Wedding Songs

Add Some Passion To Your Wedding With Salsa Music

As tastes vary, all the music genres have nice songs that can be played on a wedding reception. If you are a Latin music lover, perhaps you will appreciate the following suggestions coming from salsa music.




Salsa songs developed from Latin jazz, Cuban son, rumba and mambo and are one of the most popular styles of Latin music. Salsa is characterized by the high use of percussion instruments. Some of the most representative figures of the genre are Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Marc Anthony and India.

One of the most famous Salsa songs was released in 1985 by Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine and is called Conga well-known worldwide. In Spanish language, salsa means sauce. Your wedding guests will be thrilled to include into your wedding playlist a hot moment of salsa dancing, especially if you also practice some choreography in advance.

Here are some of the best salsa songs of all time:

El Cantante by Hector Lavoe

This is a good song from Hector Lavoe’s 1975 debut solo album, La Voz.

Me Voy Pa’Cali by Oscar D’Leon

This is a song by the Venezuelan singer Oscar D’Leon, famous as “El Leon de la Salsa“. It is a track from his 1992 album El Rey de los Soneros.

Ran Kan Kan by Tito Puente

Tito Puente is better known as the “King of the Timbales” and was a complex jazz musician, with a career of more than five decades. Ran Kan Kan is a song released on his 1951 Babarabatiri album.

La Cura by Frankie Ruiz

Frankie Ruiz is a Puerto Rican singer who played an important role in the popularity of salsa music during the ’70s and ’80s. He is considered to be the “Father of Salsa“. Among his greatest hits are: Mirandote, Desnudate Mujer and the above mentioned song, released on his 1985 Solista Pero No Solo.

Indestructible by Ray Barretto

Ray Barretto was member of the Latin salsa group Fania All Stars. Indestructible is the title track from his successful 1973 album. In 1999, Baretto was included into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame.

Y Hubo Alguien by Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony is considered one of the best-selling artists of all time worldwide. This song was included into his 1997 Contra La Corriente album. The song reached no. 1 single on Billboard Hot Latin songs chart and won a Grammy for the Best Tropical Latin Performance.

Che Che Cole by Willie Colon

This salsa song with vocals by Hector Lavoe is considered be music critics to be a masterpiece. It was covered by artists like Victor Manuelle and Tego Calderon.

Un Verano en Nueva York by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico

El Gran Combo is one of the most famous Puerto Rican bands. Their song translated “One Summer in New York” was released on their 1975 album 7.

Quimbara by Celia Cruz

Celia Cruz was a Cuban singer also called the Queen of Salsa. She had a five-decade career during which she won numerous awards and a National Medal of Arts given to her by President Clinton in 1994. Quimbara is a song on her 1974 album titled Celia & Johnny.

Salsa is the spicy rhythm that sends millions of music lovers to the dance floor. Add extra-passion to your wedding reception by a little salsa moment.

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