Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez
Born January 31, 1933, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Pedro Juan Rodríguez Ferrer first began playing percussion as a young boy. However, his skills with his voice, and not with his hands, would propel him into the ranks as one of salsa's finest singers. Rodríguez was just a young man when he moved to New York City and bandleader Johnny Pacheco saw him performing in a Bronx bar; the latter soon recruited him for his orchestra. Rodríguez also sang on Swing con el Conjunto Sensacíon, but he returned to Pacheco to record with him for Tres de Cafe y Dos de Azucar and the first-ever release for the fledgling Fania label, Cañonazo (he was also a founding member of the Latin supergroup Fania All-Stars, and performed on a number of their releases). In 1974, under the management of his wife Francis, the singer (who by this time was going by Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez, the royal moniker given to him because of his majestic stage presence) decided to start work as a solo artist. Keeping the Cuban conjunto format he had used with Pacheco, Rodríguez's debut solo album, El Conde, came out that same year to much success. In the next few years he released four more albums, including 1976's Este Negro Si Es Sabroso and 1982's Fiesta con "El Conde". In 1983 he and Pacheco reunited for four more albums, among them was the 1987 Grammy-nominated Salsobita. In the '90s, Rodríguez decided to make the switch to using a full orchestra behind him and released Generaciones in 1993 and Pete y Papo with pianist Papo Lucca in 1996. Four years later, on December 1, 2000, after a career highlighted by performances with some of salsa music's greatest stars, El Conde died of a heart attack in his home in the Bronx.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Este Negro Si es Sabroso
World - Released by Fania on 1 Jan 1976
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Celia, Johnny, And Pete
Johnny Pacheco, Celia Cruz, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez
World - Released by Fania on 31 Dec 1980
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
La Perfecta Combinación
Johnny Pacheco, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez
World - Released by Fania on 1 Jan 1970
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Los Compadres
Johnny Pacheco, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez
World - Released by Fania on 1 Jan 1971
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Pete And Papo
Papo Lucca, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez
World - Released by Fania on 31 Dec 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
De Nuevo Los Compadres
Johnny Pacheco, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez
World - Released by Fania on 1 Jun 1983
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Celebración
Johnny Pacheco, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez
World - Released by Fania on 1 Dec 1989
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jícamo
Johnny Pacheco, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez
World - Released by Fania on 1 Nov 1985
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Salsobita
Johnny Pacheco, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez
World - Released by Fania on 1 Jan 1987
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Volando Bajito
Dance - Released by El Conde Rodriguez Disco on 22 Jun 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
La Perfecta Combinacion
Dance - Released by El Conde Rodriguez Disco on 22 Jun 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
El Conde Remastered
Dance - Released by El Conde Rodriguez Disco on 30 Jun 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Amor Perdido
Dance - Released by El Conde Rodriguez Disco on 29 Jun 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tres de Cafe y Dos de Azucar
Christmas Music - Released by El Conde Rodriguez Disco on 28 Jun 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Swing
Dance - Released by El Conde Rodriguez Disco on 28 Jun 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo