Google is celebrating the life and legacy of revered Tito Puente with an animated Doodle to the tune of "Ran Kan Kan," his first professional track recording. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip.

The legendary Tito Puente did it all: He was a percussionist, a bandleader, a songwriter, and a producer responsible for some of the most renowned mambo, Latin jazz, and salsa classics in music ...

A new Google Doodle was unveiled on Tuesday that celebrates the life of the Latin American entertainer Tito Puente in honour of US Hispanic Heritage Month.. Hispanic Heritage Month – which is ...

Tito Puente's legacy in music was honored with a Google Doodle during Hispanic Heritage Month. Puerto Rican artist Carlos Aponte celebrated the "King of Latin Music" with an animated video Doodle ...

It’s really something special, especially now during Hispanic Heritage Month, to be celebrating the life and legacy of such an amazing pioneering icon like Tito Puente.

Tito Puente was born in New York City to parents from Puerto Rico. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he popularized Latin music in the United States.

Puente Jr. says his father didn’t realize the impact he had on the culture until late in life “Coming from humble beginnings in Spanish Harlem, New York, he was a street musician, really ...

Cuban-American singer La Lupe and "The King of Latin Music" Tito Puente pose for a portrait circa 1960 in New York city, New York. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images La Lupe was electric onstage.

The New Jersey Hall of Fame mistakenly nominated legendary Grammy-winning musician Tito Puente in the 2025 "performing arts and entertainment" category. It was discovered Puente had little ties ...

The Latin American entertainer popularised mambo in the US ...