Answer the Call for Boogaloo!

Earlier this year, DJ Pete Pop looked around and saw that folks were calling for him to start a dance night of all tropical music: Latin soul, boogaloo, mambo, cumbia, ska, reggae, Afropop—just about anything with a syncopated beat and/or bongos. So he answered the call! He rounded up Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus—who owns a few appropriate records—and the two of them set up Shingaling Boogaloo, a night of hot jams. This action takes place every other third Saturday of the month (alternating with Funky Kingston) at the Salt Box in Kingston, New York.

On June 20, the third Shingaling Boogaloo took place. It was a happening affair, with folks upstairs in the Rumpus Room swingin’ all night. Over the last couple of years, Mr. Pop has put extra effort into obtaining all sorts of records from south of the border—his cumbia 45s are really outstanding and it’s a gas bopping around to them at The Box.

Everyone who reads this is invited to come to the Salt Box and dig these boss sounds. The rest of the Shingaling Boogaloos happening this year will take place on August 22, October 17 and December 19. Be clean and make the scene!

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the Shingaling Boogaloo held on June 20 at the Salt Box:

Tito Puente et son Orchestre–Mambo Gallego [from EP Sélection Black and White] (Barclay; France)
Ed Gates and his Mystics–In the Jungle (Robins Nest)
Oscar Brown Jr. & Luiz Henrique–Barra Limpa (Fontana)
Willie Rodriguez Orchestra–Jala Jala y Boogaloo (Fonseca)
Big Black–Try My Bugaloo (Thrush)
Mongo Santamaria–El Pussy Cat (Columbia)
Ricardo Ray–Mr. Trumpet Man (Alegre)
The Killer Joe Orchestra–My Girl Sloopy (Cha-Cha–Watusi) (Atlantic)
Box and Bleacher Society–Willi’s Waheeda (Guajira) (Mammoth)
Xavier Cugat–Watermelon Man (Mercury)
Los Tupamaros; canta: Juan C. Acosta–Tu Ausencia (Fuentes; Colombia)
Addoux Benjamin–Mondjey Leye (Discaf; France)
Joe Quijano y Su Conjunto Cachana; canta – Ray Cruz–Grita Güepaje (Nueve Cesta)
Bongo Herman & Less with Rupie Edwards All Stars–Eternal Drums (Success)
Dellenger & King Tubby–Jah Jah Dub (Jackpot; Jamaica)
Perez Prado Y Su Orquesta–Mambo de King Kong (Infopesa; Peru)
Andy Williams–The House of Bamboo (Cadence)
Esquire Boys–Caravan (Fransil)
Orquesta Tropicana–Tequila (Soundway; UK)
Eddie Lovette–Boomerang (Steady)
Joe Loco and His Trio–Jingle Bells (Tico)
Machito & His Orch.–Para Ti (Tico)
The Charms–Mambo Sh-Mambo (De Luxe)
Rafael Cortijo y Su Bonche–Chinito Boogaloo (Tico)
Los Corraleros de Majagual–Cumbia Campesina (Discos Fuentes; Colombia)
Ray Barretto–Hard Hands (Fania)
Willie Rosario and His Orchestra–Watusi Boogaloo (Atco)
La Lupe–Fever (Peerless; Mexico)
The Latin All Stars–Soul Bossa Nova (Roper)
Don Alfio–Smack (UniFunk; Italy)
Steel Pulse–Ku Klux Klan (Island)
Bob Marley & the Wailers–I Shot the Sheriff (Island)
The Messangers–Cherry Baby (Splash; Jamaica)
The Paragons; Lyn Taitt and the Jets–If I Were You (Merritone/Dub Store; Japan)
The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny–Banana Choo Choo (Liberty)
Ray Barretto y su Charanga Moderna–El Watusi (Tico)
Mongo Santamaria–We Got Latin Soul (Columbia)
The Joe Cuba Sextet–Oye Como Va (Aprietalo) (Tico)
Preston Epps–Afro Mania (Jo-Jo)
The Wailers–Simmer Down (CoxSone; Jamaica)
Mwana Amin–En La Nalga Pegale (Zeida; Guatemala)
Count Bernadino and his Calypso Knights–10 Rum Bottle (Mardi-Gras)
Los Beachers–Love in a Cemetary (Sally Ruth)
Lusaka Radio Band–Jando (Zamba; Zambia)
Perez Prado y su Orquesta–Bongo Bongo (RCA Victor)
Toño Quirazco y su Conjunto–Banana Boogaloo (Orfeon; Mexico)
Perez Prado y su Orquesta–Mambo Bump (Orfeon; Mexico)
Mario y sus Diamantes–El Grillo (Peerless; Mexico)
Los Sideral’s–Virgenes Del Sol (Munster; Spain)
Ward Darby and the Raves–Safari (Dot)
Néstor Alvarez–El Barrio (Original Gravity; UK)
El Chicano–Viva La Raza (Kapp)
Felix Caraballo–Candela (M-G-M)
Juan Sedes y su Orq.; canta: Carlin Rodriguez–Guajira Dancers (Fonseca)
Monchito & His Mambo Royals–Invitation to Merengue (El Invitao) (Fiesta)
Gato Barbieri & His Orchestra–Last Tango in Paris (United Artists)