Joe Acosta
Joe Acosta
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About Joe Acosta
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Ten things you may not know about Wikipedia •Jump to: navigation, search Joe Acosta Joe Acosta - 2006 Background information Born October 31, 1950 (1950-10-31) (age 57) Santurce, Puerto Rico Origin New York, New York, United States Genre(s) Salsa Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter Instrument(s) Piano Years active 1969–???? Label(s) Ghetto Website joeacostaband.com Joe Acosta (born October 31, 1950, Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a salsa piano player and one of the pioneers of Latin music in the United States in the early 1970s. Acosta migrated to New York City in 1953 and settled in East Harlem, a neighborhood with many salsa musicians. Acosta started his first band in 1969. During his tenure at MSM he also played with many of the local bands including Johnny Colon's Band (playing both trombone and piano), The TNT Band, The Latinjazzmen, and Joe Bataan. In the early 1970s, Acosta became more successful and recorded his first LP, The Power of Love, on Ghetto Records. Acosta wrote most of the tunes, including the 21 week Billboard Latin Top 10 single "I Need Her." By the end of the 1970s, Acosta and his band had recorded the LP's Asi Soy Yo and Encore and performed in Puerto Rico, Spain, Colombia and Venezuela.
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Joe Acosta — Top 8 songs
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Acosta | Julianna! (1971) | ||
| Joe Acosta | La Bendición! (1971) | ||
| Joe Acosta | Amor Perdido# (1971) | ||
| Joe Acosta | I Need Her! (1971) | ||
| Joe Acosta | Parece Que Le Gusta (1976) | ||
| Joe Acosta | Somos Del Solar! (1976) | ||
| Joe Acosta | Un Infeliz! (1973) | ||
| Joe Acosta | A mi Madre |