In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Google Doodle is paying homage to "The King of Latin Music" Tito Puente with an animated video on Google's homepage. Created by New York-based Puerto Rican ...

With his unmatched prowess on timbales and cheerful pan-Latin rhythms, Tito Puente rewrote the Latin pop playbook for half of the 20th century. Earning the nickname the King of Latin Music, the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — Tito Puente, Jr. is a ...

Tito Puente is an icon in the music game and to pay homage to his contribution to music and the legacy he left behind, Google will be honoring him by having a doodle of him greet users on their search ...

The legendary percussionist was influential in Latin jazz and helped popularize the Cuban dance music of mambo, and Tuesday's Doodle celebrates his long career. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at ...

Tito Puente, the influential Nuyroican musician and entertainer, is being honored in a new animated Google Doodle. The animated doodle highlighting Puente’s musical career, illustrated by New ...

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“Tito Puente was not home a lot,” he recalls. “He did about 300 shows a year.” Puente Jr. didn’t realize just how big a deal his father was in Latin culture, though, until the day the legendary Latin ...

Tito Puente Jr. does more than walk in his father’s shoes — he sings his father’s songs and celebrates his music. Now, Tito Jr. will honor the King of Latin Music’s centennial with a concert at the ...

The latest Google Doodle is a musical tribute to Tito Puente, the songwriter and timbales player responsible for songs like “Oye Cómo Va.” Tito Puente was born in Manhattan on April 20, 1923 as Ernest ...