Tito Puente

Tito Puente was born on Apr 20, 1923 in USA. Tito Puente's big-screen debut came with Armed and Dangerous directed by Mark L. Lester in 1986, strarring Band Leader. Tito Puente is known for Radio Days directed by Woody Allen, Mike Starr stars as Burglar and Paul Herman as Burglar. Tito Puente has got 8 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Tito Puente achieved is Grammy Awards. The upcoming new movie Tito Puente plays is The Mambo Kings which will be released on Feb 28, 1992.

Ernest "Tito" Anthony Puente was the eldest son of Puerto Rican parents. His mother called him "Ernestito" which means "Little Ernest", which was later shortened to "Tito". His mother saw his musical potential and enrolled him in piano classes. Eventually he attended the Juilliard School of Music from 1945-47 on the GI bill. He would write a piece that would start off as jazz and then add a Latin beat to it. He recorded over 100 albums during his 60 years in the business and won 10 Grammy awards. He often joked that he was profiting off of Santana's hit recording of "Oye Como Va", which he had written. He said, "I get a nice royalty check." He appeared in several films, usually as himself.