- Johnny Pacheco was a musician, composer, arranger, and bandleader most famous for the charanga musical style in the 1960’s USA.
- He was born on March 25, 1935, in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, and recently died at the age of 85 being admitted to Holy Name Medical Centre, New Jersey.
- He is an engineering graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School who left his job as an engineer because of his low salary.
- He was raised by his father Rafael Azarias Pacheco and hismother Octavia Knipping Rochet in New York City. His birthname Juan Azarías Pacheco Knipping was later shortened to Johny Pacheco.
- He has honored the title ‘The Godfather of Salsa‘ as it was him who popularized Salsa like no other artist in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Over his lifetime, he has been at the receiving end of several awards and titles. Some of them include the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, and Lifetime Achievement Award in the Latin Grammys.
- His musical venture includes Latin Piper, El Maestro, Tema De Pacheco, and many more.
- His filmography includes Our Latin Thing, Mondo New York, Yo Soy La Salsa, and others.
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