Top 10 Salsa Hits of the 1970s

We got real nostalgic here at LatinoLife over lockdown and started listening to all the great salsa tracks that have been produced over the years, from the '70s when Fania exploded onto the scene, thru the '80s and '90s when salsa romantica reigned to the mega stars of the Noughties. We thought we’d bring you our (very personal and subjective) pick of the biggest Latin dancefloor hits of each decade, before bachata and reggaeton took hold. This week we start with the 70s and the golden age of salsa. In fact it was all about to begin….
by Jose Luis Seijas
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'Lloraras' Oscar D’Leon y su Dimension Latina (1975)

'Pedro Navaja' Ruben Blades

'El Nazareno'  ismael Rivera

'El cantante' Hector Lavoe 

'Isla del Encanto' Orchesta Broadway

'Marejada Feliz' Roberto Roena 

'Baila que Baila' Típica 73 

'Anacaona' Cheo Feliciano

'Boranda' Sonora Ponceña 

GUararé Ray Barreto 

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