Artist	Song
Tito Puente & Tony Vega	Dejame Sonar
from Exitos Eternos (2004)
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico	Y No Hago Mas Na
from La Universidad de la Salsa (1983)
Alegre All Stars	Manteca
from Fania DJ Series: Gilles Peterson (2010)
Machito	Guaglione
from Vacation At the Concord (2004)
Celia Cruz	La sopa en Botella
from Celia Cruz: Greatest Hits (2010)
Ricardo Ray & Bobby Cruz	Guaguanco Raro
from Aguzate (2010)
Ismael Rivera	De Todas Maneras Rosas
from De Toda Maneras Rosa (2010)
Joe Cuba Sextette	Wabble Cha
from Beginning Rituals (2008)
Ismael Miranda	María Luisa
from Vengo con Todo (2001)
Alegre All Stars	Sonó Sonó
from Te Invita (2010)
Tito Puente	El Cayuco
from Dance Mania (Legacy Edition) (2009)
Charlie Palmieri	Mambo Show
from Latin Bugalu (2005)
Héctor Lavoe & Willie Colón	El Malo
from El Malo (2010)
Eddie Palmieri	Paginas De Mujer
from Eddie Palmieri (2010)
Oscar D'León	Ven Morena
from 15 Exitos de Oscar D'León (1996)
Gilberto Santa Rosa	Conciencia
from Perspectiva (1991)
Joe Arroyo	Ban Ban
from Echao Pa' Lante (2009)
Ray Barretto	Mirame de Frente
from Hard Hands (2010)
Fruko y Sus Tesos	El Patillero
from Greatest Hits (2009)
Sonora Ponceña	Agua a la Candela
from Future (2010)
Willie Rosario	Ojala Te Vaya Bonito
from Serie Sensacional - La Sensación de Willie Rosario (2000)
Machito & Graciela	Embriagate
from Esta Es Graciela (2010)
Johnny Pacheco	Cha Cha Rene
from Early Rhythms (2006)
Vitin Aviles	El Mundo Se Ve Diferente
from New York City Salsa (2010)
Fania All-Stars	La Palabra Adios
from Commitment (2010)

Comment:

The story of salsa is as multilayered as the music itself, with innovators laying down the groundwork that inspired others to add their own flavors to the mix. Machito was making inroads in Afro-Cuban jazz before salsa was anything other than a cooking ingredient, but you don’t have to listen too hard to hear the stirrings of salsa start rising to the top of his 1958 recording “Guaglione.” In the ‘60s, the Fania All Stars made salsa a New York City phenomenon, but the sound bounced all the way across the ocean to Colombia, where Fruko y Sus Tesos charged it up with a touch of charanga and scored hits like the hip-shaking “El Patillero.” And even in the ’80s, the All Stars were moving with the times, with young lion Rubén Blades taking the lead for the bittersweet farewell kiss of “La Palabra Adios.”

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