I'm 74 and Italian. Grew up in the tenements of NYC in the 50's and early 60's. I remember this song and others of the era on hot summer nights. No ac. A small window fan. The smell of garbage wafting up from the street. Listening to this and other songs of the times. I remember block parties where Hector Lavoe and others jammed. Italians, blacks, Irish, Polish, Puerto Ricans etc all had a great time. We mostly all got along. Yes, there were gangs and fights but the most of the hard working people and the families got along. You know why? We were all poor. It's always been more about the color green of the dollar then skin color. IMHO it's worse today. Keep rockin and God bless.
Thank you for your story. I believe you - it's FAR worse today. Back then, even during the worst of times - at the time - simple pleasures were the best. I'm 65, raised in Cali - enjoyed the music of the 50s, 60s, 70s - of all flavors. Music was the BEST back then. Yep. I said what I said. :-) Blessings - and keep rockin!
@@newzcutter West side. 93rd street. A block from Riverside drive. The same street that has that little park with the Joan of Arc statue. It was a bad neighborhood when I lived there. It's all gentrified now and looks great. A real shithole when I was a kid. The ball fields look like Yankee stadium now. When I was a kid they were just dirt. We used too clean them up in the summer so we could play ball. Old tires, broken glass, junkie needles all over. Junkies would watch us play until they nodded off. LOL.
It was the same for me when I was young. No divisions among different ethnicities. We all got along and music brought us all closer together. What the hell happened to this world?? Politicians divide us to try to control us.
My Dad Norberto Cruz was his piano player ... And Joe Cuba was my Godfather... Let them R.I.P They are gone but the music lives on ..Forever...BANG BANG.....: )
TheMrXScorpio Thank you , I grew up going with my father "Berto" (NORBERTO CRUZ) and my uncle "Sunny" (JOE CUBA) to the studio's and day time gigs in the summer,from block parties to them jammin in the parks, every now and they'd let me play join in on the cowbell... WOW THE MEMORIES....
You have SERIOUSLY cool relatives! I just discovered this artist, Joe Cuba (and band), as well as the whole bogaloo genre today (somewhat obscure NPR show), and I'm stoked!! Salsa with an African influence - what's not to like?? So I'm taking salsa lessons... (Level 1, and level 1 again, haha. It's hard! (Who knew? Not me...)), and now I know what I'll be practicing to at home (should that happen :))!
+Norberto Cruz how awesome... to me, the driving piano is probably my favorite dynamic of this piece... I am not new to boogaloo but I find I like Pete Rodriquez's Micaela for similar reasons - can you suggest other tunes in this vein I would also enjoy? Thanks again...
Oh my god. I am so honored to "meet" you. I lived in Williamsburg, Bklyn. One the three LPs that got me into latin music was your dad's "Coming At You". To this day I listen to it. Reminds me of my sister teaching me to dance what was back then "Latin Music" which years later became Salsa. It the was Joe Cuba Band and Cal Tjader that got me to love Vibes. Then lo and behold Bang Bang came out. I was 14. Damm you could not go anywhere without hearing El Pito or more so Bang Bang. I got into "salsa" with Comin At You but came of age with Bang Bang. And then came My Man Speedy LP. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You to your father and godfather. I purchased a Yamaha vibes and every day I bang away to El Raton and Bang Band and Quisiera Yo Tener. I am so honored to have met you.
I miss just plain, simple and fun music like this. I think I was about 3 years old when my mom bought this album. We used to play this song over and over.
My dad used to play the congas and teach me to yell out bang bang and beep beep... I was 1 1/2 wow!!! great memories. Still one of the most exciting songs yet.
You know those old songs your parents would tell you about when you were a kid, and you'd look at them like they'd lost their minds? This was one of my mom's favorites...Now that she's gone, a lot of this stuff comes back to mind, and I find it right here on YT. Miss you, Ma, and now I'm digging all this stuff. And R.I.P. and thank you, Joe Cuba...I hope you and your bandmates realized how much this music meant to people across all ages and races...
Born and raised in the BOOGIEDOWN blacks and Puerto Ricans jammed so hard to this, and I say today nothing out nowhere can touch this song, not for debate period bang bang 💯🔥♨️😤🎭😈💋❤️R. I. PARIDISE Mr J CUBA thanks for the memories.
I’m a 64 year old Puerto Rican who grew up in Spanish Harlem. Yes, life in the Barrio wasn’t easy, but I was so blessed to have good parents and at the time a solid family. This tune was one those that brought us all together. It was “a goof tune” that gave us much joy and fond memories to all. “Peace and Love always my people” … Whepa!!!😂🎉❤🇺🇸🇵🇷
The Joe Cuba Sextet, was probably the best group of the 60's. Why? The combination of Nick Jimenez's arrangements, Jimmy sabater's Lyrics and singing, Cheos's singing and presence molded the group into a powerhouse. Joe Cuba was a shrewd bandleader. Vibes player Tommy Berrios was preety good, and Slim Cordero's Bass was Booming. Long live Joe Cuba
I was born in Spanish Harlem in 1950 and heard this song in the 1960s. Love that song and still listen to it. I am 67 years old. The apartment my family I live in was mostly Peruto Ricans. Later, we moved to the Bronx.
My first bass teacher was a man named Carlos Castillo who played with all the big names in Latin music back in the day, Joe Cuba and Machito included. What a fantastic person he was and i'll never forget how much he meant in my development. This music will always have a special place in my heart as it speaks directly to my soul.
stop saying latin rhythms its cuban rhythm give Credit to the people that made salsa and the cha cha cha and other rhythms that all South American countries used to this day.
i grew up in 1960s bushwick brooklyn. these songs were blasting outta every corner bar in the hood back in the days,my pops was a friend of mr joe cuba and introduced me to him once but i had no idea who i was meeting till i was older. wish i knew back then
That song brings me back to my early teens growing up in East Harlem in th Projects on 3rd Ave. Latin Boogaloo when Lydia M taught me how to combine Latin and black dance - "get down party boogaloo". 60's Community centers were open, no gang violence. We Had a Ball!! Joe Bataan, Joe Cuba, Johnnie Colon
My uncle used to play this song alot. It brings back many great childhood memories. I wish he were still here. I've learned so much about culture and music and I would love to hear his thoughts on.
ORIGINAL GROOVE!!! THIS CAME OUT IN 1966 AND ALL THE GUYS IN THE PROJECTS WENT NUTS OVER IT, SO DID I. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH I PASS IT UP ON MY PLAY LIST!!!😗😙😙
Thank you for posting this video. My grandfather is Joe Cuba, he died when I was three and I love his music. My mom, Joe Cuba's daughter has his golden discs in our house and pictures of my grandfather including this art.
Grew up on 136th street Amsterdam Ave and Broadway. Cuban Dominican Puerto Rican black and poor whites. I will always have love for the Latino culture and my childhood and all of the things that influenced me in my life.
Tengo 48, soy venezolana, esta salsa y muchas otras en pleno apogeo internacional de la Fania all stars sonaron en todos los hogares venezolanos de los años 70s, con esta música crecí. 50 Años después varios hogares venezolanos, a pesar de todo, siguen escuchando estas inolvidables melodías. Para mí jamás pasará de moda.
my father moved upstairs in my two family flat at age 79 after splitting up from my Mom. His father was from Poland, a real Polish farmer, and my Dad spoke Polish fluently. While he was living upstairs he would listen to Spanish radio stations and blast this song when it came on. He lived with me about a year and half before moving into a nursing home. I have to laugh every time I hear this. My dad the Pollack cranking up the Cuban music! WTH?
As a teenager growing up in NYC, I can remember walking my white ass through Spanish Harlem in the mid - 60's on the way to Randall's Island. If this song wasn't streaming out of the open windows and crowded basements, it was rising up from the very streets smokey with sweat, tobacco and exotic spices of the caribbean. Everything was alive, everybody was on the streets, all life was poor but happening, all hail Hispanic joy in the rhythmic eternal amen!. Thank you Joe Cuba
Just googled "books by Ray Kaelin". Really disappointed to not find any. Guy took me on an amazing journey to mid-60s Spanish Harlem in just three sentences. If that's not some kick-ass talent right there, I don't know what it.
Whoa!! Memories of learning Salsa with this song in H.S., where there was a saying: "If you can't dance Latin, you can't dance!" Those were the days, my friends. Thanks for posting!!
This song came out when I was a teenager. I first heard it at my friends house where they were all dancing to it. I had never heard any Latin/Hispanic music. So to have Black people loving this was great.
Best song ever growing up in the Bronx , words were easy to remember and it was a catchy song too. Once you heard it it was the tune for the rest of the day” Bang Bang pi pi ah pi pi ah pi pi Bang Bang.”
Wow!!! I remember hearing this when I was about 2 or 3 and singing along. I think that this song probably started my love affair with Latin music. God I love this!!!! Somewhere there is an old reel to reel with me and my little brother singing this. I'm so glad my mother listened to all kinds of music, and passed that love along to me and my brother. When the song restarts, my little brother would say 'another bang bang bang come on'! Good memories!!! So glad you posted this!!!! Thank you :-))
THIS IS INDEED A BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC THAT HAS AND CONTINUES TO TOUCH THE HEARTS OF ANY WHO CAN APPRECIATE LATINO SOUL!!! IN FACT, ANYONE WHO APPRECIATES MUSIC PERIOD!!! HATS OFF TO ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
Joe Cuba hit a sound that is worth Billions in wealth, one of a kind song that many more songs could have been produced from just this masterpiece. Unfortunately not done. This is the best sound combinations in this class of music ever produced. Signed a fan in San Antonio Texas.😀😀😀😀😀
I'm 49 years old, and this is the song that started my love affair with Latin music. I remember hearing this when I was about 4 years old, and I just danced all over the place. I even knew how to roll my tongue! No, I'm not a Latina :-) I guess this song brings out the Latin in us all. Still love it!!!
TO PLEXIS & MARILYN MENDOZA: I'm 59, & a Boricua-Cubana from ... LA County CA of all places. I, too, grew up listening, boogying & boogalooing to this song & ALL OUR GREATS from the 50's/60's.Ive not lived in LA County since Dec, '02 (long story) so not heard any "salsa" since then. After 6-yr hiatus finally got back on the net. If it werent for CZcams I know I'd never hear Bang Bang again, nor any of the other AWESOME GEMS Ive been finding- like EL WATUSI. BB MAKES ME SO HAPPY- i loop it!
Survivor2002: I must be in your mother's age bracket. This song came out in 1966, I was14 years old. We were doing a dance called the PHILLY DOG. I grew up in WATTS in the NICKERSON GARDENS PROJECT, and ain't ashamed to admit it. Those were the days of, I really can't explain it here it would take much too long; and this is long enough. But this song came out at a time during immense social unrest, and brought a sort of ease to our community. But my grandchildren & a couple of my children look at me like you mentioned. This was one of my favorites also. Along with PATA PATA by Miriam Makeba; which is also on YT, I just finished listening to it as well as "GRAZING IN THE GRASS" by HUGH MASEKALA, I hope I spelled that right. These ALL came out that same year. All I can say now is: GROOVY, MAN, GROOVY!!! AND READ AND MEDITATE ON YOUR BIBLE AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN. JOHN 17:3.
YES!!! Those were the days. The Black Panthers were calming down about '67. But there were no gangs like we see today. This is all a part of Bible prophecy: 1Timothy 3:1-5& Jesus's prophecy at Matthew 7:1-47. Very few people are aware that they are living in the last days of mankind's rule over man. The "OUR FATHER" is a request for God's Government to take control of the affairs of our planet home, and make it the paradise that He intended it to be originally. We have only a glimpse of it in the WORDS of ISAIAH 65. Take a READ. And pray that you are there. Acts 24:15. May Jehovah's peace be with you today and ALWAYS!!!
IT WAS BACK DURING THE VIETNAM ERA I WAS ELEVEN AT THE TIME CHI TOWN WE ALSO DID THE PHILLY DOG THOSE WERE SOME VERY GOOD YEARS I WAS REALLY STARTING TO GET MY GROOVE ON
The NEW WORLD government IS nearer than most people even care to know about. They prefer to have things AS they are, BUT when the reality comes to fore they'll have NO choice but to accept IT. EZEKIEL 38:23 "AND THEY WILL HAVE TO KNOW THAT I AM JEHOVAH."
Yes those better days are MY HOPE.I LONG TO SEE AND HEAR THE VOICE OF MY SWEET BEAUTIFUL MOTHER, and MY nephew Jerome. Many others and spiritual friends that were dear to my heart. Gotta stop BEFORE I start to CRY. Rest assured, MY hope is safe, sound and secure!!!😃😊😍
Salsa de verdad mezclada con Boogaloo, yo soy fan del hard rock de los 70 pero en mi casa crecí con esta música, la fania, Héctor, Rubén y muchos más, me recuerda a mi infancia.
felicidades Chinita, que buena cancion del señor Joe Cuba nos acabas de regalar, y con la voz de don Cheo Feliciano, en verdad que te felicito!!! saludos desde Mexico. D.F.
Miss Chinita 41,thanks for posting this 60s classic. I love having cornbread with rice,collard greens(or cabbage),mac and cheese,fried chicken or turkey minus homaws and chitterings.
Brings me good memories of when my parents were together....he was a musician..Timbalero...lots of good times with them! Lots of dancing and music in my home...R.I.P. Dad!!
Wow! I totally forgot about this song! As kids on our block, we would be playing this on one of our parents stereo and running up and down the street sing this! Thanks for posting this! Fun song!
Yes, this was one of my mom's favorites too. My mom passed Aug 2015. I was missing her and since she was a music fiend I wanted to connect that way. I went hunting for some of her old favorities. She use to wear this one out!
I CAN'T STOP listening to it over & over....I LOVE THIS SONG. WOW what memories!!!! NYC and Newark NJ, my childhood. Growing up Puerto Rican in the Tri State area I'd listen to this. I lived in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Newark and these songs were always playing. My poor husband is a white boy from Minnesota and he's like "are you going to stop listening any time now"...hahhaha NO NO NO. I love this music. thanks for he memories.
Today 6/11/23, they danced to this Mega Hit at the Puertorican Day Parade. We played it on our bus on our Senior trip to Rocking Horse Ranch in 1965. Eastern District High School, Williamsburg (Before it was hip.) Brooklyn. WEPA!
My mom and Aunt use to make us dance to this when I was a kid. Im using this in my dj set from now on. Man...they just don't make em like this anymore!!!
1968 was a banner year for latin music in New York City. Of course there was Tito Puente (the King) but there was also Ricardo Ray, Joe Quijano, Eddie Palmieri, Ray Barretto, Johnny Colon, Hector Rivera and the man whose song (Bang, Bang) was guaranteed to get people moving on the dance floor Joe Cuba who gave us other classics like Oh Yeah, El Pito (I'll Never Go Back To Georgia) and To Be With You. Joe Cuba will be missed. R.I.P.
The music of Gilberto Miguel Calderon (Sonny)aka..Joe Cuba was heard all the time during the early 1970's in my house....so much so that I have become a dedicated collector of Afro-Cuban music in all it' manifestations..Timba,Salsa,Songo..etc
classic Cuban jazz. 1966 must have a great year for music. Top drawer tune, only made No.63 in the USA back in November 1966. Deserved to be much bigger.
As a side note the famous “hahh beep beep “ was reused later by no other than eternally beloved Donna Summer (rip) in her mega hit :Bad Girls I met Donna many years ago and she was one of those people who carry an eternally beautiful halo and such a sweet soul! RIP Lady
thank u Chinita, remember this from Brooklyn. I remember the good ol' days, we were kids when this came out...how I remember the house parties...little girl getting her groove on. LOL
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I'm 74 and Italian. Grew up in the tenements of NYC in the 50's and early 60's. I remember this song and others of the era on hot summer nights. No ac. A small window fan. The smell of garbage wafting up from the street. Listening to this and other songs of the times. I remember block parties where Hector Lavoe and others jammed. Italians, blacks, Irish, Polish, Puerto Ricans etc all had a great time. We mostly all got along. Yes, there were gangs and fights but the most of the hard working people and the families got along. You know why? We were all poor. It's always been more about the color green of the dollar then skin color. IMHO it's worse today. Keep rockin and God bless.
Thank you for your story. I believe you - it's FAR worse today. Back then, even during the worst of times - at the time - simple pleasures were the best. I'm 65, raised in Cali - enjoyed the music of the 50s, 60s, 70s - of all flavors. Music was the BEST back then. Yep. I said what I said. :-) Blessings - and keep rockin!
I remember being so happy singing and dancing to this this great song back in my early days in the Farragut Projects of Brooklyn NY ❤️💃🥰💃
Lower East side?
@@newzcutter West side. 93rd street. A block from Riverside drive. The same street that has that little park with the Joan of Arc statue. It was a bad neighborhood when I lived there. It's all gentrified now and looks great. A real shithole when I was a kid. The ball fields look like Yankee stadium now. When I was a kid they were just dirt. We used too clean them up in the summer so we could play ball. Old tires, broken glass, junkie needles all over. Junkies would watch us play until they nodded off. LOL.
It was the same for me when I was young. No divisions among different ethnicities. We all got along and music brought us all closer together. What the hell happened to this world?? Politicians divide us to try to control us.
My Dad Norberto Cruz was his piano player ... And Joe Cuba was my Godfather... Let them R.I.P They are gone but the music lives on ..Forever...BANG BANG.....: )
TheMrXScorpio
Thank you , I grew up going with my father "Berto" (NORBERTO CRUZ) and my uncle "Sunny" (JOE CUBA) to the studio's and day time gigs in the summer,from block parties to them jammin in the parks, every now and they'd let me play join in on the cowbell... WOW THE MEMORIES....
You have SERIOUSLY cool relatives! I just discovered this artist, Joe Cuba (and band), as well as the whole bogaloo genre today (somewhat obscure NPR show), and I'm stoked!! Salsa with an African influence - what's not to like??
So I'm taking salsa lessons... (Level 1, and level 1 again, haha. It's hard! (Who knew? Not me...)), and now I know what I'll be practicing to at home (should that happen :))!
norberto cruz
+Norberto Cruz how awesome... to me, the driving piano is probably my favorite dynamic of this piece... I am not new to boogaloo but I find I like Pete Rodriquez's Micaela for similar reasons - can you suggest other tunes in this vein I would also enjoy? Thanks again...
Oh my god. I am so honored to "meet" you. I lived in Williamsburg, Bklyn. One the three LPs that got me into latin music was your dad's "Coming At You". To this day I listen to it. Reminds me of my sister teaching me to dance what was back then "Latin Music" which years later became Salsa. It the was Joe Cuba Band and Cal Tjader that got me to love Vibes. Then lo and behold Bang Bang came out. I was 14. Damm you could not go anywhere without hearing El Pito or more so Bang Bang. I got into "salsa" with Comin At You but came of age with Bang Bang. And then came My Man Speedy LP. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You to your father and godfather. I purchased a Yamaha vibes and every day I bang away to El Raton and Bang Band and Quisiera Yo Tener. I am so honored to have met you.
I miss just plain, simple and fun music like this. I think I was about 3 years old when my mom bought this album. We used to play this song over and over.
This Is The Best!!!! I Was A Kid When This Came Out!!!! Im Puerterican And Theres nothing Like Latin Jazz And Salsa, Brings back alot of memories!!!!.
My dad used to play the congas and teach me to yell out bang bang and beep beep... I was 1 1/2 wow!!! great memories. Still one of the most exciting songs yet.
You know those old songs your parents would tell you about when you were a kid, and you'd look at them like they'd lost their minds? This was one of my mom's favorites...Now that she's gone, a lot of this stuff comes back to mind, and I find it right here on YT. Miss you, Ma, and now I'm digging all this stuff. And R.I.P. and thank you, Joe Cuba...I hope you and your bandmates realized how much this music meant to people across all ages and races...
Great words. Some music could be lost in time but it remains in the hearts and spirits of us all.
Two great loves of my life. Family and Music. God bless you, man.
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Thank you for these words... made me cry. I feel the same
Born and raised in the BOOGIEDOWN blacks and Puerto Ricans jammed so hard to this, and I say today nothing out nowhere can touch this song, not for debate period bang bang 💯🔥♨️😤🎭😈💋❤️R. I. PARIDISE Mr J CUBA thanks for the memories.
I’m a 64 year old Puerto Rican who grew up in Spanish Harlem. Yes, life in the Barrio wasn’t easy, but I was so blessed to have good parents and at the time a solid family. This tune was one those that brought us all together. It was “a goof tune” that gave us much joy and fond memories to all. “Peace and Love always my people” … Whepa!!!😂🎉❤🇺🇸🇵🇷
The Joe Cuba Sextet, was probably the best group of the 60's. Why? The combination of Nick Jimenez's arrangements, Jimmy sabater's Lyrics and singing, Cheos's singing and presence molded the group into a powerhouse. Joe Cuba was a shrewd bandleader. Vibes player Tommy Berrios was preety good, and Slim Cordero's Bass was Booming. Long live Joe Cuba
I grew up in the 60s & 70s in NYC and the Bronx and the music flowing out the windows on Friday night and Saturdays was Heavenly. This was a classic.
I was born in Spanish Harlem in 1950 and heard this song in the 1960s. Love that song and still listen to it. I am 67 years old. The apartment my family I live in was mostly Peruto Ricans. Later, we moved to the Bronx.
I know your story brother, and this song brings back good memories.
Simply,
Larry😊
Wolf of Wall Street brought me here. I remember when this song cane out. I’m 68 years old now but it never gets old!
My first bass teacher was a man named Carlos Castillo who played with all the big names in Latin music back in the day, Joe Cuba and Machito included. What a fantastic person he was and i'll never forget how much he meant in my development. This music will always have a special place in my heart as it speaks directly to my soul.
This makes my soul happy...the influence of Latin rhythms, where would music be without it? Love it!
I like that!
stop saying latin rhythms its cuban rhythm give Credit to the people that made salsa and the cha cha cha and other rhythms that all South American countries used to this day.
Cubans, Latin...potatoe, potato
Let’s give credit to Africa as well! Show love!
HLAVOEFAN what? bro think of it has making soup, without the black race and the spanish race salsa wouldnt exist.
@@halvil9299 No we invented it stop hating. Salsa is ours lol🤪
i grew up in 1960s bushwick brooklyn. these songs were blasting outta every corner bar in the hood back in the days,my pops was a friend of mr joe cuba and introduced me to him once but i had no idea who i was meeting till i was older. wish i knew back then
I'm Joe Cuba's granddaughter! Thank you for telling your story about meeting my Grandfather.
That song brings me back to my early teens growing up in East Harlem in th Projects on 3rd Ave. Latin Boogaloo when Lydia M taught me how to combine Latin and black dance - "get down party boogaloo". 60's Community centers were open, no gang violence. We Had a Ball!! Joe Bataan, Joe Cuba, Johnnie Colon
Joe Cuba king of Spanish Harlem music...I played it all thru my high school years. Thank you Joe!!
This song reminds me so much of mom RIP... Not only does this song make me smile, it gets me moving! #masterpiece
My uncle used to play this song alot. It brings back many great childhood memories. I wish he were still here. I've learned so much about culture and music and I would love to hear his thoughts on.
Those were the best days if my life growing in NYC where everyone got alone. I to wish I can go back.
ORIGINAL GROOVE!!! THIS CAME OUT IN 1966 AND ALL THE GUYS IN THE PROJECTS WENT NUTS OVER IT, SO DID I. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH I PASS IT UP ON MY PLAY LIST!!!😗😙😙
Thank you for posting this video. My grandfather is Joe Cuba, he died when I was three and I love his music. My mom, Joe Cuba's daughter has his golden discs in our house and pictures of my grandfather including this art.
How cool!!!
Thank you and your family for the most Beautiful music ever composed!!! God Bless You!!!!
Danny phantom,God bless you and your mom..,, your grandfather is having a huge party in heaven.....🙏🏻❤️🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
You are blessed my friend.😇
Bless you!
As REAL as it GETS!!!!!
Joe Cuba was, is. Will ALWAYS BE!!!!!
AMAAAAAAAAAZING.
🤗💙💓💚🤗
Grew up on 136th street Amsterdam Ave and Broadway. Cuban Dominican Puerto Rican black and poor whites. I will always have love for the Latino culture and my childhood and all of the things that influenced me in my life.
Wishin I was a kid again on the streets of San Pedro, CA ... 64 now and thinkin of the good old days. thanks much for the post
How about the streets of Harlem, I'm 67
I say go out and party no matter what age you are! x
paurik08 and the streets of spanish harlem new york city
Evelyn Gilbert El Barrio
Tengo 48, soy venezolana, esta salsa y muchas otras en pleno apogeo internacional de la Fania all stars sonaron en todos los hogares venezolanos de los años 70s, con esta música crecí. 50 Años después varios hogares venezolanos, a pesar de todo, siguen escuchando estas inolvidables melodías. Para mí jamás pasará de moda.
hasta ese momento no se llamaba salsa, lo que tocaban los grupos de esos años era el famoso boogalo
This is timeless...it will ALWAYS sound good!
I’m a Nuyorriqueño born in 1952 and the Joe Cuba Sextet’s music was the soundtrack of my youth.
my father moved upstairs in my two family flat at age 79 after splitting up from my Mom. His father was from Poland, a real Polish farmer, and my Dad spoke Polish fluently. While he was living upstairs he would listen to Spanish radio stations and blast this song when it came on. He lived with me about a year and half before moving into a nursing home. I have to laugh every time I hear this. My dad the Pollack cranking up the Cuban music! WTH?
As a teenager growing up in NYC, I can remember walking my white ass through Spanish Harlem in the mid - 60's on the way to Randall's Island. If this song wasn't streaming out of the open windows and crowded basements, it was rising up from the very streets smokey with sweat, tobacco and exotic spices of the caribbean. Everything was alive, everybody was on the streets, all life was poor but happening, all hail Hispanic joy in the rhythmic eternal amen!. Thank you Joe Cuba
Dude, you should write... I just read your stuff and I was there... and I am way drunk...
I second Daniel
Ray Kaelin sadly that NYC is long gone. City lost its soul a couple decades ago.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Just googled "books by Ray Kaelin". Really disappointed to not find any. Guy took me on an amazing journey to mid-60s Spanish Harlem in just three sentences. If that's not some kick-ass talent right there, I don't know what it.
We love and will miss you Joe...RIP brother. Thanks for the wonderful music.
Love at first hearing of this genius song. This also set the standard for future Cuban music. More of this...more.
Black people growing up in NYC in the 60's know this music. If you couldn't do some Latin dances, you couldn't really dance! Good times.
Whoa!! Memories of learning Salsa with this song in H.S., where there was a saying: "If you can't dance Latin, you can't dance!" Those were the days, my friends. Thanks for posting!!
Estos músicos eran muy buenos, la calidad de la interpretación y la composición es una delicia s los oídos.
This was my late father's favorite song...such good memories 😌 💓
Man, I haven't heard this long version in years, from 1966. Thanks Chinita41.
My Dad partied with these Fabulous Men....Puerto Rican Pride Day 2019!!......Bang Bang
This song came out when I was a teenager. I first heard it at my friends house where they were all dancing to it. I had never heard any Latin/Hispanic music. So to have Black people loving this was great.
It was played and sang all thru our high school in Chicago. We loved it!!!
Best song ever growing up in the Bronx , words were easy to remember and it was a catchy song too. Once you heard it it was the tune for the rest of the day” Bang Bang pi pi ah pi pi ah pi pi Bang Bang.”
Wow!!! I remember hearing this when I was about 2 or 3 and singing along. I think that this song probably started my love affair with Latin music. God I love this!!!! Somewhere there is an old reel to reel with me and my little brother singing this. I'm so glad my mother listened to all kinds of music, and passed that love along to me and my brother. When the song restarts, my little brother would say 'another bang bang bang come on'! Good memories!!! So glad you posted this!!!! Thank you :-))
The Memories. I love this song, growing up,,, The Bronx was happening.. West Side Story..................We had lots of fun..
THIS IS INDEED A BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC THAT HAS AND CONTINUES TO TOUCH THE HEARTS OF ANY WHO CAN APPRECIATE LATINO SOUL!!! IN FACT, ANYONE WHO APPRECIATES MUSIC PERIOD!!! HATS OFF TO ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
Joe Cuba hit a sound that is worth Billions in wealth, one of a kind song that many more songs could have been produced from just this masterpiece. Unfortunately not done. This is the best sound combinations in this class of music ever produced. Signed a fan in San Antonio Texas.😀😀😀😀😀
I'm 77. I heard Bang Bang in 67 in New York. Been a Joe Cuba fan since 1966...To Be With You...by Jimmy Saba.
My father has this on vinyl....brings back good memories...thanks for posting!!
Listened to this so much as a kid!!! So many good memories. Simple times
So did I and you are right my friend "Simple times" and good memories
I was an Irish kid growing up in Harlem, I was called a Paddy, it was all good, love this song brings back memories.
I'm 49 years old, and this is the song that started my love affair with Latin music. I remember hearing this when I was about 4 years old, and I just danced all over the place. I even knew how to roll my tongue! No, I'm not a Latina :-) I guess this song brings out the Latin in us all. Still love it!!!
TO PLEXIS & MARILYN MENDOZA: I'm 59, & a Boricua-Cubana from ... LA County CA of all places. I, too, grew up listening, boogying & boogalooing to this song & ALL OUR GREATS from the 50's/60's.Ive not lived in LA County since Dec, '02 (long story) so not heard any "salsa" since then. After 6-yr hiatus finally got back on the net. If it werent for CZcams I know I'd never hear Bang Bang again, nor any of the other AWESOME GEMS Ive been finding- like EL WATUSI. BB MAKES ME SO HAPPY- i loop it!
Survivor2002: I must be in your mother's age bracket. This song came out in 1966, I was14 years old. We were doing a dance called the PHILLY DOG. I grew up in WATTS in the NICKERSON GARDENS PROJECT, and ain't ashamed to admit it. Those were the days of, I really can't explain it here it would take much too long; and this is long enough. But this song came out at a time during immense social unrest, and brought a sort of ease to our community. But my grandchildren & a couple of my children look at me like you mentioned. This was one of my favorites also. Along with PATA PATA by Miriam Makeba; which is also on YT, I just finished listening to it as well as "GRAZING IN THE GRASS" by HUGH MASEKALA, I hope I spelled that right. These ALL came out that same year. All I can say now is: GROOVY, MAN, GROOVY!!! AND READ AND MEDITATE ON YOUR BIBLE AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN. JOHN 17:3.
YES!!! Those were the days. The Black Panthers were calming down about '67. But there were no gangs like we see today. This is all a part of Bible prophecy: 1Timothy 3:1-5& Jesus's prophecy at Matthew 7:1-47. Very few people are aware that they are living in the last days of mankind's rule over man. The "OUR FATHER" is a request for God's Government to take control of the affairs of our planet home, and make it the paradise that He intended it to be originally. We have only a glimpse of it in the WORDS of ISAIAH 65. Take a READ. And pray that you are there. Acts 24:15. May Jehovah's peace be with you today and ALWAYS!!!
IT WAS BACK DURING THE VIETNAM ERA I WAS ELEVEN AT THE TIME CHI TOWN WE ALSO DID THE PHILLY DOG THOSE WERE SOME VERY GOOD YEARS I WAS REALLY STARTING TO GET MY GROOVE ON
You said quite a bit, but better days are ahead continue to look forward to the new world.
The NEW WORLD government IS nearer than most people even care to know about. They prefer to have things AS they are, BUT when the reality comes to fore they'll have NO choice but to accept IT. EZEKIEL 38:23 "AND THEY WILL HAVE TO KNOW THAT I AM JEHOVAH."
Yes those better days are MY HOPE.I LONG TO SEE AND HEAR THE VOICE OF MY SWEET BEAUTIFUL MOTHER, and MY nephew Jerome. Many others and spiritual friends that were dear to my heart. Gotta stop BEFORE I start to CRY. Rest assured, MY hope is safe, sound and secure!!!😃😊😍
Oh the latino 60's and dance hall clubs!!!
Love this song..I remember it very well from my childhood..we all sat around and sang along, dancing..great beat..great song to this day !!!
Fabulosa, yo era una chiquilla y un hermano lo trajo de USA hasta Vzla... escuchabamos "lo ultilmo" en Bugalu, salsa, todo !
Salsa de verdad mezclada con Boogaloo, yo soy fan del hard rock de los 70 pero en mi casa crecí con esta música, la fania, Héctor, Rubén y muchos más, me recuerda a mi infancia.
Salsa!!!!
Esto no es salsa es un boogaloo
felicidades Chinita, que buena cancion del señor Joe Cuba nos acabas de regalar, y con la voz de don Cheo Feliciano, en verdad que te felicito!!! saludos desde Mexico. D.F.
Miss Chinita 41,thanks for posting this 60s classic. I love having cornbread with rice,collard greens(or cabbage),mac and cheese,fried chicken or turkey minus homaws and chitterings.
Brings me good memories of when my parents were together....he was a musician..Timbalero...lots of good times with them! Lots of dancing and music in my home...R.I.P. Dad!!
Wow! I totally forgot about this song! As kids on our block, we would be playing this on one of our parents stereo and running up and down the street sing this! Thanks for posting this! Fun song!
Awww bee beep
My dad Joe Armstrong is playing the congas on this song
!!!! amazing to see relatives commenting! bless!
Kim, I'm sure you meant "the congas in this song."
I play congas and I really liked the sound that this instrument has in the song
MY DAD GIVE A FUCK..............NOT
@@myfamilyphotographer where is Hector lavoe other son & and just wondering if he sings ...
Se me van los pies solitos a bailar de solo escuchar los primeros compases!. ¡Guau!, que rico.
Yes, this was one of my mom's favorites too. My mom passed Aug 2015. I was missing her and since she was a music fiend I wanted to connect that way. I went hunting for some of her old favorities. She use to wear this one out!
Viva la musica siempre ! ! ! R.I.P. Joe Cuba ! ! !
Esta canción suena a América Latina, a Nueva York, a Cuba, a Panamá, a Colombia, a Puerto Rico y República Dominicana, al Caribe. Woow 😱😍
Venezuela y Colombia bebé 😁😁😁
En qué año salió?
Al centro de Lima y el Callao
1966
En Perú tmbn, saludos
I CAN'T STOP listening to it over & over....I LOVE THIS SONG. WOW what memories!!!! NYC and Newark NJ, my childhood. Growing up Puerto Rican in the Tri State area I'd listen to this. I lived in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Newark and these songs were always playing. My poor husband is a white boy from Minnesota and he's like "are you going to stop listening any time now"...hahhaha NO NO NO. I love this music. thanks for he memories.
Today 6/11/23, they danced to this Mega Hit at the Puertorican Day Parade. We played it on our bus on our Senior trip to Rocking Horse Ranch in 1965. Eastern District High School, Williamsburg (Before it was hip.) Brooklyn. WEPA!
¡Que temazo!, por Dios; un clásico entre clásicos, imposible no ponerse a bailar........................y a gozarla
My mom and Aunt use to make us dance to this when I was a kid. Im using this in my dj set from now on. Man...they just don't make em like this anymore!!!
I heard this so many times when I was growing up,this was before my time(turning 41 this November)but I love it so glad I found it again❤️
I remember hearing this as a young child , having siblings that were teens . Brought back loads of memories.......
Thank you Jon Favreau (CHEF movie) for reminding me of this song!
Yes in 2020 We're still listening! Thank you for sharing.
......and still listening in 2021!!
This is a classic. It can liven up any room. You can't help but move to it. BANG BANG!!!!!!
1968 high school junior ,this was in the radio all the time!!!
UNa canción más chévere de los años 60!@
“Is that your car in the lot? That’s a nice ride. Donnie Azoff”
Chief brought me here ! ty Chief !
If you grew up in any Spanish neighborhood in NYC this was probably played at last once a day
This takes me back, makes me think of my mom back on the day
LOVE IT. Before FM radio, we would listen to Symphony Sid playing the Latin music......bang bang
Mambo, cha cha, pechanga. I remember Symphony Sid very well!
1968 was a banner year for latin music in New York City. Of course there was Tito Puente (the King) but there was also Ricardo Ray, Joe Quijano, Eddie Palmieri,
Ray Barretto, Johnny Colon, Hector Rivera and the man whose song (Bang, Bang) was guaranteed to get people moving on the dance floor Joe Cuba who gave us other classics like Oh Yeah, El Pito (I'll Never Go Back To Georgia) and To Be With You. Joe Cuba will be missed. R.I.P.
11 yo Boom Boxin' it at Orchard Beach. Pissed off parents. Loved it then. Now it brings me to tears when I dance to it.
Great song. Makes you take yourself a little less seriously.
bang bang...excelente...que buena música.. que buen ritmo ... ME ENCANTA.. GRACIAS POR COLGARLO
The music of Gilberto Miguel Calderon (Sonny)aka..Joe Cuba was heard all the time during the early 1970's in my house....so much so that I have become a dedicated collector of Afro-Cuban music in all it' manifestations..Timba,Salsa,Songo..etc
Yes Yes.. We Still Do !!!! Boogie Down Bronx...Live in vegas but When I Go Home ... It's On....Bang bang.....
The Joe Cuba Sextet is Afri-Latin music at it's best
THIS WAS THE SKATING JAM BACK IN THE DAYS .
I agree 100!. Music can be one of the most powerful forces for GOOD. We need to get back to that!!
My parent had this album and I remember them playing it every time they had a party when I was a little kid back in the late 60/70s
Recordar buenos momentos es volver a vivirlos.
Que estupendo, volverlos a oir!!!!
classic Cuban jazz. 1966 must have a great year for music. Top drawer tune, only made No.63 in the USA back in November 1966. Deserved to be much bigger.
Classic. Thank you guys for this beautiful music. You guys are legends!!!
Gracias, chinita41. Cornbread, Hogmaw and Chitilin, cuchi, cuchi cuchi. Comiendo cuchifritos! Memories of New York!
taino20 I hear ya
taino20 .
I loved this song when I was a kid- AH Beep Beep !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beat Beat
Fenomenal y la portada es lo mas representativo de todas las que se ha editado en la historia de la salsa. Es UNICA
Memories of a happy childhood. Yes. We “poor “, but the love shown and received back then is priceless!
#bangbang
#ayeeeeeeee💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾🔥
NYC. Good times!
As a side note the famous “hahh beep beep “ was reused later by no other than eternally beloved Donna Summer (rip) in her mega hit :Bad Girls
I met Donna many years ago and she was one of those people who carry an eternally beautiful halo and such a sweet soul! RIP Lady
I knew heard that some where else. Thanks.
That's the first thing I notice when I first heard this song !
thank u Chinita, remember this from Brooklyn. I remember the good ol' days, we were kids when this came out...how I remember the house parties...little girl getting her groove on. LOL
Haven't heard this in over 40 years! Thank you!