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3''Dance Mania, Vol. 1'' is a 1958 album by Music/TitoPuente, widely regarded as his best installment. His band had already achieved fame in the Hispanic community, but this album was his international breakthrough and became the best-selling album of his entire career.
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5It was added to the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry in 2002.
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7!!Tracklist
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9[[AC:Side One]]
10# "El Cayuco" (2:33)
11# "Complicación" (3:18)
12# "3-D Mambo" (2:23)
13# "Llegó Miján" (3:10)
14# "Cuando Te Vea" (4:10)
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16[[AC:Side Two]]
17# "Hong Kong Mambo" (3:42)
18# "Mambo Gozón" (2:44)
19# "Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembé" (3:55)
20# "Varsity Drag" (2:48)
21# "Estoy Siempre Junto a Ti" (3:10)
22# "Agua Limpia Todo" (2:55)
23# "Saca Tu Mujer" (3:02)
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25'''Personnel'''
26* Music/TitoPuente: bandleader, marimba, percussion, timbales, vibraphone
27* Santos Colon: vocals
28* Ray Barretto, Julio Collazo, Ray Rodriguez: percussion
29* Jimmy Frissau, Bernie Glow, George Lopez, Frank Lo Pinto, Gene Rapett: trumpets
30* Rafael Palau, Jerry Sanfino: saxophone
31* Vitín Avíles, Otto Olivar: choir/coro
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33!! ''Trope Mambo''
34* CoverVersion: "Complicación" and "Agua Limpia Todo" are a Francisco Aguabella cover, "3-D Mambo" a Ray Santos cover and "Varsity Drag" is a Lew Brown, Buddy [=DeSylva=] and Ray Henderson cover and "Estoy Siempre Junto A Ti" a Pepe Delgado cover.
35* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: To the point of mania, as the title implies. If you don't shake along to these songs then you don't have a pulse, people!
36* GratuitousEnglish: All tracks are in Spanish, except for "Varsity Drag", a cover of Lew Brown, Buddy [=DeSylva=] and Ray Henderson.
37* HeavyMeta: "3-D Mambo", "Hong Kong Mambo" and "Mambo Gozón" are all mambo songs about mambo.
38* {{Jazz}}: This album is a cornerstone in Latin jazz.
39* OneWordTitle: "Complicación"
40* SexyPackaging: An attractive lady is used on the album cover.
41* SpicyLatina: The woman on the album cover.
42* SpiritualSuccessor: "Dance Mania, Vol. 2" (1961).
43* ThirdIs3D: The third track on this album is called "3-D Mambo".
44* WorldMusic: This is one of the classics in Latino music.

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