Richard Bean, founder and singer of Northern California band Malo, wrote the song “Suavecito” about a one-sided love affair with a girl in his high school algebra class. “Suavecito” — the title ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Suavecito, by the band Malo, which became a mainstream hit at a time when Latino people were just a small percentage of the US population. The ...

Malo guitarist Jorge Santana, the youngest brother of Carlos Santana and a famed musician in his own right, died Thursday, his family said. He was 68. He recorded the Top 20 song “Suavecito” with Malo ...

Morning Edition's series called One-Hit Wonders / Second-Best Songs focuses on musicians or bands whose careers in the United States are defined by a single monster hit, and explains why their ...

She still doesn’t know. “It came out of this girl in algebra class I had a crush on,” Richard Bean said. “I was in love. Maybe puppy love. I hated algebra.” As a 17-year-old senior at San Francisco’s ...

Malo brings Latin rock, soul and oldies center stage at San Jose’s Music in the Park with hits including “Suavecito” and “Nena.” Formed in the 1970s, the San Francisco-based band was led by Arcelio ...

Imagine having a classic lowrider song written about you, and you don”t even know it? That”s the case for singer Richard Bean”s muse, the nameless girl who inspired Bean”s top-20 hit “Suavecito.” The ...

San Francisco is most often associated with happenings, the Grateful Dead, LSD, the free speech movement, face painting, free love, the Summer of Love, underground newspapers and comics, Janis Joplin ...

To listen to Malo is akin to going back in time. Do I mean that the music sounds old and out of touch? No. Quite the contrary, actually. Malo's music harkens back to the days when true musicianship, ...