boogaloo

ˈbuːɡəˌluː

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#1·1d ago

A style of dance to this music, popular in the 1960s.

Fania did not begin as a boogaloo label but it was also quick to sign new, previously unheralded talent, including Bobby Valentin, George Guzman, Monguito Santamaria, Joe Bataan and the teenage Willie Colon.

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#2·1d ago

(music genre, uncountable) A genre of music that blends rhythm and blues and soul music with Cuban-style rhythms, originating in the United States in the 1960s.

Most hip Gothamites now trying to get rhythmic understanding between arms, legs and sacroiliac in order to get in on the Boogaloo dance craze.

Origin: Attested as a style of dance since at least January 1966 (and found in the titles of many songs around that time), perhaps from boogie (for the ending, compare crackaloo, hullabaloo). (Compare , the Spanish name for the style of music and dance.) Kent Harris used the stage name "Boogaloo" in the 1950s. Compare the sense "black person" to boogalee, a term for a Cajun, attested since 1960 or earlier. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·1d ago

(music, countable) A piece of music, or an instance of dancing, in or of this style.

Basie played boogie-woogie, and Ellington boleros and boogaloos. To see the Marsalis faction rap a standard or breakdance before the blues would bring them full-circle, in full embrace,

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