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Fania Records Co-Founder Johnny Pacheco Dies At 85

Johnny Pacheco, seen here in 2007, died at the age of 85 on Monday. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images hide caption

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Fania Records Co-Founder Johnny Pacheco Dies At 85

Pacheco was a prolific songwriter and musical arranger whose work helped fuel the careers of Celia Cruz and Ruben Blades.

Fania Records Co-Founder Johnny Pacheco Dies At 85

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On Fania Records And The Music That Made It Matter

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On Fania Records And The Music That Made It Matter

Fifty years ago, a New York musician and his lawyer friend started a small record label that would become a global brand, taking salsa music from New York clubs to the rest of the world.

On Fania Records And The Music That Made It Matter

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Cruising Through Caribbean Music

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Cruising Through Caribbean Music

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Tell Me More is celebrating the music of Latin America with Jasmine Garsd and Felix Contreras, the hosts of NPR Music's Alt.Latino. Today, they are sharing new releases from the Caribbean, including a re-release of a 1970s salsa classic and a rising Dominican star who's inventing a new genre all on her own.

Cruising Through Caribbean Music

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Music Interviews

Fania Records' Founding Fathers

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In 1964, Latino music was thriving, but its New York-based musicians were not. So Dominican-born musician Johnny Pacheco launched Fania Records, and salsa music soon spread around the globe. Hear from Pacheco and fellow music legend Eddie Palmieri.

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Seminal Latin Label's Music Resurrected

The founders of Fania Records didn't set out to change the course of Latin music, but that's just what they did. The label went out of business in the late 1970s, and the records have since become hard-to-find collector's items. Now, a Miami-based record label is reissuing that music.

Seminal Latin Label's Music Resurrected

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