One of the most important figures of the salsa and Latin music. Pacheco, born in 1935 in the Dominican Republic but raised in New York, was the inventor of the term "salsa". As boss of Fania Records, he made out this music known Hispanic ghettos of the US Even as an artist (band leader, vocalist) Pacheco made his name. His album Celia & Johnny (1974, together with Celia Cruz) is still regarded as
… one of the commercial and artistic highlights in the history of salsa.more
