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Original article by Al Smith. Instead, it was danced in a big circle with much more complex footwork instead of the body motions you may see in Merengue today.Bachata Music Videos. The video ' The Best of Bachata - Latin Music Passion Latin ' has been published on July 19 2018.Just like Samba, Merengue was not originally a partner dance. The video ' Bachata Beats/Instrumental 2 Vendido/Sold ' has been published on April 12 2016. More info >The video ' Bachata Mix 2020 The Best of Bachata 2020 by OSOCITY ' has been published on November 18 2020.

They streamlined the rhythms to make them more appealing to the general market and gave the genre the iconic name, Salsa.Just like Swing and Bolero, Salsa varied depending on the specific sound in the music of each region. They brought back colorful stories that drew many American jazz musicians to travel to Cuba and learn the music so they could incorporate it in their own performances.The intoxicating sounds of this new music were recorded and sold by Fania Records. American soldiers on active duty during the war in Cuba in 1898 were the first to discover the style’s infectious music and moves. These elements were combined together in Cuba in the late 1800s, and it spread like wildfire.

They brought this new music and dance with them, and it quickly gained popularity especially in the Northeast. Most of the Dominican Republic still considered this style to be inferior.Finally, Bachata got the break it needed in the 1980s and ‘90s when the US saw an influx of Dominican immigrants. The first popular Bachata songs were recorded in the early 1960s, soon after Trujillo’s death. Although he pushed Merengue dancing and music to become more popular, he rejected Bachata, so much so that he claimed the style to be a low-class form of art and went out of his way to censor much of the music.