JOE QUIJANO KING OF THE PACHANGA SINGER /DIRECTOR GILDA MIROS HISTORY PUERTO RICO TO BRONX SALSA

Published: April 18, 2021, 12:43 p.m.

b'JOE QUIJANO, \\u201c EL REY DE LA PACHANGA\\u201d was born in Puerto Rico, but Joe Quijano grew up playing mambo and stickball on Kelly Street in the Bronx, a breeding ground for New York Latin musicians of the era. JOE QUIJANO gives Gilda Mir\\xf3s details of how he started playing and organizing his first orchestra. Also speaking about how the Pachanga dance was created in New York City. The interview was done by phone from Puerto Rico where Joe Quijano lived. There is music in the background.'