Pete Rodriguez
Musical Artist
1932 – 2000
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Who was Pete Rodriguez?
Pete Rodriguez was the leader and pianist of a Puerto Rican Boogaloo band from The Bronx in the mid-1960s, sometimes known as Pete Rodríguez y Su Conjunto.
The band's most successful song, "I Like It Like That", made it to the national Billboard charts and has since been covered several times including by the Blackout All-Stars. It was re-recorded by lead singer and composer Tony Pabón for the soundtrack of the 1994 movie I Like It Like That and received renewed exposure as the soundtrack to the main ident at Odeon Cinemas from 1998–2003.
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- Born
- Jan 31, 1932
- Also known as
- Pete Rodríguez
- Rodríguez, Pete
- Lived in
- The Bronx
- Died
- Dec 2, 2000
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on July 23, 2013
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