Person
Mongo Santamaría
Acting · 1917–2003 · Havana, Cuba
Biography
Ramón 'Mongo' Santamaría Rodríguez was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, he was a leading figure in the pachanga and boogaloo dance crazes of the 1960s.
Known for

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self - Performer (archive footage)

Salsa
1976

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
- 2021Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New YorkSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Self - Performer (archive footage)
- 1976Salsa
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