Decoding "Despacito" : an oral history of Latin music
(2021)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
782.42164/COBO,L

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 782.42164/COBO,L Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021
DESCRIPTION

x, 304 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780593081334, 0593081331, 9780593081334
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"A Vintage books original"--Title page verso

Prologue: Latin music's big moment -- Feliz Navidad (1970) -- Contrabando y traición (1974) -- To all the girls I've loved before (1984) -- Conga (1985) -- El gran varón (1989) -- Burbujas de amor (1990) -- Macarena (1994) -- Amor prohibido (1994) -- La tierra del olvido (1995) -- Suavemente (1998) -- Smooth (1999) -- Livin' la vida loca (1999) -- Whenever, wherever (2001) -- Gasolina (2004) -- Vivir mi vida (2013) -- Bailando (2014) -- Despacito (2017) -- Mi gente (2017) -- Malamente (2018)

A behind the scenes look at some of the biggest Latin hits of the past fifty years with the stories behind the songs told in detail by the artists, executives, producers, and players who created them