JOE BATAAN
Latin Rock/Soul • United States
Jazz music community with review and forums
Joe Bataan (also spelled Bataán) (born November 15, 1942 in Spanish Harlem, New York City) is a Filipino-African American Latin soul musician from New York.
Joe Bataan was born Bataan Nitollano and grew up in the 103rd St. and Lexington Ave. part of East Harlem where he briefly led the Dragons, a local Puerto Rican street gang, before being sent to the Coxsackie Correctional Facility to serve time for a stolen car charge. His father was Filipino and his mother was African American.
Upon his release in 1965, he turned his attention to music and formed his first band, Joe Bataan and the Latin Swingers. Bataan was influenced by two musical styles: the Latin boogaloo and African American doo-wop. Though Bataan was neither the first nor only artist to combine doo-wop-style singing with Latin rhythms, his talent for it drew the attention of Fania Records. After signing with them in 1966, Bataan
read more...
Thanks to snobb for the addition and Matt for the updates
JOE BATAAN Online Videos
No JOE BATAAN online videos available. Search and add one now.
Buy JOE BATAAN music
More places to buy jazz & JOE BATAAN music
JOE BATAAN Discography
JOE BATAAN albums / top albums
0.00 |
0 ratings
Riot!
Latin Rock/Soul
1968
0.00 |
0 ratings
Poor Boy
Latin Rock/Soul
1969
0.00 |
0 ratings
Salsoul
Latin Rock/Soul
1973
JOE BATAAN EPs & splits
JOE BATAAN live albums
JOE BATAAN demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)
JOE BATAAN re-issues & compilations
-20170605053505_140.jpg)
0.00 |
0 ratings
Anthology
Latin Rock/Soul
2006
![]()
JOE BATAAN singles (0)
JOE BATAAN movies (DVD, Blu-Ray or VHS)
JOE BATAAN Reviews
No JOE BATAAN music reviews posted yet.
JOE BATAAN Movies Reviews
No JOE BATAAN movie reviews posted yet.
JOE BATAAN Shouts
Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!