Cha-cha recommendations!

[mellody43]

Hey everyone! Haven't been here in a while ...

Wondering if you can recommend some hot cha-chas for me.

Gracias!
Melissa

 

[borikensalsero]

Hello Hello Hello... You've been missed!!!!

OK, this hits home because I hated cha cha's when I first started, but years later and a new outlook on dancing... I love them, a whole lot. If a night goes by without a cha cha, I'll go home sad, very very sad...
Note: I include Son, Son Montunos, and Guajiras here as well as Cha Chas...

- Pan Sobao - Charlie Palmieri
- Mi Nena - Los Flamboyan
- Amanecer - Mongo Santamaria - Tear my heart out and put it on a platter because my body will stay alive just by the beat of this song pumping blood through it... Can't tell you why I love it, but I simply absolutely do! Can a violin truly sound that beautiful?
- Besame Mama - Mongo Santamaria
- Sofrito - Mongo Santamaria
- Cocinando - Ray Barretto
- Ahora Si - Ray Barretto
- Cucarachita Cucarachon - Roberto Roena
- Sabor Sabor - Wayne Gorbea
- Siempre Sere Guajiro - Saoco (Henry Fiol)

=)

 

[Spitfire]

In These Shoes by Kirsty MacColl. A rather funny song with a good cha cha beat.

 

[delamusica]

Pink - Get this party started. Not traditional, but it's a great cha cha!

 

[Phil Owl]

Some cool non-Latin cha-cha ideas:

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - The Sinister Minister
Swing Out Sister - Twilight World
The O'Jays - 992 Arguments, Backstabbers

 

[MacMoto]

I've mentioned these in other cha-cha threads before but I'll repeat anyway.

Y Yo Va Pa' Shenzhen - Orquesta La Palabra
Escucha El Ritmo - The Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Oye Como Va - Numerous versions, take your pick.

 

[mellody43]

Hello Hello Hello... You've been missed!!!!

=)

Hey Boriken! =)

Thanks for the suggestions -- you, and everyone!

I do occasionally hear great tunes like Oye Como Va and cha cha around my living room to them. hehe. I love unconventional tunes for salsa/merengue/chacha!

I had a great chacha the other night with my female friend who teaches Latin dance -- nobody else was dancing yet (First song of night) and we were able to move around the whole floor!

 

[Chino1]

I like to dance with music : La Boa, Todo Todo Todo, Hay Maria, Asi fue.

 

[Sabor]

almost any song can be danced on with Cha^3 .. i like dancing it on songs by Santana especially..

there are quite a few tunes that i like but i dont remeber names.. but i can remeber one of them and thats ''El Raton" by Cheo Feliciano..

 

[MacMoto]

almost any song can be danced on with Cha^3

Waltz music may be a bit problematic, I think :roll:. But you are right -- I think I say "you can-cha to this!" at least once every week while listening to chart stuff on radio or piped music in shops/supermarkets.

 

[salsero-in-apprenticeship]

Maybe one or two recommendations of spanish chacha songs? That was the thread Ive been searching for.

Can somebody recommend some chacha instructional videos or DVDs?

 

[Sagitta]

For cha cha cha--- California - song by Grupo Niche from their Imaginacion CD

Then there is Amor Traicionero by Orquesta Guayacan.

"Oye Como Va" by Tito Puente

Orquesta Aragon -- though their cha cha chas are on the slow side....

For instructional videos one that I have is Shut Up and Dance Night Club Cha cha by Josie Neglia and Peta Sidall. It has one simple move that I use that gets everyone. When one does the New yorker instead of doing only one rock step I do two. This way I do, triple step, rock step, rock step, triple step, rock step rock step and with the third cha cha cha I am back on with the music. It works really well.

 

[peachexploration]

Some good Cha-Cha clips here: Music Directory

 

[SalsaWinnipeg]

In These Shoes by Kirsty MacColl. A rather funny song with a good cha cha beat.

I love that song!!! Very cool lyrics
I've got tonns of ballroom Cha-Chas at home, some of them are very nice, I'll look through my list of favorites and post 'em here later tonigh.

 

[peachexploration]

SW, could you also post them here :arrow: Music Directory