Ray Barretto - El Watusi 7" 45 DJ K-Tel

[59cadcoupe]

A bario classic !!!

[rosamart11]

Rey te extraño bien duroel mundo deverda es mas gris sin ti y tu musics.....te quiero mucho ~ rosita ......PS saludame a Hector y puchi ....que descanses en Paxil Que sea eternal.. :*

[mrcrumplebottom]

easy deasy great

[MrKQgamingz]

Wow this is sick. MORE

[DJHENRYPAUL1]

Classic Forever and ever!

[fpro19]

9 - Comment on Youtube is my favorite transgression (Oscar Wilde). LoL

[basarabiei123]

11 - I think i? just exploded from the amount of cuteness in this video!

[blackmusic9ktf]

A CORRER QUE YA LLEGO E WATUSI!

[cabj51kalethista]

excelente!!

[jahman209]

YA LLEGO WATUSI!!!

[RealRockandRoll]

I first heard this track in the bar scene in the movie "Carlito's Way" I had to look this bad boy up!

[jeffreyad1]

Blabh, Blabh Blabh Blabh........

[merseymained]

@silverscreenname- that's very knowledgeable of you. Ray, along with Joe, bossed the latin sound back then.

[Harleesco]

When I listen to this, it really makes me miss Ray. In the short time that I got to know Ray, I really developed a stronger appreciation for not only Latin jazz, but jazz in general, which was his passion right up until his final days.

I could listen to him tell stories for hours!! The world is truly minus one great musician, and above all, human being! Rest in peace, Raymond!

[venusvainglorious]

this one oozes ' SABOR'

[allbuttssoldout]

There wasn't a Puerto Rican party that didn't play this song back then. I always remember my Aunt Cruzie tearing up the carpet when this played at full speed. It's true people blame NYRicans for trashing up NYC, this song is partly to blame. LOL

[dale5224]

i love this song. Does anybody know who made the record DELORES, and LA CASA around the time EL WATUSI came out? PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU.

[silverscreenname]

I think this predates boogaloo and is part of the charanga craze that swept latin NYC in the early 60s.

[marexvr]

Mas grande que yo no hay ninguno!!! haha

[superwilito]

salsa suave pero duraaa, pesada como el rock.

salsa dura para los conocedores. saludos desde Bogotá.

[Etherdave]

Fabulous posting! Ray Baretto is The Man!

[smartypantsnancy]

Love it love it reminds me of livng in South Beach in 92 and the cuban music ..I had a great time :) x

[johnyboy006]

I always listen to Ray Barretto on my ipod when I exercise, keeps me moving

[IanHunedoara8]

!~todas las palabras- por favor!

[thegmantube]

Carlito's Way, remember?????

[thegmantube]

Carlito's way, remember?????

[superstrut75]

Carlitos Way in the bar near the start... way down in the bottom man !!

[suzycreamcheesez]

been looking for this forever! thanks

[MALTOMEEGE]

R I P BARRETTO....WHEN I LIVED IN THE BRONX IN THE EARLY 80'S I WOULD GO TO A CLUB IN MID TOWN MANHATTEN AND LISTEN TO RAY..COULD'NT UNDERSTAND SPANISH BUT THE PEOPLE I WAS WITH MADE ME FORGET ABOUT THAT.ALL I REMEMBER WERE THE WONDERFUL TIMES..THANKS FOR POSTIN....

[modwolf63]

it's in my record box ....

[IanHunedoara8]

El Watusi- meanest dude in Havana!

[PetranGavrosForever]

Ray Barretto's first great hit and an original boogaloo masterpiece ...

[titandgrbl]

Really nice way to do the clip, I used to love watching the disc spin -

[severstreet34]

Boricua!!

[democracymontano]

El hombre mas guapo de Havana...todos me tienen miedo...NOS fajamos W

atusi!?

[oneachuck]

One that got away! Sooo nice to hear again!!

[keithricard]

Excellent. Et la scène du billard dans Carlito's way vaut le détour. Avec Al Pacino.

[jaranibarq]

7 pies grande y feo

[chevyvanfamily]

that was mi older brothers nick name in the early 60"s , watusi is 7'0" 179 and he claims to be the handsomest , tallest in la habana.and everybody in the world is afraid of him, if they don't flee away,, they run away from him,

[Libertad72]

This Mexican loves this Jam too! Viva PR!

[musikfanat]

Great, great, great!!! Fantastico!!!

A big hit!!!

Ray Baretto and the Fania All Stars were the greatest!!!!

[felicam2001]

Que buen ritmo!!!!!

[bacala777]

TURN IT UP MAN, I LOVE THIS SONG!

[boxingin]

LMAO!!

That's the first time I ever heard this song and fell in love wit it.

[yossarianbooms]

@bacala777 LOL Great film, great tune.

[TheRealWILLNER]

KILLER!!!

Thanks for posting this.

Savor!

[pgh45rpms]

I remember wanting this record in the mid-60's, a few years after it came out, but I couldn't track it down. So I wrote to Roulette Records for particulars on ordering a copy directly from them.

Surprise! Roulette sent me a copy throught the mail --- at no charge. (A belated public thank you to a generous record company.)

[jamjamsterjiggidyjay]

nice upload!

[oysterjoe]

This cut was top ten in the San Francisco area when it first came out---dare I say back when spanish wasn't as prevalent as it is in California today.

What the hell are these two hombres saying to each other?

[ronetteloverz]

Lyrics too long too post here. Go to allyrics(dot)net

and you'll find it there.

[hawkman672]

true i am mexican watusi mean big feet it african language this song is puerto rican song that came from brooklyn year from ray barreto correct if i am right or wrong i am not puerto rican but mexican from california but i love this song i heard before

[omen74]

i'm Mexican too & this song is bang'n. i really digg it.

[ronetteloverz]

My Puerto Rican wife translated it from the words on allyrics.

Too long to be exact, but roughly as follows:

A few guys are in a room and in walks a tall man, 6'1" and

160 lbs. They call him watusi and challenge him saying that they are not afraid of him. This theme goes on for the remainder of the song.

Go to allyrics(dot)net for the complete lyrics in

spanish.

[boxingin]

It's about a guy that's 7'0" feet tall weighs 179 lbs and hes a Mulatto (half black half white) he's very ugly a big bad bully and

Everyone is afraid of him. That is except for one man (the main voice in the song) who keeps telling the other to fight Watusi any way he can. He even tells him at the end of the song to pull out a machete if he has to but not to back down to Watusi. Also during the song Watusi shows up and the one man doesn't scatter. He stands up to Watusi and his rhetoric.

[soukous70]

Haha,great translation! The Watutsi people are traditionally very tall,so to call a very tall,tough bully a 'watusi' is very humourous! This is classic 60's bugalu,just like 'bantu'!

[boxingin]

Read what I wrote.

[ronetteloverz]

Mi esposa mi pega, todas las dias, con muchas cosas.

[beatlechik19]

ahha ahha !! muy bueno el watusi!... :D

[roge69charger]

This was played in parties alot where I grew up back in the early 60's NYC, LES. Great!

[suzycreamcheesez]

Thank you so much...thought maybe I was crazy...been looking for this forever!

[Dave195312]

aaaah! great to hear.. this was a great "hit" in most circles in Australia. Didn't chart here and it wasn't played much on the radio but everyone had the 45 and it was played in clubs and dance halls and at every party i went to in 1967 this was pumping!! Anyone got Raqy Baretto's follow up single, "Candy Girl"???

[ronetteloverz]

It was recorded in 1961. Popular in NYC area. Nobody seems

to have heard of it here in San Diego. Not surprising though.

Brings back summer memories down the Jersey shore.

[warriorfire56]

el watusi

[76cuzcatleco]

good ass fuckin shit!!! rakata!!!!!

[milesmedina618]

..vamos fajarnos. nos fajamas watusi. nos bebemos la sangre aqui ahora mismo. que es lo que pasa ? ..

[tejanoenamorao]

this song is one of the first oldie but goodies songs that got me hooked on those oldies but goodies! try to find a hot mama that will dance to this song with you and you scored! bla -bla - bla!!!!!!!

[NaitchyBhoy]

Carlitos Way :)

[AnthonysDen]

Even if you can't understand a single word being said(I know I can't!),it doesn't deter the enjoyment you get when hearing this fun tune from 1967 by Ray Barretto!

[9ronyo]

This xlnt version has the "Bla, bla, bla, bla..." at the end!!!!! That's how I remembered this song, and it was always my favorite part of the song. There are several other versions of this song with the last part missing.

Does anyone know where to get the complete track?

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[djaural]

on 45 ?

[9ronyo]

No, I'm sure that the ending is not missing on any original 45rpm single and probably not on any original 33 1/3rd vinyl LP either.

But apparently at some point when re-issues were produced some creative studio engineer arbitrarily decided to fade out the last part of the recording on that particular cut.

I'd still like to know if there's any re-issue available on CD that has the complete track but I'm beginning to doubt it.

[SONNY887]

Reminds me as a kid back in the Bronx!

[nymodette]

You better believe it! Still miss those summers at Shorehaven, taking the bus with the transistor radio glued to my ear.

[tea5cup]

super

[EdgardosGirl81204]

hey dakotajim-At the Party-Hector Rivera,Baby I'm a Want you-Ralfi Pagan,Tierra-Together,Cannibal­&Headhunters-land of 100 dances

should i go on?

[vince065us]

This song was a regional hit when it was released.

[MrWeedMan88]

ONE OF THE BEST SONG'S

[6motion6]

I have the original 45 of this bought when I was 11 years old. It definitely stands the test of time. I heard it on WLS radio in Chicago-a powerhouse top 40 station back in the days when top 40 was much better and more diverse than today

[quiquefont]

great song! cheers! (the spelling of Ray's last name is Barreto not Bareto)

[gmkell59]

Great Song, bought it new in Bakersfield Ca and had bought Watermelon Man by Mongo Santamaria just a few weeks earlier, Thanks for listing it, Cheers!

[dakotajim11378]

Hey gmkell59

You just mentioned two of the greatest Latin crossover hits in the pop charts of the rock 'n roll era. You would have to include Joe Cuba's "Bang Bang," Willie Colon's "LSD," Perez Prados "Patricia," Santana's hits, and I would include War even though their songs were sung totally in English but you knew who they were. Oh yea, The Sandpipers "Guantanamera," Ritchie Valens "La Bamba," & Mocedades "Eres Tu." Did I leave anyone out? You tell me or anybody else out there listening in!!

[rodreyesav]

What a classic. This was a huge "crossover" hit in the early sixties, before there were fifty different stations to play the same ten records. Back then, you had the one big station that played EVERYTHING. Sweet!!

[Shooter1001]

50 stations, 10 cuts,all coming out of the same apt building in el Bronx in August!

[romancitoG]

this song is so happily latino.

[omarbravo17]

este numero en colombia fue graaande y todos los negros andaban con afro y zapatos blancos y en todas las rumbas sonaba este tema y se alborotaba to'el mundo...ja ja.

[krazeykriss]

Spring 1963. This came out just a few weeks after Mongo Santamaria's "Watermelon Man", giving the pop chart two early surprising salsa-flavored crossover hits at the same time. It peaked at #17 nationally, but did much better in New York, as you'd expect, reaching #2 on WMCA & #3 on WABC.

[technomorph]

thanks for the info. It's been really wierd...Mongo Santamaria has been popping up all over my radar recently!!!!

[jonibaloney2003]

OMG! I did a professional mambo number to this song in 1982,at a Dance Showcase in Sioux City, IA, with another dance teacher, Louis LeMere (of blessed memory), when we worked at the Omaha Arthur Murray Dance studio!!! I hadn't heard this in over 25 years! Thanks, DJ K-Tell!!!

[technomorph]

thanks for your wonderful story!

[jonibaloney2003]

You are welcome! I was so tripped out and nostalgic that I am re-creating parts of the routine for another student of mine now 26 years later. Of course, I won't be as young or as skinny, but if I can post it to youtube I will under Ray Baretto:ProAm Mambo routine. I am NOT tech savvy enough to do this alone so I will need assistance!

[boxersmum]

this tune was a big chart climber on the american top 40 back in about 1962.

[fenwayphil]

This song is incredibly catchy as hell!!