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Quimbara

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Released
  
1974

Genre
  
Salsa

Label
  
Fania

Recorded
  
1974

Length
  
4:51

Writer(s)
  
Junior Cepeda

"Quimbara" is a song performed by Cuban recording artist Celia Cruz and Dominican recording artist Johnny Pacheco. The song was written by Junior Cepeda and released as the lead single from Cruz and Pacheco's joint studio album Celia & Johnny (1974).

Cover versions

In 1997, American salsa group Dark Latin Groove covered the song in a duet with Puerto Rican recording artist Ivy Queen, on their second studio album Swing On. This version of the song peaked at number twenty-five on the Billboard Digital Tropical Songs chart in 2010. American entertainer Jennifer Lopez performed the song live as part the tribute to Cruz during the American Music Awards of 2013. In 2015, Queen again covered the song, in a medley, along with "Bemba Colora", on her ninth studio album, Vendetta.

References

Quimbara Wikipedia