We occasionally get requests to recommend Salsa music. Most people have different tastes. We therefore have only copied a few links to music video clips below from You Tube. This is by far not exhaustive. If you would like us to include more links, then please email your links to Barry Gordon. It is worth mentioning that the quality of some "You Tube" music video clips are much lower than the quality of bona fide cds but they are good to get a taste of what to expect. They are sometimes filmed at live events with mobile phone cameras. We recommend that you ask the dj for details of any tracks you particularly like at your salsa club, or to play any requests if he / she has it. At the bottom of this page, we will add a list of popular singers not included in the links below for your reference. Please feel free to search You Tube & see what music you like. Alternatively Facebook users may prefer to listen to any music for free by clicking here.
If you would like to know more about any singer or band etc. on the clips below then we recommend that you follow the links & then click on "more". Alternatively, you may prefer to search the Wikipedia rather than a general search engine if they are well known enough to be listed.
Pop artists Coldplay teamed up with Cuban band Buena Vista Social Club to make this slow salsa song called 'Clocks'.
Africando are from New York & Senegal (Africa) & play salsa classics. This song is called 'Yaye Boy'.
These clips show popular Cuban salsa songs. -
Los Van Van playing the title track to one of their Albums - 'Chapeando',
Los Van Van playing 'El Sol Natural (Timpop con Birdland)',
Carlos Manuel y su Clan playing 'Agua Fria',
Manolito y Su Trabuco (Amaray) playing 'Locos Por Mi Habana',
These clips show New York & Puerto Rican salsa music popular with most salsa dancers. -
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico playing 'La Chinita',
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico playing 'Brujeria',
The Late Celia Cruz playing 'La Vida Es Un Carnaval',
Willie Colón playing 'Idilio',
La India & Eddie Palmieri playing 'Mi Primera Rumba',
Marc Anthony playing 'Ahora Quien',
The Late Héctor Lavoe playing a medley of salsa tunes with Tito Puente.
These are links show salsa which is particularly popular with Colombian style dancers. -
Grupo Galé playing 'Ven A Medellin',
Grupo Galé playing 'A Medley of Songs By El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico',
Joe Arroyo playing 'La Rebelion'.
Mambo is salsa that has been influenced by Latin Jazz. Perry Como's 'Papa Loves Mambo' would not be so popular in a salsa club in London, but it does show how closely Mambo & is linked to Swing music. The following links show music popular with New York Mambo style dancers. -
Tito Puente playing 'Mambo Birdland' Frankie Martinez is featured with the Eddie Torres Dance Company,
Tito Rodriguez playing 'Yo Te Tengo A Ti'.
This link shows Will Smith singing R & B music fused with salsa.
Many Salsa clubs often also play Reggaeton, or the latest craze is to fuse Salsa with Reggaeton creating Salsaton.
This link shows salsa fused with Indian music.
Very often, musicians play several genres of music. E.G. Sting played various versions of 'Fragile', but the salsa version is often played in salsa clubs in London lately. He is much better known for his pop music for many years.
We list below, salsa singers & bands whose recorded music is recommended by BestSalsa. We apologise to any musicians not yet mentioned here. We will be pleased to update this list once we have a recorded sample of salsa music that we like. For example there are some great bands around who mostly play other people's music, but don't have such great music of their own yet. -
| Adalberto Alvarez | Eric Bonet | La Charanga Habanera | Paulito F.G. |
| Adalberto Santiago | Fania All Stars | La India | Pedro Conga |
| Africando | Fatal Mambo | La Sonora Carruseles | Pérez Prado |
| Afro Cuban All Stars | Frankie Negron | La Sonora Ponceña | Pete (El Conde) Rodriguéz |
| Alex Leon | Frankie Ruiz | Larry Harlow | Polo Montañez |
| Alex Wilson Band | Fruco Y Su Tesos | Larry Spencer | Puerto Rican Power |
| Andy Montañez | Gabino Pampini | Latin Brothers | Pupy Santiago |
| Angel Canales | Gilberto Santa Rosa | Lebron Brothers | Ray Barretto |
| Anthony Colon | Giro | Liliana | Ray De La Paz |
| Anthony Cruz | Gloria Estefan | Linda Leida | Ray Pérez |
| Arsenio Rodriguez | Grupo Galé | Los Titanes | Rey Ruiz |
| Barry Rodgers | Grupo Latin Vibe | Los Van Van | Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca |
| Beny Moré | Grupo Niché | Louie Ramírez | Ricardo Rey |
| Bobby Cruz | Guayacan Orquesta | Luis "Perico" Ortiz | Ritmo Alegria |
| Bobby Rodriguez | Hector “Bomberito” Zarzuela | Luisito Carrión | Roberto Roena |
| Bobby Valentin | Héctor Lavoe "El Father" | Machito | Ruben Blades |
| Buena Vista Social Club | Hector Tricoche | Mambo King | Rubén González |
| Cachao | Huey Dunbar | Mamborama | Salsa Picante |
| Cano Estremera | Ibrahim Ferrer | Manolito y Su Trabuco | Sierra Maestra |
| Carlos Manuel y su Clan | Isidro Infante | Manu Dibango | Son Boricua |
| Carlos Olivera | Ismael Miranda | Marc Anthony | Son De Cali |
| Celia Cruz | Ismael Rivera | Marta Sanchez | Sonero Caruseles |
| Charlie Cruz | Isolina Carrillo | Marvin Santiago | Spanish Harlem Orchestra |
| Charlie D'Cali Y Su Salsa | Javier Vasquez | Melcochita | Tambo |
| Charlie Palmieri | Jerry Rivera | Merengada | Tito Cruz |
| Cheb Faudel | Jimmy Bosch | Michael Stuart | Tito Nieves |
| Cheo Feliciano | Jimmy Sabater | Miguel Enriquez | Tito Puente |
| Chichi Peralta | Joe Arroyo | Miguel Yamba Karamba | Tito Rodriguéz |
| Compay Segundo | Joe Bataan | Miles Peña | Tito Rojas |
| Conjunto Sensacion | Johnny Pacheco | Mongo Santamaria | Tommy Olivencia Y Su Orquesta |
| Daniel Santos | Johnny Polanco | Nicky Marrero | Tony Vega |
| Danny Rojo | Johnny Ray | Nino Sagarra | Victor Hugo |
| Dark Latin Groove (D.L.G.) | Johny Colon | N'Klabe Con Papo Luca | Victor Manuelle |
| David Cedeno | Jorge Santana | Orestes Vilato | Wayne Gorbea |
| Domingo Quiñones | José Alberto (El Canario) | Orquesta del Sol | Willie Chirino |
| Eddie Palmieri | Jose Mangual | Orquesta Tabaco Y Ron | Willie Colón |
| Eddie Santiago | Julio Voltio | Oscar De León | Willie Rodríguez |
| Edwin Bonilla | Junior González | Pablo Villanueva | Willie Rosario |
| El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico | Justo Betancourt | Pachito Hechavarria | Yuri Buenaventura |
We reset the counter below to zero on 7th October 2008. -