"Quimbara" is a song performed by Cuban recording artist

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and Dominican recording artist Johnny Pacheco. The song written by 20 year old Junior Cepeda from Puerto Rico, was released as the lead single from Cruz and Pacheco's joint studio album '' Celia & Johnny'' (1974).

Cover versions

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performed the song live as part the tribute to Cruz during the

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. Lopez also added the song to the setlist of her Las Vegas residency, All I Have. In 2004,

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, and Arturo Sandoval covered the song on ''¡Azúcar!'', a DVD musical tribute to Celia Cruz. In 2015, Ivy Queen covered the song, in a medley, along with "Bemba Colora", on her ninth studio album, ''

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''. In 2019, Angélique Kidjo covered the song on her album ''Celia''. In 2020, Lizbeth Román covered the song on the album ''Nuestra Isla, Nuestro Encanto.''

Charts

Celia Cruz version

Dark Latin Groove and Ivy Queen version

References

{{Ivy Queen singles 1974 singles 1974 songs Salsa songs Marc Anthony songs Jennifer Lopez songs Ivy Queen songs Celia Cruz songs Songs written by Sergio George Song recordings produced by Sergio George Songs in Spanish