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THE FANIA LABEL Fania Records has often been referred to as the Latin Motown, and for good reason. Just as the soul sounds emanating from Hitsville U.S.A. defined the city of Detroit, the numerous salsa superstars that dominated the Fania roster would help to stir the percolating cauldron that was New York City in the 60's through the early 80's. Founded in NYC in 1964 by the Dominican musician Johnny Pacheco and Italian-American lawyer Jerry Masucci, this unlikely duo proved to be an inspirational match. With their extraordinary list of musical luminaries performing multiple hybrids of salsa, boogaloo, Afro-Cuban jazz and Latin R&B, the dance clubs, street corner concerts and car radio airwaves of Spanish Harlem and the Bronx pulsated in a perpetual groove.  Six 70's Singer-Songwriters
CATALOGUE CATALYST
At EMIMP UK we have a lot of love for our brilliantly
diverse back catalogue. We want to share that love with you, so welcome
to
Catalogue Catalyst, where we regularly focus on artists, both
current and heritage, and some of the fascinating details of their
careers and
releases and, of course, some of their spectacular
songs... The most successful Scandinavian act in the US singles chart ever, Roxette is the Swedish pop-rock act built on the phenomenal pairing of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle, whose homeland has celebrated their images on its postage stamps and whose singular blend of sharp pop mixes synthesised grooves, shameless hooks and power ballads can claim worldwide sales of 75 million copies of its albums and singles. At the start of the Nineties, Roxette were selling out arenas from Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Paris and Rome to Stockholm, Sydney and Los Angeles, while, either together or solo, both have received numerous Swedish Grammis and Rockbjörnen awards.
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