ON THIS DATE (43 YEARS AGO) February 2, 1971 - Santana: Oye Como Va b/w Samba Pa Ti (Columbia 4-45330) 45 single is released in the US. Oye Como Va is a song written by Latin musician Tito Puente in 1963. It was popularized by Santanas rendition on their album Abraxas. It reached #13 on the Billboard Top 100. The song also reached #11 on Billboards Easy Listening survey and #32 on their R&B chart. It was inspired by Israel Cachao Lopezs Chanchullo. The fact that the phrase “Oye como va” is the title of the song and is sung somewhat separately from the phrase “mi ritmo” makes it easy to interpret the meaning as “Hey, how’s it going?” However, the first sentence is actually “Oye como va mi ritmo,” meaning “Listen to how my rhythm goes.” Santanas arrangement is a driving, cranked-up version in a new style of Latin rock (attributed to musicians like Santana), adding electric guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, and a rock drum kit to the instrumentation and dropping Puentes brass section. The electric guitar part takes on Puentes flute melody, and the organ provides accompaniment (with organist Gregg Rolies discretional use of the Leslie effect). There are several guitar solos and an organ solo, all of which are rooted in rock and the blues but also contain licks similar to those of the original arrangement.
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