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Mongo Santamaría

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Aliases
Mongo Santamaria Orchestra
Real name
Ramón Santamaría
Born
April 7, 1922
Died
February 1, 2003
Country
Cuba
IPI
00027548277 1 work
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Cuban rumba quinto master and an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist
Member of
Fania All Stars
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Covers by Mongo Santamaría

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i September 1959 The Cal Tjader Sextet
i 1969 Marvin Gaye
i Ain't Too Proud to Beg Mongo Santamaria 1970 Unverified
i All the Things You Are Mongo Santamaria 1962 Unverified
i 1993 Woody Shaw
i May 1968 Jimmy Reed
i June 1962 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i But It's Alright Mongo Santamaria 1970 Unverified
i 1970 Johnny Rivers
i May 1966 Petula Clark
i June 1962 Freddie Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Elmer Feldkamp
i 1969 The Temptations [US1]
i April 13, 1968 James Brown & The Famous Flames
Sampled by Ultramagnetic MC's
i 1975 Stevie Wonder
i 1993 Ed Thigpen
May 1988 The Beatles
i 1970 Traffic
i 1970 Little Willie John
i 1969 The Beatles with Billy Preston
i May 1968 Booker T. and The MG's
i May 1968 The Young Rascals
i 1970 Lee Michaels
i 1970 Booker T. & The M.G.'s
i 1969 José Feliciano
i 1970 Sam & Dave
i 1970 The Temptations [US1]
i May 1966 The Rolling Stones
i May 1966 Yvonne Fair & James Brown Band
i I Heard It Through the Grapevine Mongo Santamaria 1970 Unverified
i 1970 Iron Butterfly
i May 1968 Wilson Pickett
i May 1966 Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (Wingy Manone), Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra
i I Thank You Mongo Santamaria 1970 Unverified
i 1969 The Isley Brothers
1965 El Jarocho, Ritchie Valens
i 1975 The Eleventh Hour
i 1973 Gato Barbieri
i 1969 Roger Miller [US-OK]
May 1966 Richard Berry and The Pharaohs
i   1969 Diana Ross and The Supremes REL, Syreeta REC
i 1965 Agostinho dos Santos
i Manteca Mongo Santamaria 1977 Unverified
i 1969 Stevie Wonder
i May 1968 The Temptations [US1]
i 1970 The Crystals [US] REL, The Cookies REC, The Drifters [US1]
1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival
i May 1968 Otis Redding
i 1969 Don Covay & The Goodtimers
i May 1966 Jr. Walker & The All Stars
Since You've Been Gone Mongo Santamaria 1970 Unverified
i Sing a Simple Song Mongo Santamaria 1970 Unverified
i April 13, 1968 Otis Redding
October 1987 Sade
i 1969 Dusty Springfield
i 1969 Blood, Sweat & Tears
i 1969 Laura Nyro
  1965 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1970 Cream
i October 1987 Anita Baker
i 1966 The Jazz Crusaders
i 1983 Manhattan Blaze
i The Letter Mongo Santamaria 1971 Unverified
i August 1967 Donovan
i 1969 Jimmy Ruffin, The Temptations [US1]
i 1970 The Miracles
i 1969 Wilson Pickett, Edwin Starr
i   May 1968 The 5th Dimension REL, The Sunshine Company REC
i May 1966 Dionne Warwick
i April 1963 Herbie Hancock
i 1996 Herbie Hancock
i 1975 Trini Lopez
i 1969 Johnnie Taylor
i 1969 Patti Drew
i February 1996 Stevie Wonder