Tito Puente

Tito Puente (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000) was an influential Latin jazz and mambo musician. The Puerto Rican native of Spanish Harlem in New York City is often credited as the "El Rey" (the King) of the timbales, and is known for dance-oriented, mambo and latin jazz compositions that helped keep his career going for some fifty years. He has also done some acting, including in the 1992 film The Mambo Kings and a series of guest appearances on the popular 1980s television show The Cosby Show. He also guest starred on The Simpsons where he was a suspect in the murder of Montgomery Burns after Mr. Burns stole the school's oil well which led to the cancellation of the school's music budget.

Also see

• List of famous Puerto Ricans
• La Lupe