Pete Rodriguez (April 16, 1934– March 07, 2024) was an American pianist and bandleader born in

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, New York, to Puerto Rican parents.

Biography

Rodriguez's band, Pete Rodríguez y Su Conjunto, specialized in Latin boogaloo. Their most successful song, " I Like It Like That" (1967), made it to the national ''

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'' charts and has since been covered several times, including by the Blackout All-Stars, for the soundtrack of the 1994 movie '' I Like It Like That''. It received renewed exposure as the soundtrack to the main ident of

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from 1998 to 2003. It featured as the soundtrack of the video game '' Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories,'' on the fictitious Latin music radio station "Radio Espantoso". It, along with "Oh, That's Nice!" (1967), was then

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in the 2018 song " I Like It" recorded by

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, and

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. "I Like It Like That" was also used in film ''

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'' (2014). "Oye Mira" was sampled in the 2021 song "Vielen Dank" recorded by the German hip-hop band

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. It hit the #5 spot on Germany's Offizielle Deutsche Chart on May 28, 2021. Rodriguez died on March 7, 2024, at the age of 89.

Discography

*''At Last!'' (1964) *''The King of The Boogaloo'' (1965) *''Ese Pete Si Está En Algo…!'' (1966) *''I Like It Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Así)'' (1966) *''Latin Boogaloo'' (1966) *''Christmas Boogaloo (Boogaloo Navideño)'' (1967) *''Oh, That's Nice! (Ay, Qué Bueno!)'' (1967) *''Hot & Wild (Yo Vengo Soltando Chispas)'' (1968) *''Latin Soul Man'' (1969) *''Now!'' (1970) *''De Panamá a Nueva York'' (1970) *''Right On! (¡Ahí Na' Ma'!)'' (1971) *''El Rey del Boogaloo!'' (2003)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Pete 1932 births 2024 deaths American bandleaders Musicians from the Bronx Hispanic and Latino American musicians 20th-century American pianists American male pianists 21st-century American pianists American musicians of Puerto Rican descent 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians