There was a time when Fania Records was the most transcendent label in Latin music — hailed as the Motown of salsa. From its meteoric rise in late ’60s New York to its triumphant empire of sound ...

NEW YORK — Hispanic heritage is celebrated every day in East Harlem, where Fania Records started six decades ago. The Latin music label is still spreading the spirit of the neighborhood to the rest of ...

The original recordings of classics were found gathering dust in a warehouse. — -- Lost for decades, the original session tapes for classic Fania Records artists like Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz and ...

The late Johnny Pacheco, shown performing in 1988, said of his Fania All-Stars: "I wanted to have the best orchestra ever." (Frans Schellekens / Getty Images) If the New York salsa scene were its own ...

Fifty years ago, New York City musician Johnny Pacheco and his lawyer friend Jerry Masucci started a small Latin music record label and delivered their first albums to record stores across the city — ...

The Fania sound featuring some of the most renowned salsa singers and musicians in history may have had its heyday in the '70s and '80s, but its legendary catalog of music keeps on giving. Just ask… ...

Maybe it was your uncle with the weird salsa moves, or your older cousin, the one who danced like a man possessed, who told you about their salsa heroes — Mongo Santamaría, Johnny Pacheco, Cali Alemán ...

Fania Records has a singular place in music history, mostly because it practically gave birth to the genre that became known as salsa. The musicians, singers, composers and arrangers who made music ...