo2:00A2Yo no lloro más2:58A3Bomba na' ma'2:44A4Adiós2:50A5Menealo (Tiene la azúcar abajo)3:04A6Homenaje a Juan Vicente2:38B1Jala jala2:14B2María Dolores3:43B3Mi socio2:38B4Que te pedí3:45B5Junto a ti3:08B6Elube Changó2:151966 · studio album
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A1Buche & pluma na' maA2Muchos besosA3Los carreterosA4Amor ciegoA5Las palomitasA6Canta cantaB1Esas no son de allíB2Malditos celosB3No me quieras tantoB4Jugando mamá, jugandoB5RomanceB6Preciosa / Cuatro personas / Cachita / El cumbanchero1966 · studio album
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A1Mi trompeta tropicalA2Mírame másA3DowntownA4PompoA5Cuando calienta el solA6Carnaval en HarlemB1Rumba en el patioB2Jumpin' With Symphony SidB3Cómo está MiguelB4LetargoB5BluesetteB6Corta el bonche1967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 38:15
A1Cumba, cumba2:35A2Ruega por nosotros3:59A3La salve plena2:52A4Yesterday3:28A5Oriente4:03A6Jala-jala panameño: Si me quereis / El tambor de la alegría4:03B1¿Y qué?2:07B2Esas lágrimas son pocas3:32B3Mi gente2:47B4El amo2:16B5Steak-O-Lean3:23B6Rezo-a-Yemaya3:101968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 32:56
A1Fiesta con Puente2:53A2TP's Shing-a-Ling2:50A3Guaguancó Margarito3:18A4It Was Love (Fue amor)3:23A5Safari5:06B1TP Treat3:57B2Pata Pata3:15B3Erasmo el loco2:47B4Sing-a Tin Tin2:14B5Ta contento el pueblo3:131969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 35:06
A1Guarija Flute3:19A2Ojos negras2:55A3Carnival4:35A4Pajaro Cho Gui3:27A5Ah-Vah3:06B1Baila pachanga3:00B2Midnight Sun3:15B3Ven morena2:55B4April in Paris2:43B5Negra bon bon3:17B6T.P. on the Strip2:341972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 36:51
A1Para los rumberos4:03A2Niña y señora4:27A3Guayaba2:35A4Ya no me quieres3:45A5Palladium Days3:13B1Salsa y sabor3:01B2China2:56B3Batuka3:20B4Contentoso3:49B5El catire5:42Tito Puente and his Concert Orchestra
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 34:59
A1El rey del timbal3:08A2Mambo diablo5:03A3Ah! Ah!3:05A4Last Tango in Paris2:39A5Ritual Fire Dance4:19B1110th St. and 5th Ave.2:39B2Black Brothers4:16B3Matacumbe4:02B4Prepárate para bañarte2:42B5Picadillo3:061974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 28:17
A1Bahia (Na Baixa Do Sapateiro)2:06A2I Concentrate On You3:16A3Autumn Leaves3:11A4Harlem Nocturne2:44A5Kiss Of Fire3:11B1The Continental2:39B2Blue Moon2:36B3Temptation3:32B4So In Love2:41B5Baby Won't You Please Come Home2:211977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:06
1La leyenda5:052Esto es coco3:473Que falta tu me haces3:524Sepárala tambien4:135Amor de mi bohío3:556Fiesta a la King4:307Arriba y abajo3:348Alma impura4:459Bombata3:0010Amor en serio4:251978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 34:00
A1Dile que venga3:33A2Pobre de mí3:43A3No me importa4:06A4Calumbo4:00B1La lloradora4:48B2Porque así es que tenia que ser4:36B3Como un gorrión4:04B4Amor verdadero5:101978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 36:17
A1Que bueno baila usted4:15A2Yiri yiri bon3:22A3Bonito y sabroso3:43A4Dolor y perdón2:29A5Se me cayó el tabaco3:58B1Encantado de la vida3:01B2Francisco Guayabal3:47B3Baila mi son3:23B4Camerera del amor3:45B5Santa Isabel de las Lajas4:341979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 48:48
A1Intro: A Beny More2:10A2Trátame como soy5:49A3En el tiempo de la colonia3:04A4Manigua3:25A5Oh! Vida3:38A6La mucura3:24A7Nena me muero3:56B1De la rumba al cha cha cha3:36B2Mi chiquita quiere guarachar3:33B3Como un arrullo de palma3:44B4Guantánamo3:55B5El conde negro3:35B6Dónde estabas tú4:591980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 36:01
A1Generación del 803:49A2Diga que sí4:23A3Oh! Che Che4:27A4En el barrio3:59A5Ye-Ye2:54B1Le robaron los timbales4:19B2El que sabe sabe4:58B3Sin amor4:20B4El brujo2:521985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 40:40
1Mambo Diablo4:142Take Five6:053Lush Life5:434Pick Yourself Up5:305Lullaby of Birdland4:206No Pienses Asi3:577China4:578Eastern Joy Dance5:541987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 48:42
1Un poco loco5:352Swinging Shepherd Blues (Goes Latin)5:103Alma con alma5:084El timbalón2:555Chang4:276Machito Forever6:037Prelude to a Kiss5:278Killer Joe5:409Triton5:5110Alluya2:261991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 28:45
1El Yoyo3:022Por Tu Amor3:133Ricci Ricci2:424The Donkey Serenade3:175Caravan3:066Plaza Stop2:537Arrollando2:478Pito Joe2:359Friquilandia2:4810Undecided2:221991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 47:48
1Descarga3:102In Walked Bud4:503Sweet Georgia Brown4:394Amanecer Guajira5:555'S Wonderful5:236Lucky Dog2:547Out of This World8:478Along Came Betty5:319Latin Percussion Summit6:391992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 47:38
1Things to Come5:562Jitterbug Waltz7:203Mambo King3:154Passion Flower5:195Baqueteo3:546Japan Mambo3:247Mambo of the Times3:328If You Could See Me Now6:379The Best Is Yet to Come4:2710El Titon3:541993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:13
1What Is This Thing Called Love3:262Tiny-Not Ghengis2:523What Are You Doin', Honey?2:494Lotus Land4:555Lucky Dog3:256Birdland After Dark4:397That's a Puente2:348Yesterdays4:399Terry Cloth4:5910Tito'in2:551993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 59:44
1Donna Lee4:372Tokyo Blues5:193Virgo7:124Moanin'7:275Stompin' at the Savoy4:566Encuentro7:297Mambo gallego5:128Second Wind6:099Royal T3:4910Slam Bam7:34Let's Cha-Cha With Tito Puente And His Orchestra
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 40:22
1Lindo cha-cha2:572It's the Bururu (Dame el Bururu)3:253Vibe Guajira (Guajira en vibrafono)2:214Let's Cha-Cha2:445Ki-Ku-Ki-Kan3:156Habanero3:047Just for You3:008Cha-Cha Fiesta2:509Cha Charuagao2:2210You Are an Angel2:4311Guaririambo3:2712Cubarama4:1913Así es como era (Malibú)3:551994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:15:06
1Mambo la roca2:362Lo dicen todos3:183Babaratiri3:034A burujón punao3:135Babalagua2:516Mambo macoco2:577Mambolero2:518Cuban Mambo3:099Cuban Cutie2:5710Mi guaguancó2:4911El timbal3:0712Abaniquito2:4913Baila Simón3:0214Quiero mi tambo3:0315Mambo en blues3:1716Ta bueno pa baila2:4617Aprieta el pollo3:1818Guaguancó en tropicana3:3119Cuero na 'ma3:0620Preparen candela2:5421Baile mi mambo3:0622Nuevo mambo2:4023Pito Joe2:3524Plaza Stomp2:5325Donkey Serenade3:15Mambo Beat...The Progressive Side of Tito Puente
1994 · studio album
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1Mambo Beat2The Late, Late Scene3Night Hawk4Minor Moods5Malibu Beat6Emerald Beach7Live A Little8Night Ritual9Ti Mon Bo10Elegua Changó11Birdland After Dark12Lotus Land13Yesterdays14Night Beat15Carioca16Tito 'In1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 57:33
1Old Arrival5:102Enchantment4:483Sakura Sakura (Cherry Blossom Nova)5:124Azu Ki Ki5:155Espresso Por Favor6:066Nostalgia In Times Square6:277Chow Mein3:248Crème de Menthe3:359Sun Goddess7:2810Vaya Puente3:4611Master Timbalero2:3812Bloomdido3:441994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:02:02
1Oye como va4:372Cao cao maní picao3:033El cayuco2:394Varsity Drag2:555Mamá Inez2:266Carioca2:567Qué será3:298Mambo gozón2:519Pa los rumberos3:2710El bajo3:2311Yambeque3:5012New Cha-Cha3:0613Mambo Beat4:1214Cha-cha-chá de los pollos2:5215Hong Kong Mambo3:5016Oye mi guaguancó3:3917Guaguancó Margarito3:3518Elegua Changó5:121995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 59:10
1Ojos negros2:532Trátame como soy5:533Oh! Vida3:424Nena me muero3:595Mi chiquita quiere guarachar3:386Guaguanco Arsenio4:147Negro de sociedad3:568Salsarengue3:059Africa linda4:3610Imagenes3:1911Magia negra2:0212Apoyate en mí5:2013De mí para ti3:1914Bonito y sabroso3:4415Dolor y perdón2:3016Encantado de la vida3:001995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 56:39
1Woody'n You5:492Asia Mood4:443I Concentrate on You6:224Tito's Idea3:495Nica's Tempo7:486Para el Rey7:347Mambo sentimental3:288Joy Spring6:279Yeah7:28108 timbales3:101996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 57:07
1Be-Bop4:452Misterioso4:513Point East Memories5:384Stablemates5:395On Green Dolphin Street7:016Autumn In Rome3:597Venus de Milo3:368Tito's Colada3:429Barbara7:5110Where You At?4:2511Flying Home5:401996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 51:46
1Hay que trabajar5:462Envuélvete conmigo4:333Déjame soñar5:024Salsumba4:115Celia y Tito5:596Nuestro amor4:257El bribón del aguacero4:428Son con son5:149Bolero medley: Tus ojos / Mírame más / Ay cariño5:5610El #1005:581996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:12
1Jazzin'5:322Fever4:093Love for Sale4:094Crazy He Calls Me4:095To Be in Love4:416Take It or Lose It3:327Wave5:438Going Out of My Head4:199Love Me4:2210What a Difference a Day Made2:36Tito Meets Machito: The Mambo Kings
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 58:43
1Mamboscope2:252Arrollando2:483Relax and Mambo3:084Pito Joe2:365Te he venido a buscar3:076Friquilandia2:497Sentimental Mambo3:028El yoyo3:009Que bonito es Puerto Rico3:0010Por tu amor3:1211Feeding the Chickens3:1612Caravan3:1013Consternación2:4414The Donkey Serenade3:1715Adivinanza3:0616Ricci, Ricci2:4517El jamaiquiño2:5618Undecided2:2519Me miraste y te miré3:0420Plaza Stomp2:53The Concord Jazz Heritage Series
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:02:37
1Airegin4:132Lullaby of Birdland4:173On Broadway8:034On Green Dolphin Street7:005Prelude to a Kiss5:246Donna Lee4:347Consternation4:108Jordu3:349If You Could See Me Now6:3410Lucky Dog2:5111Killer Joe5:3712Nostalgia on Times Square6:201998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 36:53
1Night Beat2:582Mambo Beat4:103Sea Breeze3:224Emerald Beach3:325The Late, Late Scene2:536Carioca2:187Night Ritual7:158Malibu Beat2:309Flying Down to Rio2:3010Night Hawk2:3311Live a Little2:52Tito Puente's Golden Latin Jazz All Stars: In Session
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:00:42
1Teach Me Tonight6:262Flight to Jordan3:513In A Heart Beat8:464Un Poco Mas5:195Thunderbird6:406Miami Girl7:437Obsession7:308Tigimo +25:079Tritone5:3910Moody's Mood for Love3:411999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:16:40
1Mambo Birdland6:482Juventud del presente6:063Ban Ban Quere6:044Como está Miguel6:105Cha Cha Cha Mambo9:436Guaguancó Margarito7:587Mi mamita6:578Mambo gozón5:349Oye mi guaguancó8:2110Ran kan kan7:0511Oye como va5:541999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 40:10
1Latin Flight2:012New Cha-Cha3:013Mambo Herd2:384Tito Meets Woody2:365Cha Cha Chick2:596Blue Gardenia3:057Prelude a la Cha Cha3:308It's Coolin' Time4:159Black Orchid2:3010Original No. 23:0511Sinbad the Sailor4:0012Mambo Bambo3:1513Fire Island3:152000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:02:40
1La última copa5:092Muddy's Club Blues in Weinhelm3:243Cielito lindo, La negra mariachi medley5:034Marchando bien4:145Picadillo Jam5:186El puente mundial5:517El beso6:268El bochinche4:199Enséñame tú, Piénsalo bien bolero medley6:4510París mambo4:1311Yambu pa' Inglaterra3:5612Itutu aché8:022000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 56:28
1Descarga3:102Oye Como Va5:513Take Five6:054Killer Joe5:395Ran Kan Kan5:186Guajira Soul3:357Salsa Caliente3:248On Broadway8:089Lambada Timbales4:1310Azu Ki Ki5:1211Things To Come5:53El Rey (The King) / Pa'lante! Straight
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:11:49
1Fiesta con Puente2:532TP's Shing-A-Ling2:493Guaguancó Margarito3:184It Was Love3:265Safari5:056TP Treat3:547Pata pata3:158Erasmo el loco2:489Shing-A-Tin Tin2:1610'ta contento el pueblo3:1511Pa'lante3:5112No voy a la luna4:4113No puerdo ser feliz4:0114Hit the Bongo3:3515Araguita3:0616Linda paloma5:1017Mi jevita3:2318Nuestra canción4:0519Watchit3:1320Cuero3:452002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 58:46
1Hay que trabajar5:462Salsumba4:113Oye como va6:304Celia y Tito5:585Nuestro amor4:256Son con son (Da la luz)5:147El #1005:598Para los rumberos3:249Jazzin'5:3110Ran kan kan3:1011La última copa5:1112Mambo sentimental3:272003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 41:39
1Airegin4:162Cha cha cha6:393Pent Up House5:484Picadillo a lo Puente3:515All Blues5:166Ode to Cachao6:387Straight, No Chaser4:588Lambada timbales4:132004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 29:06
1Arrolando2:492Caravan3:113El Yoyo3:014Friquilandia2:515Pito Joe2:376Plaza Stomp2:547Por Tuamor3:138Rici Rici2:469The Donkey Serenade3:1810Undecided2:262005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 57:10
1Blue Station3:082Pillar to Post2:313Midnight Sun4:174Woodchoppers Ball4:335Balu3:096Lullaby of Birdland2:367Latin Flight2:038New Cha Cha3:039Mambo Herd2:3810Cha-Cha Chick3:0211Tito Meets Woody2:3812Carioca2:5513Wildroot4:0414The Good Earth3:1015It's Coolin' Time3:1916Black Orchid3:1917Sinbad the Sailor2:4018Fire Island4:052008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 39:14
1Cochise2:512One Note Samba2:363110th St & 5th Avenue2:424Picadillo3:085The Big Four5:246Timbales Solo3:507Autumn Leaves3:258Mambo Inn2:319A Noro Morales3:0910Carnival in Harlem3:2511Jumpin' With Symphony Sid1:5512Ritual Fire Dance4:182010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 45 tracks · 2:34:28
Disc 11Abaniquito2:522Vibe mambo3:013El mambo diablo3:104Mambo Inn2:355Ran Kan Kan3:116Stick on Bongo2:427Caramelos2:218Timbalero3:429Aqua-Nile3:3710Sambaroco3:3211Baba mi2:4612Oye como va4:3513Tokyo de noche2:3514Loco bossa nova2:2015Babarabatiri3:4416Kwa kwa2:2617Ay cariño4:0818Cochise2:5719Caribe3:2320Más bajo3:1621Timbalito2:1322Jumpin' With Symphony Sid1:5723Corta el bonche4:2024La guarachera2:4525Oriente4:06Disc 21Algo nuevo1:552Chan3:083Safari5:064TP's Shing-a-Ling2:505Hit the Bongo3:406Obsérvalo3:127Batuka3:198Niña y señora4:319Para los rumberos4:0510El Rey del timbal3:1311Picadillo3:0812Black Brothers4:1913Wata Wasuri3:2214Margie's Mood2:4915Tito's Odyssey / La odidea de Tito5:4516La leyenda5:0417Fiesta a la king4:3018Que bueno baila usted4:1719Generación del 803:4920Guaguancó Arsenio4:122014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 58 tracks · 2:47:15
1Carioca2:152Sea Breeze y Su Orquesta3:133Cha-Cha-Gua2:484Mambo con Puente3:025Stick on Bongo2:386Tinguaro3:107The Floozie3:068Doing the Cha-Cha2:379Campanitas de cristal3:0110Que lindo el mambo2:4911Mambo Beat4:0812Baila Simon2:5913Night Ritual1:2214Coco My My2:4115Mambo Diablo3:0716Mambo suavecito2:5317Mari Juana2:5618Guataca2:3519Ta bueno pa baila2:4420Mambolino2:5321The Great Pretender2:0622Call of the Jungle Birds2:2523Mambo gallego2:4824Rumba timbales2:1225El bajo3:1826Tito Mambo2:2027Un cha-cha2:2328Nuevo mambo2:3829El palo2:4530Emerald Beach3:3031Suave así2:3032Delisse2:1433Cha-Cha Mambo3:0034Willie & Ray Mambo3:1035Arinanara3:0636Habanero3:0337Mambo rumbón2:4538El Rey del timbal2:5739Swinging Mambo2:3940Dance of the Headhunters3:0941Four Beat Mambo3:0742Jumbalato2:3943Vibe Mambo2:5644Mama Inez2:2145Congo Beat4:3246Oye lo que tiene el mambo3:1447Chanchullo2:2948Rogelio no me aprietes más2:3049Donde estabas tú3:1050Night Beat2:5551Timbales Solo3:5052Cha-cha-son3:0353Drinking Mambo2:3554The Big Four5:2855Flying Down to Rio2:1856Cha-con-cha3:0357Babaratiri & Mongo Santamaría3:0058Velorio2:102024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 44:04
1Qué Será Mi China3:282Oye Mi Guaguanco3:373Take The "A" Train2:094Happy Chachachá2:365Picadillo2:486Cuban Nightmare3:097Cuando Suenan los Tambores2:288Domingo Pantoja2:369Té para Dos2:3210Hong Kong Mambo3:4911Mi Chiquita Quiere Guarachar2:4612Guaririambo3:2913Chachachá de los Pollos2:5014Por Tu Amor3:0515Tú No Eres Nadie2:422024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 40:57
1Swingin' The Mambo3:192Noche De Ronda2:533Mack El Navaja2:214Vibe Chacha3:085Son De La Loma2:096Four Beat Chacha2:317Coco Seco2:248Mambo Gozon2:499Dame El Bururu3:2710El Cayuco2:3811Mambo Beat4:1212Cha Charuguao2:2313Mambo Buda2:5514Cuban Fantasy1:5815Guajeo En Dominante1:50— · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 40:41
1Tú solo tú5:192Cha cha cha2:273Take Five6:014Enjoy the Timbale3:065El cayuco2:376Mambo gozón2:497Sepárala también3:148Que será mi china3:279Mambo Beat4:0910Tumba tumbador4:2811Cuban Nightmare3:04— · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1Para la quimbambaA2Caimitillo y MarañónA3Un poco másA4MartaA5Todo para tiA6Que me digan feoB1El pachangueroB2MalagueñaB3El maniseroB4Mis tinieblasB5Flores negrasB6Con las glorias— · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 53:32
1Tito Mambo2:242Mambo Con Puente3:053Oye Lo Que Tiene El Mambo3:174Mamey Colorao2:555Happy Heart2:586Abaniquito2:497Guaguanco En Tropicana3:318Ta Bueno Pa Baila2:479Caravan Mambo3:0210Babatiri3:0411Cuban Mambo3:0912Marijuana3:0013Tinguaro3:1314Baile Mi Mambo3:0815Mambo Diablo3:1016Jumbalato2:4117Co Co My My2:4418Esy2:35— · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 53:14
1El timbal2:372Mi guaguancó3:473Lo dicen todos3:094Mambo macoco2:535Mambo4:196Preparen candela4:057Quiero mi tambo3:568Abaniquito3:509Apriete el pollo3:4710Babaratiri3:2311Baila Simon2:4912Baile mi mambo3:0613Cuban Cutie2:5614Cuban Mambo4:4315Ta bueno pa baila3:54— · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 50:36
1Mambi a la Tito2:472Aquí2:513Algo nuevo1:554Bomba3:335Gozando2:536Le negra de honor3:067Chang3:068Que seas Feliz3:039Africano4:0210Fiesta con Puente2:5311Safari5:0612T.P. Treat3:5613Pata pata3:1514Rasmo el loco2:4715Shing-a-Tin-Tin2:1516Ta contento el pueblo3:08— · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:27
1A bailar pachanga2:112Un telegrama2:473Piano Pachanga2:194Ven nenita2:455Pachanga Beat2:086El chivo2:377Pachanga sí, charanga no3:078El pañuelo2:399La charanga2:3110Pachanga Mood2:2111Caramelos2:2212El güiro de Macorina2:40
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Cha Cha With Tito Puente at Grossinger'sSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 37:16A1Introduction / Managua, Nicaragua4:03 A2Baubles, Bangles & Beads2:38 A3I Love Paris2:37 A4Speak Low3:18 A5At the Balalaika3:31 A6Sweet Sue - Just You2:32 B1Miami Beach Cha Cha Chá3:32 B2How High the Moon2:32 B3Comme ci comme ca (Clopin clopant)4:05 B4Grossinger's Cha Cha Chá3:09 B5That Old Devil Moon (In Your Eyes)2:41 B6Puente at Grossinger's2:38 | Live | 1960 | |
| 1963 | Tito Puente in Puerto RicoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 38:52A1Pa' Borinquen3:15 A2El paso2:48 A3Quisiera olvidarte3:02 A4Cancion de la serrania3:48 A5Vega baja2:53 A6El que usted conoce3:12 B1Babarabatiri3:45 B2Morena3:02 B3Romance del campensino4:07 B4Ocua2:21 B5Tile3:30 B6Ay que bueno3:09 | Live | 1963 | |
| 1964 | The Latin World of Tito PuenteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 34:321Ran Kan Kan3:10 2Mambo Inn2:34 3Racado2:26 4Africa habla2:45 5Chino2:31 6A bailar pachanga2:09 7Kwa Kwa2:19 8Caramelos2:24 9Azukiki2:44 10Oye cómo va4:35 11Babarabatiri3:42 12Pa' Borinquen3:13 | Compilation | 1964 | |
| 1970 | Cha Cha Cha for LoversSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 34:501Suavecito3:09 2Almendra3:13 3Prelude to Rhythm3:02 4Cha Cha Cha2:15 5Pare cochero3:01 6Cha Cha Mambo3:09 7Los marcianos2:42 8La palma2:51 9Al ritmo del cha cha cha2:59 10Todos bailan mi cha cha cha2:52 11Cuidado con la mano2:29 12Goza mi cha cha cha3:08 | Compilation | 1970 | |
| 1983 | Tito Puente and His Latin Ensemble on BroadwaySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 48:461T.P.'s Especial5:12 2Sophisticated Lady5:23 3Bluesette5:20 4Soul Song6:59 5On Broadway8:11 6Maria Cervantes (A Noro Morales)5:11 7Jo-Je-Ti4:52 8First Light7:38 | Live | 1983 | |
| 1987 | Salsa SalsaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 50:461Babarabatiri6:52 2Salsa salsa7:08 3Oye como va8:32 4Qué bueno baila usted8:57 5Guaguancó tropicana8:01 6Generación del 805:14 7Bata 6/86:02 | Compilation | 1987 | |
| 1989 | Latina FamiliaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 54:451Intro – E Medley8:07 2Revolt in Cell Block 26:46 3Brasiliero6:50 4Yesterday's Memories, Tomorrow's Dreams7:30 5La Cuna10:57 6El Rey del Timbale4:48 7Sueños de los Toreros9:47 | Live | 30 October 1989 | |
| 1992 | Cuando suenan los tamboresSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 41:201Guayaba3:10 2Timbal y bongó3:00 3Ran kan kan3:00 4Lágrimas negras3:00 5Ariñañara3:08 6Rogelio no me aprietes más2:33 7Tren expreso (Take The "A" Train)2:08 8Sácala2:24 9Domingo Pantoja2:35 10Ya no hay mujeres feas3:07 11Arroz con pollo3:12 12Cuando suenan los tambores2:27 13Para que sufran los pollos2:36 14Tú no eres nadie2:31 15Cándido2:29 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1992 | The Best of Tito Puente & His Orchestra Volume 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 37:061Cuban Nightmare3:08 2Four Beat Cha Cha2:29 3Donde estabas tú3:12 4Swingin' the Mambo3:16 5Cao cao maní picao3:00 6Mambo Beat4:09 7A gozar timbero3:05 8El cayuco2:36 9Mambo gozón2:47 10Sepárala también3:13 11Que será mi china3:26 12Picadillo2:45 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1992 | Mambo Macoco 1949-51Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:00:331Mambo la roca2:36 2Lo dicen todos3:18 3Babaratiri3:03 4A burujón puñao3:13 5Babalagua2:51 6Mambo macoco2:57 7Mambolero2:51 8Cuban mambo3:08 9Cuban cutie2:57 10Mi guaguancó2:49 11El timbal3:07 12Abaniquito2:49 13Baila Simón3:02 14Quiero mi tambo3:03 15Mambo en blues3:17 16Ta bueno pa baila2:46 17Aprieta el pollo3:18 18Guaguancó en tropicana3:31 19Cuero na' ma3:06 20Preparen candela2:51 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1994 | Jazz ManSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 34:461Tin Tin Deo8:24 2Mi Montuno5:25 3110th St and 5th Avenue2:44 4Lucrecia the Cat5:35 517.17:32 6Mambo Diablo5:06 | Compilation | 1994 | |
| 1994 | Top Percussion / Dance ManiaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks · 1:18:531Elequana2:59 2Bragada3:32 3Obatala Yeza3:22 4Alaumba Chemache2:50 5Oguere Madeo3:54 6Obaricosu3:44 7Four by Two, Part 12:42 8Conga alegre2:39 9Ti Mon Bo6:36 10Mon-Ti4:42 11Hot Timbales2:57 12El cayuco2:39 13Complication3:25 14Mambo Gozon2:49 15Saca tu mujer3:08 16Liego Mijan3:16 17Agua limpia todo2:59 18Cuando te vea4:18 19Mi chiquita quiere Bembe3:59 203-D Mambo2:27 21Varsity Drag2:55 22Hong Kong Mambo3:49 23Estoy siempre junto a ti3:12 | Compilation | 1994 | |
| 1994 | Night Beat/Mucho Puente, PlusSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks · 1:17:251Live a Little2:56 2The Late, Late Scene2:54 3Minor Moods (Midnight Lament)3:11 4Night Hawk2:34 5Malibu Beat2:31 6Mambo Beat4:12 7Night Ritual7:16 8The Floozie3:10 9Poor Butterfly2:51 10Lullaby of the Leaves2:38 11Duerme (Time Was)2:50 12Poor Butterfly2:48 13Lullaby of the Leaves2:31 14Noche de ronda2:53 15Duerme (Time Was)2:31 16Ecstasy2:33 17Tea for Two2:43 18Don de la Loma2:10 19Tito's Guajira2:40 20Almendra2:46 21La ola marina2:27 22Un poquito de tu amor2:20 23What a Diff'rence a Day Makes (Cuando vuelva a tu lado)3:12 24Night Beat2:59 25Emerald Beach3:33 26Carioca2:16 | Compilation | 1994 | |
| 1995 | The Fania Legends of Salsa Collection, Volume 3Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 34:111Para los rumberos4:06 2Juventud del presente2:49 3Sepárala tambien4:15 4Te desafio3:15 5La gloria eres tú3:13 6Aquarious / Let the Sun Shine In3:42 7La plena bomba me llama2:52 8El Rey del timbal3:13 9Picadillo3:13 10Timbalero3:33 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1995 | Jazz Latino 4Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 55:211Wood'n You5:48 2Good Bucks8:04 3Nica's Tempo7:45 4Call of the Jungle8:23 5Para el Rey7:32 6From This Moment5:45 78 timbales3:11 8Barandanda8:53 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1995 | The Complete R.C.A. Revolving Bandstand SessionsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 39:261Baja2:06 2Blue Moon2:36 3Autumn Leaves3:12 4Kiss of Fire3:11 5I Concentrate on You3:16 6Harlem Nocturne2:44 7So in Love2:40 8Baby Won't You Please Come Home2:22 9The Continental2:38 10La virgen de la macarena2:55 11Moonlight in Vermont3:04 12Temptation3:32 13Blue Moon (alternate take)2:37 14The Continental (alternate take)2:33 | Live | 1995 | |
| 1996 | The Very Best of Tito Puente & Vicentico ValdésSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 39:011Cao cao maní picao3:01 2Dónde estabas tú3:12 3Mi chiquita quiere guarachar2:45 4Sácala2:23 5El baile del pingüino2:40 6Domingo Pantoja2:35 7Ariñañara3:07 8Rogelio, no me aprietes más2:32 9Lágrimas negras2:59 10Ya no hay mujeres feas3:06 11Para que sufran los pollos2:35 12Arróz con pollo3:11 13Tú no eres nadie2:30 14Cuando suenan los tambores2:25 | Compilation | 1996 | |
| 1996 | The Best of the Concord YearsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 2:13:19Disc 1 1On Broadway5:16 2Ran kan kan8:31 3Lush Life4:12 4Take Five5:12 5All Blues4:10 6Consternation4:29 7Tokyo Blues5:56 8Misterioso0:58 9Sun Goddess11:37 10Contigo en la distancia5:39 11Airegin4:49 12Oye como va10:26 Disc 21Machito Forever6:00 2Donna Lee4:34 3Lullaby of Birdland4:17 4On Green Dolphin Street6:59 5Mambo King3:13 6Sophisticated Lady5:18 7Spain6:18 8Picadillo a lo Puente3:49 9Equinox7:04 10Fiesta a la King5:47 11Nostalgia on Times Square6:20 12Alluya2:25 | Compilation | 1996 | |
| 1996 | Oye como vaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 52:471A gozar timbero3:05 2Cuando te vea4:16 3Mi chiquita quiere bembé3:57 4Saca tu mujer3:07 5Son montuno2:55 6Magia negra2:01 7Vete pa la luna3:12 8Babarabatiri3:43 9Ran kan kan3:10 10Oye como va4:34 11Gua cha rum4:08 12El plato roto3:25 13Llora timbero2:50 14Llora corazón2:55 15Cuero pelao2:12 16De mi para ti3:17 | Compilation | 1996 | |
| 1997 | Serie Cristal: Greatest HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:06:511New Arrival9:28 2Sun Flower9:14 3Afro Blue10:52 4Teach Me Tonight6:23 5Flight to Jordan3:49 6Obsesión7:26 7Celia y Tito5:57 8Hay que trabajar4:57 9El #1005:20 10Mambo sentimental3:25 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1997 | The Best of Tito Puente: El Rey del Timbal!Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 58:181Ran-kan-kan3:00 2Cao-cao maní picao3:00 3Tito Timbero (Tito the Drummer)3:01 4Cual es la idea (What's the Idea)3:20 5Oye mi guaguancó (Listen to the Guaguanco)3:35 6Lucky Dog3:22 7Night Beat2:56 8Son de la loma2:07 9Complicación3:21 10Agua limpia todo2:54 11A gozar timbero3:03 12Sepárala tambien3:11 13Ojos negras2:51 14T.P. on the Strip2:34 15Ah-Vah3:03 16Ascot Gavotte3:40 17El Rey del Timbal3:21 18Machito Forever5:59 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1997 | 50 Years of SwingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 50 tracks · 3:16:07Disc 1 1Que no, que no3:01 2Mambo macoco2:56 3El yoyo2:59 4Malcriada3:02 5El cayuco2:37 6Babalú2:18 7Complicación3:23 8Ay cariño (2)4:05 9El manicero2:13 10Que te pedí4:18 11Eras2:59 12Congo mulence3:04 13No me hablas más2:46 14Guantanamera3:38 15Crystal Blue Persuasion3:35 16Guaguancó Arsenio4:12 Disc 21Ran kan kan3:10 2Vaya Puente2:10 3Timbalero3:35 4Mambo Herd2:41 5Tito on Timbales3:02 6Ti mon bo6:36 7Tanga3:11 8Loco Bossa Nova2:16 9Shadow of Your Smile4:50 10Machito Forever6:02 11On Broadway8:06 12Lullaby of Birdland4:18 13Picadillo3:10 14Asia Mood4:45 15Tito's Idea3:50 16Don't You Worry About a Thing4:51 17I'm Going to Go Fishing3:47 18Llegue3:25 Disc 31Para los rumberos3:23 2Hong Kong Mambo3:48 3Babarabatiri3:43 4Celia & Tito5:58 5Tigimo +25:07 6Guataca2:37 7Dejame sonar5:01 8¡Oh vida!3:41 9Niña y señora4:26 10Moody's Mood for Love3:43 11Hay que trabajar4:57 12Donde estabas tú5:02 13Take It or Lose It3:33 14El #1005:20 15Fiesta a la King4:29 16Oye como va6:28 | Compilation | 8 April 1997 | |
| 1997 | Oye como va! The Dance CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:02:271Mambo King3:14 2Mambo gallego5:11 3Chang4:25 4Mambo Diablo4:13 5Ode to Cachao6:38 6Maria Cervantes5:06 7Machito Forever6:01 8Picadillo a lo Puente3:52 9Tito's Colada3:43 10Delirio5:24 11Oye como va5:53 12Ran kan kan5:27 13El Rey del Timbal3:20 | Compilation | 15 December 1997 | |
| 1998 | Live at BirdlandSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:14:441Lullaby of Birdland1:10 2Mambo Inn8:33 3Cayuco8:32 4Complicación6:38 5Mambo en Blues7:43 6Babarabatiri8:30 7A donde vas10:47 8Flauta y timbal6:52 9Más bajo7:52 10Cua Cua8:07 | Live | 1998 | |
| 1999 | CarnivalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 36 tracks · 1:49:02Disc 1 1Mambiando3:19 2La bochinera3:30 3Pata pata3:15 4Ran kan kan3:12 5Que lindo el mambo2:53 6Shing a tin tin2:14 7Tito on timbales3:03 8Caravan3:10 9Vete pa la luna3:17 10Four beat mambo3:07 11Picad y tostao2:47 12Fiesta con Puente2:53 13Oye como va4:30 14Mambolino2:58 15Ricci ricci2:44 16Rumba en el patio3:16 17El rey del timbal3:01 18Algo nuevo1:54 Disc 21A Nora Morales3:14 2Mambo Lenko2:55 3Por tu amor3:12 4Penjamo2:23 5Que sizas feliz3:02 6'ta contento el pueblo3:12 7Coco seco2:23 8El yoyo2:30 9La guira3:16 10Mambo Inn2:35 11Mambo a la Tito2:47 12Mambo tipica3:00 13Niña y señora4:25 14Fat Mama3:00 15Ay cariño4:07 16Aquí2:50 17Camina camarón2:56 18Timbalito2:12 | Compilation | 1999 | |
| 2000 | The King of MamboSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 30 tracks · 1:29:55Disc 1 1Oye lo que tiene el mambo3:16 2Caravan mambo3:08 3Undecided2:25 4Baile mi mambo3:07 5Friquilandia2:50 6Por tu amor3:13 7Arrolando2:47 8Plaza Stomp2:55 9Mambo diablo3:12 10Nuevo mambo2:41 11The Donkey Serenade3:18 12Tinguaro3:14 13El yoyo2:58 14Ricci Ricci2:45 15Pito Joe2:33 Disc 21Cuban Mambo3:10 2Mi guaguancó2:51 3Mambolero2:53 4Donde estabas tú3:15 5Swingin' the Mambo3:19 6Babaratiri3:05 7A burujón puñao3:15 8Lo dicen todo3:20 9Mambo la roca2:38 10Babalagua2:53 11Mambo macoco2:58 12Cuban Cutie2:58 13El timbal3:08 14Abaniquito2:50 15Baila Simón3:00 | Compilation | 2000 | |
| 2000 | Crazy MambosSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 45:031A burujón puñao3:14 2Babaratiri3:04 3Mambo Macoco2:56 4Cuban mambo3:09 5Cuban cutie2:56 6Baila Simón3:02 7Abaniquito2:49 8Mambolero2:51 9Quiero mi tambo3:03 10Lo dicen todos3:19 11Mambo con Puente3:05 12Mambo la roca2:37 13Oye lo que tiene el mambo3:16 14El timbal3:07 15Drinking Mambo2:35 | Compilation | 2000 | |
| 2000 | Undisputed King of MamboSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:07:301Oye como va4:34 2Ran kan kan3:10 3Para los rumberos4:02 4Timbalito2:12 5Ban ban queré3:24 6Tito and Mongo on Timbales6:09 7El agitador2:42 8Gua Cha Rum4:08 9El plato roto3:28 10Babarabatiri3:41 11Pa'lante3:50 12No voy a la luna4:40 13Mi jevita3:22 14Que bueno baila usted4:14 15Salsa y sabor3:01 16Si alguna vez4:12 17Encantado de la vida2:59 18Cuero3:42 | Compilation | 2000 | |
| 2000 | The Complete RCA Recordings, Volume 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 2000 | |
| 2000 | Tito Puente's Drumming with the Mambo KingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 53 tracks · 1:14:251Tito explains the Clave1:31 2Tito talks about the Clave0:46 3Tito plays basic 3:2 Cascara (Paila)0:26 4Basic Cascara (Paila) 2:3 Son Clave0:20 5Double Cascara with accents 2:3 Son Clave0:20 6Double Cascara with accents 3:2 Son Clave0:19 7Pattern 2 - 3:2 Cascara with Bass Drum on Bombo note0:19 8Pattern 2 - 3:2 Cascara with Bass Drum on the "and of 2"0:19 9Mambo Bell pattern, 2:3 Clave0:20 10Mambo Bell pattern, 3:2 Clave0:19 11Transition from Cascara (Paila) to Mambo Bell pattern in 2:3 Clave0:31 12Transition from Cascara (Paila) to Mambo Bell pattern in 3:2 Clave0:31 13Transition from Cascara (Paila) to Mambo Bell pattern in 2:3 Clave0:31 14Transition from Cascara (Paila) to Mambo Bell pattern in 3:2 Clave0:30 15Cuando te vea (original recording)4:17 16Complication (original recording)3:25 17Tito plays Abanico0:55 18Transition from Paila to Bell with an Abanico in 3:2 Clave0:32 19Transition from Paila to Bell with an Abanico in 2:3 Clave0:31 20Tito plays Mambo Patterns0:16 21For fast tempos0:14 22For fast tempos0:09 23If the downbeat is emphasized0:21 24Stick on the timbales0:27 25Saca tu mujer (original recording)3:09 26Mambo gozón (original recording)2:50 27Ran kan kan (original recording)6:31 28Tito plays Cha Cha Cha0:54 29Up-tempo Cha Cha Cha0:25 30Oye como va (original recording)3:53 31El Cayuco (original recording)2:39 32Tito plays Basic Danzon rhythm in 2:3 Clave0:38 33Tito plays Danzon with variations0:45 34Tito plays a Baqueteo Solo1:13 35Tito plays another standard Bolero Cascara pattern0:40 36Four Bar Break0:23 37Four Bar Break - Variation0:20 38Band Break0:19 39Four Bar Break0:12 40Tito explains 3:2 6/8 Bell Pattern A1:31 41Drumset players - Left Hand and Bass Drum Patterns. Triplet Notation0:17 42Tito plays a 6/8 Timbale Solo1:20 43Preliminary Exercise A0:20 44All of the above exercises should also be practiced with 6/8 Bell Pattern A0:28 45Mi chiquita quiere bembé (original recording)4:00 46Tito plays Timbale Solos: Solo #10:40 47Solo #20:27 48Solo #31:05 49Solo #4 - Solo with six Timbales2:59 50Mambo Beat (original recording)4:13 51Ti Mon Bo (original recording)6:37 52Timbalero (original recording)3:37 53Timbale Solo (original recording)3:51 | Soundtrack | 2000 | |
| 2001 | The Complete RCA Recordings, Volume 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2001 | The Best of Tito PuenteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 40 tracks · 2:08:21Disc 1 1Ran kan kan3:12 2Oye como va4:32 3Tito's Odyssey5:43 4El Rey del timbal3:01 5La guarachera2:46 6Fancy Feet2:16 7Pata pata3:15 8Tatalibaba3:18 9TP's Shing-A-Ling2:47 10Fiesta con Puente2:54 11New Guaguanco3:13 12Mambo Inn2:36 13Salve pa' ti2:17 14Fat Mama3:01 15Mambo a la Tito2:47 16Hit the Bongo3:37 17Confusion4:13 18Coco seco2:24 19Cumbiando2:34 20Ay cariño4:05 Disc 21Babarabatiri3:46 2T.P. Treat3:58 3Work Song3:33 4Bambaram Bam Bam3:10 5Timbalito2:12 6Caramelos2:20 7Algo nuevo1:55 8Este tumbao3:20 9A Noro Morales3:15 10'ta contento el pueblo3:14 11Picao y tostao2:48 12Cuando caliente el sol3:31 13Bomba3:34 14Africano4:03 15Camina camarón2:57 16Que lindo el mambo2:54 17La rueda2:05 18Mi bohio4:20 19Changó4:05 20Aquí2:50 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2001 | Universo latino 8Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 38:231Oye como va4:34 2A gozar timbero2:51 3Vaya Puente2:10 4Ya tengo un pollo3:23 5El Rey del Timbal3:02 6Mambo suavecito2:58 7Mambo Inn2:35 8Para los rumberos4:03 9La gloria eres tú3:13 10Fiesta con Puente2:53 11Menéalo3:08 12Hit the Bongo3:33 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2001 | Cocktail HourSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 28 tracks · 1:21:44Disc 1 1Timbalito2:09 2Pa los rumberos (For Dancers)3:23 3Carioco2:53 4New Cha-Cha3:03 5El cayuco2:37 6Varsity Drag2:52 7Latin Flight2:02 8Qué será (What Is It?)3:26 9Mambo gozón2:47 10Llegó Miján3:13 11Aqua limpia todo2:56 12El agitador2:41 13Hong Kong Mambo3:48 143-D Mambo2:22 Disc 21Mama Inez2:22 2Picadillo2:45 3Dónde estabas tú3:11 4Cha con cha3:04 5Sepárala tambien3:12 6Mambo Beat4:09 7Four Beat Cha Cha2:28 8Cuban Nightmare3:06 9Cha Cha Son3:04 10Chanchullo2:30 11Habanero3:04 12Un cha cha2:24 13Cao cao maní picao2:59 14Swingin' the Mambo3:14 | Compilation | 9 January 2001 | |
| 2002 | King of Kings: The Very Best of Tito PuenteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 1:13:201Dance Mania3:12 2Oye me guaguancó3:37 3El cayuco2:37 4Caonao2:32 5Ti mon bo6:36 6Dance of the Headhunters3:12 7Hong Kong Mambo3:50 8Cuando te vea4:14 9Baile como es2:48 10Saca tu mujer3:07 11Guancona2:34 12Mambo Gozón2:48 13Mi chiquita quiere bembé3:54 14Eléquana2:57 15A gozar timbero3:07 16Cual es la idea3:22 173D Mambo2:26 18Son de la loma2:09 19Llego mijan3:16 20Yambéque3:48 21Night Ritual7:14 | Compilation | 2002 | |
| 2002 | Live at the Playboy Jazz FestivalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:01:591New Arrival10:28 2Little Sunflower11:37 3Flight to Jordan5:56 4Introduction0:58 5Afro Blue8:31 6Ti-Mon-Gi9:23 7Obsesión15:06 | Live | 2002 | |
| 2002 | Doctor FeelgoodSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 2:04:271T.P.'S Especial5:10 2First Light7:40 3Mambo Diablo4:12 4China4:56 5Fiesta A La King5:49 6Jordu3:35 7Machito Forever6:03 8Killer Joe5:39 9Guajira Soul3:35 10Repetition5:34 11Ran Kan Kan5:24 12El Rey Del Timbal3:19 13Oye Como Va6:03 14Descarga3:09 15Along Came Betty5:30 16Picadillo A La Puente3:52 17Ode To Cachao6:38 18Mambo King3:14 19If You Could See Me Now6:35 20Mambo Gallego5:10 21Royal 'T'3:48 22Old Arrival5:07 23Vaya Puente3:43 24Tito's Colada3:43 25On Green Dolphin Street6:59 | Compilation | 2002 | |
| 2003 | Colección diamanteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 23:361Que será mi china3:24 2El cayuco2:34 3Dance Mania3:12 4Mambozooka2:52 5Mamá Inez2:23 6Campanitas de cristal3:03 7Saca tu mujer3:05 8Con Sandunga3:03 | Compilation | 2003 | |
| 2004 | Platinum & Gold CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 36:341Ran kan kan3:00 2Hong Kong Mambo3:49 3Dance Mania3:12 4Cao cao maní picao3:00 5Four Beat Cha Cha2:30 6Cuál es la idea (What's the Idea)3:21 7Complicación3:22 8Oye mi guangancó (Listen to the Guaguancó)3:36 9Cuban Nightmare3:07 103-D Mambo2:25 11A gozar timbero3:06 12Son de la loma2:06 | Compilation | 2004 | |
| 2004 | Éxitos eternosSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:04:241Ran Kan Kan6:32 2Celia y Tito6:00 3Hay que trabajar4:59 4Oye como va5:51 5El # 1006:00 6Salsumba4:12 7Tito's Idea3:50 8Envuélvete conmigo4:35 9Déjame soñar5:03 10El bribón del aguacero4:42 118 timbales3:13 12Come Together (Venir juntos)5:59 13Mambo sentimental3:28 | Compilation | 2004 | |
| 2004 | Instant Party: Just Add Tito PuenteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 59:231Royal "T"3:47 2Japan Mambo3:22 3T.P.'s Especial5:07 4Oye Como Va5:59 5Slam Bam7:35 6Sweet Georgia Brown4:37 7Spain6:19 8Cha Cha Cha6:37 9Stompin' at the Savoy4:54 10Fiesta a La King5:49 11Ran Kan Kan5:17 | Compilation | 11 May 2004 | |
| 2005 | The Essential Tito PuenteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 40 tracks · 2:11:15Disc 1 1Ran kan kan2:59 2Swinging the Mambo3:15 3Four Beat Cha Cha, Part 12:29 4Cuando te vea4:16 5Tito Guajira2:40 6Mambo gozón2:47 7Night Hawk2:33 8Witch Doctor's Nightmare2:38 9Abaniquito2:49 10Picadillo2:45 11Mambo Beat4:11 12Cao cao maní picao3:01 13Birdland After Dark4:38 14Obatalá Yeza3:23 15Chanchullo2:33 16Pa' los rumberos3:24 17Hong Kong Mambo (alternate take)3:50 18What Is This Thing Called Love3:24 19Complicación3:23 20Tito Timbero3:01 Disc 21Oye cómo va4:32 2Cuál es la idea3:21 3El cayuco2:38 4Son de la loma2:08 53-D Mambo2:25 6Cuban Nightmare3:05 7Oye mi guaguancó3:36 8Take the "A" Train2:08 9Elegua Chango5:14 10Si te contara2:53 11Cha-con-Cha3:05 12Dance Mania3:14 13Sácala2:24 14Ti Mon Bo6:33 15Yambeque3:46 16Lotus Land4:54 17Malibu Beat2:31 18A Gozar Timbero3:05 19Havana After Dark2:52 20Mambo Buda2:52 | Compilation | 2005 | |
| 2005 | The Rough Guide to Tito PuenteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 1:06:261Jugando mamá, jugando2:21 2Mambo típico3:00 3Pénjamo3:10 4Malanga con yucca2:33 5Más bajo3:13 6Pachito eche3:37 7Fiesta con Puente2:52 8Piano pachanga2:17 9El que usted conoce3:08 10Salsa y sabor3:00 11Black Brothers4:18 12Vibe mambo3:06 13En el cafetal3:57 14Los hermanos Pinzones4:45 15Guiro 6/83:09 16TP’s Shing-A-Ling2:49 17Meditação2:18 18Oye cómo va4:33 19Mi trompeta tropical2:47 20Ran kan kan3:10 21I Could Have Danced All Night2:23 | Compilation | 2005 | |
| 2005 | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tito PuenteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 54:171El #1005:59 2Hay que trabajar4:56 3Mambo sentimental3:27 4Salsumba4:10 5Tito's Idea3:47 6Teach Me Tonite6:23 7Mambo Inn (live at Birdland)8:34 8Flight to Jordan3:49 9Obsession7:26 10Oye como va (live at Village Gate)5:46 | Compilation | 13 September 2005 | |
| 2006 | The Mambo KingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 59:011Cao Cao Mani Picao3:02 2Mambo Con Puente3:05 3Coco My My2:44 4Dónde Estabas Tú3:15 5Lágimas Negras3:02 6Caravan Mambo3:03 7Take the ‘A’ Train2:09 8Tito Mambo2:24 9Happy Heart2:59 10Tinguaro3:14 11Mambo Diabolo3:11 12Vibe Mambo2:59 13Cuando Suenan Los Tambores2:29 14Arinanara3:10 15Ya No Hay Mujeres Feas3:08 16Arróz Com Pollo3:13 17Mambolino2:58 18Mambo Tipico2:59 19Mari Juana3:01 20Esy2:56 | Compilation | 2006 | |
| 2006 | The Big World of Tito PuenteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 1:03:011Coco My My2:45 2Tito Mambo2:23 3Vibe Mambo2:59 4Mamey Colorao2:56 5Esy2:55 6Mambo con Puente3:05 7Mambo Diablo3:11 8Happy Heart2:58 9Willie and Ray Mambo3:13 10Caravan Mambo3:04 11Mambo La Roca2:37 12Babaratiri3:04 13Mambolero2:52 14Cuban Mambo3:09 15Cuban Cutie2:57 16Abaniquito2:49 17Baila Simón3:02 18Pare cochero2:54 19Coco seco2:23 20Espinita2:28 21Cuidado con la mano2:24 22Preludio de amor2:53 | Compilation | November 2006 | |
| 2007 | Cool Latin Internationale ExperienceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 40 tracks · 1:57:23Disc 1 1Hong Kong Mambo3:49 2Pa los rumberos3:24 3Timbalito2:11 4Picadillo2:48 5Carioco2:55 6Latin Flight2:04 7Swingin' The Mambo3:12 8Cuban Nightmare3:08 9Mambo Beat4:11 10El cayuco2:38 11Chanchullo2:32 12New Cha Cha3:04 13Un cha cha2:26 14¿Qué séra? (What Is It?)3:28 153D Mambo2:23 16Agua limpia todo2:58 17Cao cao maní picao3:02 18Donde estabas tú3:14 19Mambo gozón2:48 20El agitador2:43 Disc 21Bonco2:50 2El disgusto de la rumba3:03 3Mata siguaraya5:33 4Ipso Calypso3:17 5Bayan Bayende2:16 6Refran2:07 7Ya llegó el carnaval2:59 8Guede zaina3:10 9Auga pa mí3:06 10Yembe laroco2:54 11A todos mis amigos2:53 12Baila Yemayá2:52 13Tu voz3:08 14Reina rumba2:56 15Chacha la negra2:37 16Baila así2:16 17El cumbanchero1:54 18Rajando la leña2:28 19La danza del coyote3:02 20No sé lo que me le pasa3:04 | Compilation | 2007 | |
| 2007 | BD JAZZ - Tito PuenteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 42 tracks · 2:12:38Disc 1 1Rumba Gallega3:30 2Earl Wilson Mambo3:21 3Abaniquito2:53 4Timbal y bongo3:01 5Vibe Mambo3:03 6Mambo Diablo3:14 7Por tu amor3:16 8The Donkey Serenade3:21 9Plaza Stop2:58 10Mambo la roca2:40 11Cuban Cutie3:00 12El timbal3:11 13Tito Mambo2:25 14Happy Heart3:01 15Tren Expreso2:10 16Esy2:57 17Timbale solo3:52 18Elegua Changó5:19 19Yambeque3:51 20Sticks on Bongo2:39 21Cuban Fantasy1:57 Disc 21Pa' los rumberos3:28 2Swinging Mambo2:36 3Mambozooka2:53 4Mambo Inn2:37 5El Rey del Timbal3:01 6Mambo típico3:00 7Havana After Dark2:53 8Habanero3:06 9Tito and Mongo on Timbales6:07 10Mambo With Me3:00 11Titoro2:56 12Pico y tostao2:48 13What's This Thing Called Love?3:25 14Birdland After Dark4:38 15Tito 'In2:58 16Tito Timbero3:07 17Vibe Cha-Cha3:08 18El baile del pingüino2:46 19Lare Lare2:34 20Picadillo2:48 21Ran-kan-kan3:10 | Compilation | September 2007 | |
| 2008 | The Complete 78s, Volume 2: 1949-1955Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 40 tracks · 1:55:05Disc 1 1Cuban Nightingale2:25 2Tonight I Am in Heaven2:58 3I do3:09 4Jumbalato2:31 5La güira3:15 6La gloria eres tú3:10 7El mambo diablo3:09 8Monterrey2:58 9Ta' bueno pa' bailar2:44 10Aprieta el pollo3:16 11Este es tumbao'3:13 12Pénjamo3:06 13Cuero na' ma'3:03 14Este es coco3:04 15Temtation2:16 16Autumn leaves3:07 17I Get a Kick Out of You2:49 18What Is This Thing Called Love2:31 19Guaguancó en tropicana3:18 20Tu mi amor divino2:50 Disc 21Mambo en blues3:10 2Calypso mambo2:06 3Yambú pa' gozar2:53 4Wampo2:46 5Batanga2:59 6Nueva vida3:02 7Me quieres o no me quieres2:39 8Si me dices que sí2:54 9Palabras calladas2:43 10Preparen candela2:46 11Santo Suarez2:52 12Que caminaito2:38 13Salta perico3:01 14Luna yumurina3:05 15Rainfall2:41 16The Continental2:47 17Mambo Birdland2:35 18Mambo City2:23 19Mambo Mist3:00 20Mambo Night3:13 | Compilation | 2008 | |
| 2008 | The Complete 78s, Volume 1: 1949-1955Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 40 tracks · 1:58:28Disc 1 1Corazón2:44 2Solos tu y yo2:52 3Mambo macoco2:58 4Abaniquito2:50 5Titos mambo3:07 6Babalaqua2:52 7Baile Simón3:03 8Quiero mi tambó3:05 9Cuban Cutie2:57 10Burujon puñao3:14 11Babarabatiri3:05 12Cuban mambo3:10 13Mambolero2:51 14Mí Guaguancó (New Guaguancó)2:50 15Mambo la roca2:37 16Dicen todas3:20 17Esy2:54 18Nuevo mambo2:41 19Drinking mambo2:36 20Oye lo que tiene el mambo3:15 Disc 21Soy feliz3:23 2No lo hago más3:08 3Vibe mambo2:59 4Por la mañana2:47 5Willie and Ray mambo3:09 6Tinguaro3:07 7Mambo con Puente3:03 8Baile mi mambo3:02 9Tatalibába3:10 10Guajeo en dominante2:43 11Mambo gallego2:47 12Quiereme y veras2:49 13Rey del timbal2:59 14Que lindo el mambo2:48 15Titóro2:50 16Mamey colorao'2:53 17Camina camaron2:55 18Mari Juana2:54 19Mambiando3:11 20Mambo suavecito2:50 | Compilation | 2008 | |
| 2009 | The Complete 78s, Volume 4: 1949-1955Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 36 tracks · 1:32:50Disc 1 1Mambo típico2:56 2Mambo rumbón2:45 3Almendra2:54 4Mambolino2:53 5Suavecito cha cha2:50 6Mambo con cha cha cha2:13 7Pare cochero2:42 8Coco May May2:43 9Cógele bien el compás2:28 10Cha Cha Cha for Lovers2:46 11Carolina2:29 12Enjoy My Cha Cha Cha (Goza mi cha cha cha)2:50 13Having a Ball (Rico vacilón)2:51 14Espinita2:16 15Tito's Merengue2:28 16The Fence (La empaliza)1:49 17The Knockout2:34 18Hot Tamales (Los tamalitos de Olga)2:34 Disc 21Tee Pee Mambo2:14 2TJ Mambo2:42 3Prelude to Rhythm2:42 4Mangue2:18 5Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White2:39 6All of You2:46 7Coco seco2:21 8Los marcianos2:24 9Todos bailan mi cha cha cha2:34 10La palma2:31 11Cuidado con la mano2:16 12Al ritmo del cha cha cha2:40 13Tito's Cha Cha Cha2:41 14Cha Cha Guaguancó2:39 15Invitation2:49 16My Funny Valentine2:39 17Totiri Mundachi2:31 18Tarde de cha cha cha2:23 | Compilation | 2009 | |
| 2010 | The Complete 78s, Volume 3: 1949-1955Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 40 tracks · 1:47:00Disc 1 1Bam baram bam bam3:08 2Picao' y tostao'2:46 3The Silver Star2:49 4El alardoso3:01 5Mambo Rama2:26 6Tropicana2:47 7Caravan Mambo2:58 8Mambo Inn2:33 9Philadelphia Mambo2:43 101626 Madison Avenue2:26 11The Carioca2:28 12Cool Mambo2:30 13George Woods Mambo3:04 14Confucius Mambo2:27 15Baila mi cha-cha-cha2:44 16Ya lo puedes decir3:08 17Cha cha cha2:01 18Los rumberos se van2:20 19Bien explicado2:22 20Alma muerta2:48 Disc 21Rico melao2:13 2El espejo3:00 3La rumba te llama2:48 4Los cinco sentidos2:36 5La gerigonza2:43 6Chi que te va gustar2:34 7Malcriada2:44 8El Diablo de esa mujer2:28 9I Love You Baby2:07 10Bananas2:04 11Mambo With Me2:54 12Autumn in Rome2:27 13Happy Heart2:52 14Ran Kan Kan3:09 15Adela2:48 16The Man From Jamaica2:36 17Cha Cha Mambo2:50 18Oigan mi cha cha cha2:50 19Mambo Lenko2:52 20Cha Cha Bounce2:56 | Compilation | 2010 | |
| 2012 | Greatest HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:05:401Oye como va4:34 2Para los rumberos4:06 3Picadillo3:09 4Mambo diablo5:07 5El agitador2:44 6Juventud del presente2:50 7Vaya Puente2:11 8Ascot gavotte3:44 9On the Street Where You Live3:12 10Mirame mas3:38 11¿Cómo está Miguel?2:42 12Te desafio3:15 13Desafinado3:01 14Kwa kwa2:27 15Crystal Blue Persuasion3:40 16New guaguanco3:15 17Tus dios3:22 18Azukiki2:48 19110th St. and 5th Ave.2:45 20Ran kan kan3:10 | Compilation | 24 July 2012 | |
| 2012 | Quatro: The Definitive CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 57 tracks · 2:46:01Disc 1 1Elegua Changó5:13 2Cuál es la idea (What's the Idea)3:21 3Pa’ los rumberos3:23 4Qué será (What Is It?)3:24 5Oye mi guaguancó3:39 6Yambeque (Mambo yambu)3:45 7Happy cha-cha-cha2:33 8Mambo Buda2:49 9Cha-cha de pollos (Cha-cha for Chicks)2:46 10Guaguancó Margarito3:30 11Cuban Fantasy1:54 Disc 21Night Beat2:56 2Mambo Beat4:08 3Sea Breeze3:20 4Emerald Beach3:28 5The Late, Late Scene2:50 6Carioca2:13 7Night Ritual7:13 8Malibu Beat2:27 9Flying Down to Rio2:20 10Night Hawk2:31 11Live a Little2:51 Disc 31El cayuco2:33 2Complicación3:18 3Three D Mambo2:23 4Llegó Miján (son montuno)3:10 5Cuando te vea (guaguancó)4:10 6Hong Kong mambo3:42 7Mambo gozón2:44 8Mi chiquita quiere bembé3:55 9Varsity Drag2:48 10Estoy siempre junto a ti3:11 11Agua limpia todo2:54 12Saca tu mujer3:05 Disc 41Bahia2:02 2I Concentrate on You3:13 3Autumn Leaves3:08 4Harlem Nocturne2:40 5Kiss of Fire3:08 6The Continental2:36 7Blue Moon2:33 8Temptation3:29 9So in Love2:38 10Baby Won’t You Please Come Home2:19 Disc 51Ran kan kan3:08 2Timbal y bongó2:55 3Pa’ los rumberos (out-take 1)0:22 4Pa’ los rumberos (out-take 2)0:28 5Pa’ los rumberos (out-take 3)0:16 6Pa’ los rumberos (out-take 4)1:09 7Pa’ los rumberos (out-take 5)1:16 8Pa’ los rumberos (out-take 6)3:37 9Pa’ los rumberos (out-take 7)3:07 10The Continental (alternate take)2:31 11Blue Moon (alternate take)2:35 12Moonlight in Vermont3:02 13La virgen de la macarena3:22 | Compilation | 30 October 2012 | |
| 2015 | Malibu BeatSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 28:221Malibu Beat2:31 2Carioca2:16 3Flying Down to Rio2:18 4Night Beat2:59 5Emerald Beach3:33 6Midnight Lament (Minor Moods)3:11 7Night Hawk (Coconut and Rice)2:34 8The Late, Late Scene2:54 9Live a Little (Let's Face It)2:56 10The Floozie3:10 | Compilation | 20 January 2015 | |
| 2019 | Malibu BeatSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 37:581Why Do I Love You2:25 2Son montuno2:43 3Cha Cha Cha2:05 4Oh My Pa-Pa2:27 5Sea Breeze3:13 6In the Still of the Night3:08 7Ritual Drum Dance2:26 8Sand in My Shoes2:31 9Lágrimas negras2:51 10Rico Melao Mambo2:18 11Cuero pelao1:58 12Tampico2:22 13Malibu Beat2:21 14Los cinco sentidos2:37 15Bésame mucho2:33 | Compilation | 18 January 2019 | |
| — | Lo mejor de lo mejorSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 40 tracks · 1:58:39Disc 1 1Saca tu mujer3:06 2Cuban Nightmare3:07 3Cuando te vea4:12 4Que será mi china3:26 5Si te contara2:45 6Una mujer2:33 7Baila como es2:47 8Mamá Inez2:23 9Gozar timbero3:05 10Son de la loma2:08 113D Mambo2:24 12Noche de ronda2:52 13Donde estabas tú3:12 14Mambo gozón2:47 15Dance Mania3:14 16El cayuco2:36 17Campanitas de cristal3:03 18Complicación3:22 19Night Hawk2:30 Disc 21Estoy siempre junto a ti3:13 2Agua limpia todo2:55 3Cua-Cua3:02 4Llegó Miján3:14 5Carioca2:17 6Hong Kong Mambo3:39 7Mi chiquita quiere bembé3:52 8Varsity Drag Mambo2:52 9Son guacha2:40 10Guancona2:40 11Con sandunga3:05 12Sepárala tambien3:13 13Caonao2:31 14Porque te perdí2:00 15Mambozooka2:52 16Havana After Dark2:51 17Mambo Beat4:10 18The Late, Late Scene2:53 19Minor Moods (Midnight Lament)3:10 20Malibu Beat2:29 21Emerald Beach3:29 | Compilation | — | |
| — | Yo quiero vivir tranquilo: Live New MorningSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 1:12:021Yo quiero vivir tranquilo7:08 2Preludio para Ernesto4:10 3Yego la banda9:41 4Pacheco y sus tumba10:29 5Melopediste8:52 6Quédate10:05 7Todas no son malas9:53 8Tp11:44 | Live | — | |
| — | Salsa Masters: Tito Puente, Volume 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 52:351Que bueno baila usted4:14 2Salsa y sabor3:01 3A gozar timbero2:49 4Ban ban queré3:24 5Guaguancó Margarito3:17 6Trátame como soy3:25 7Manigua3:57 8Mi chiquita quiere guarachar3:38 9Mi bomba sono2:58 10Para los rumberos4:02 11Si alguna vez4:12 12Encantado de la vida3:00 13Niña y señora4:25 14Palladium Days3:12 15Salsarengue3:01 | Compilation | — | |
| — | The Mambo KingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 51:491Mambo a la Tito2:49 2Arrollando2:47 3Aquí no me quedo yo2:52 4Pito Joe2:34 5Friquilandia2:49 6Yo-Yo2:59 7Por tu amor3:11 8Algo nuevo1:56 9Ran kan kan3:11 10Sácala2:25 11Pare cochero2:54 12Coco seco2:24 13Caravan3:09 14Donkey Serenade3:16 15Ricci Ricci2:44 16Undecided2:24 17Plaza Stomp2:54 18Loco de amor4:31 | Compilation | — |
Single · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Ran Kan KanSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 23:521Ran Kan Kan (12" Club Mix)6:31 2Ran Kan Kan (Masters At Work Dub)5:20 3Ran Kan Kan (The Ken Lou Dub)5:10 4Ran Kan Kan (Bonus Track)3:50 5Ran Kan Kan (LP Version)3:01 | 1992 | ||
| 1996 | Oye como vaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 39:561Oye como va (TSOB radio mix)3:33 2Oye como va (Old School radio mix)3:49 3Oye como va (TSOB mix)5:33 4Oye como va (Star Boys club mix)5:11 5Oye como va (JM Deep dub)8:14 6Oye como va (Profxor harddub)7:33 7Oye como va (Coco dance)6:03 | 1996 | ||
| 2017 | Oye Como Va (Remixes)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:10:301Oye Como Va (old school classic mix)5:19 2Oye Como Va (Capella's TSOB mix)5:29 3Oye Como Va (Joey Mustaphia's dub mix)8:00 4Oye Como Va (Moogroove's bon ba ye mix)5:03 5Oye Como Va (DJ Professor Hardub mix)7:28 6Oye Como Va (Capella's house mix)5:59 7Oye Como Va (Ricky Montanari's tribal dub mix)8:22 8Oye Como Va (Yoshito's disco mix)6:20 9Oye Como Va (Claudio Coccoluto's dub mix)6:01 10Oye Como Va (Dazy's moonwalk jungle mix)6:21 11Oye Como Va (booty mix)3:01 12Oye Como Va (acapella)2:54 13Oye Como Va (beats, sequences & Eeements)0:13 | 2017 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Tito Puente head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 39 | 94.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 128 | 98.6th |
| Studio albums | 65 | 99.5th |
| Awards recorded | 26 | 99.7th |
| Timeline events | 72 | 99.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 44 | 84.8th |
| Genres | 11 | 97.2th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording | won | |
| 1979 | Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording | won | |
| 1984 | Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album | won | |
| 1984 | Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album | won | |
| 1991 | Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album | won | |
| 1991 | Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album | won | |
| 1995 | Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award | lifetime | |
| 1995 | Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award | lifetime | |
| 1999 | International Latin Music Hall of Fame | lifetime | |
| 1999 | International Latin Music Hall of Fame | lifetime | |
| 2000 | Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album | won | |
| 2000 | Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album | won | |
| 2000 | Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album | won | |
| 2000 | Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album | won | |
| 2001 | Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album | won | |
| 2001 | Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album | won | |
| 2003 | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | lifetime | |
| 2003 | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | lifetime | |
| 2016 | Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame | lifetime | |
| 2016 | Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame | lifetime | |
| — | Library of Congress Living Legend | won | |
| — | Library of Congress Living Legend | won | |
| — | National Medal of Arts | won | |
| — | National Medal of Arts | won | |
| — | star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | won | |
| — | star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tito Puente and His Latin Ensemble(band) | — | present | eponymous,marimba,original,timbales,vibraphone |
| Tito Puente and His Orchestra(band) | — | present | eponymous,original,vibraphone |
| Tito Puente’s Golden Latin Jazz All Stars(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| The Latin Crossings(band) | — | present | original |
| The Latin All Stars(band) | — | present | |
| The Blackout Allstars(band) | 1994 | 1994 | original |
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tito_Puentes.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f19ad155-d809-4770-ab8d-7579467d9f55discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f19ad155-d809-4770-ab8d-7579467d9f55core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317122genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317122seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Puentebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Puente
Why this artist is in the database
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award — rank #26
2003 | Etta James, Johnny Mathis, Glenn Miller, Tito Puente, Simon & Garfunkel | style="text-align:center;"|
Tier rule: legacy lists: grammy_lifetime
Image: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q317122 · MusicBrainz: f19ad155-d809-4770-ab8d-7579467d9f55
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