Tito Puente
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| Birth name | Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. |
| Born | April 20, 1923 Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | May 31, 2000 (aged 77) New York City, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1946–2000 |
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Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000),[1] commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, timbalero, and record producer. He composed dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz music. He was also known as “El Rey de los Timbales,” or “The King of the Timbales.”
Puente and his music have appeared in films including The Mambo Kings and Fernando Trueba's Calle 54. He guest-starred on television shows, including Sesame Street and The Simpsons's sixth season finale/season seven premiere two-parter "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" as himself (and one of the suspects in Mr. Burns' attempted murder, only to prove that he did not do it because he would rather perform a scathing song about Burns than shoot him).
- ^ Tito Puente biography. BookRags.com. Retrieved October 31, 2012.