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Article: Remembering CHARLIE PALMIERI Part II.
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- Latin Beat Magazine
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- September 1, 1999
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Johnny Pacheco, a New York resident of Dominican descent, became Charlie Palmieri's timbalero. When trumpeter Mario Cora left the band to live in Puerto Rico, Pacheco began playing the lead solos on flute. Before 1958 was over, Palmieri's ten piece orchestra, "La Duboney," began its quest for recognition.
Jack Lewis of United Artists Records realized the commercial potential of this band's appealing sound and persuaded Palmieri to record North-American pop favorites like Mack The Knife, The Gaucho Serenade, and Close Your Eyes, but the tunes Chun-Ko, Bruta Manigua, and Yo Tengo Un Mate, were the ones which became popular throughout Latin New York.
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