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Johnny Pacheco

1935 - 2021

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Juan Pablo Knipping Pacheco (March 25, 1935 – February 15, 2021), known as Johnny Pacheco, was a Dominican musician, arranger, composer, bandleader, and record producer. Born in the Dominican Republic, Pacheco became a leading figure in the New York salsa scene in the 1960s and 1970s as the founder and musical director of Fania Records. Pacheco was one of the leading exponents of pachanga, a blend of Cuban rhythms and Dominican merengue in the late 1950s. He popularized the use of the term "salsa" and established the Fania All-Stars to showcase the leading artists of the genre, which propelled him to worldwide fame and had an important role in the evolution of Latin music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johnny Pacheco is the 1,155th most popular singer (down from 1,013th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Dominican Republic (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Dominican Singer.

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Among singers, Johnny Pacheco ranks 1,155 out of 4,381. Before him are Bill Kaulitz, Melanie Martinez, Shovkat Mammadova, Jean Philippe, Susana Baca, and Caroline Unger. After him are Francesco Tamagno, Rino Gaetano, MØ, Charlotte Perrelli, Alessandro Safina, and Marie Myriam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Johnny Pacheco ranks 297. Before him are Kenneth Mars, Grant Green, Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, Veli Lehtelä, Anne Treisman, and Brian G. Hutton. After him are Victor J. Stenger, Heinz Schneiter, Jiří Čadek, Mario Bellini, Géza Alföldy, and Milkha Singh. Among people deceased in 2021, Johnny Pacheco ranks 334. Before him are Ivo Trumbić, Donald Kagan, Bernard Lown, István Csom, Tomoyasu Asaoka, and Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi. After him are Ronald Pickup, Richard Lewontin, Aydin Ibrahimov, Otar Patsatsia, C. George Boeree, and Casimir Oyé-Mba.

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In Dominican Republic

Among people born in Dominican Republic, Johnny Pacheco ranks 20 out of 51. Before him are Luis Abinader (1967), Salvador Jorge Blanco (1926), Juan Luis Guerra (1957), Hipólito Mejía (1941), Ulises Heureaux (1845), and Antonio Guzmán Fernández (1911). After him are Buenaventura Báez (1812), Horacio Vásquez (1860), Michel Camilo (1954), Sammy Sosa (1968), Manny Ramirez (1972), and Mary Joe Fernández (1971).

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Among SINGERS In Dominican Republic

Among singers born in Dominican Republic, Johnny Pacheco ranks 1. After him are Natti Natasha (1990).

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