# Johnny Colon

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{{Short description|American musician}}
thumb|Johnny Colon in El Barrio in Spanish Harlem, NYC
'''Johnny Colon''' is an American [salsa](/source/salsa_music) musician, leader of the Johnny Colon Orchestra and founder of the East Harlem Music School, also known as a major contributor to the [boogaloo](/source/boogaloo) sound of the 1960s.

Colon was born in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) to parents of [Puerto Rican](/source/Puerto_Rico) heritage. He wrote most of the Orchestra's tunes, sings, plays percussion, piano and trombone, and first found success in the world of salsa with his 1967 debut album, ''Boogaloo Blues''.<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r284345|pure_url=yes}} Review of ''Boogaloo Blues''], [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)</ref><ref name=nyt>[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/29/nyregion/coping-saving-the-children-to-a-boom-chicka-beat.html?scp=2&sq=saving%20the%20children,%20to%20a%20boom-chicka%20beat&st=cse Saving the Children, to a Boom-Chicka Beat]. ''[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)'', May 29, 1994.</ref> The record was produced by [George Goldner](/source/George_Goldner) and sold around three million copies worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fania.com/collections/johnny-colon|title=Johnny Colon|website=www.fania.com|access-date=2017-03-16|archive-date=2017-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316205547/http://www.fania.com/collections/johnny-colon|url-status=dead}}</ref> He released five albums over the period 1967-72, and in 1968 founded the [East Harlem Music School](/source/East_Harlem_Music_School).<ref name=nyt/> His 2008 album "Keeping It Real" features the American pop songbook.

==Discography==
*''Boogaloo Blues'' ([Cotique Records](/source/Cotique_Records), 1967)
*''Boogaloo '67'' (Cotique, 1967)
*''Move Over'' (Cotique, 1968)
*''Portrait of Johnny'' (Cotique, 1971)
*''Hot! Hot! Hot! (Caliente de Vicio)'' (Cotique, 1972)
*''Tierra Va a Temblar'' (Cotique, 1975)
*''Johnny Colon's Disco Hits: Soul & Latin'' (Cotique, 1976)
*''Keeping It Real'' (2008)

==References==
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Category:Musicians from New York (state)
Category:American male trombonists
Category:American people of Puerto Rican descent
Category:Living people
Category:1942 births
Category:21st-century trombonists
Category:21st-century American male musicians

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