Willie Bobo was the stage name of William Correa (February 28, 1934 β Septe… Read Full Bio ↴Willie Bobo was the stage name of William Correa (February 28, 1934 β September 15, 1983),[1] a Latin and jazz percussionist of Puerto Rican ancestry.
His youngest son, Eric Bobo (Eric Correa), is a percussionist with crew Cypress Hill. He also performed on the Beastie Boys' 1994 album Ill Communication, as well as doing the 1994 Lollapalooza tour with the group
His grandson William Valen Correa, son of Bobo's first son William Gill Correa, is Co-Founder of the music-based non-profit organization HNDP Los Angeles.
Willie Bobo, who grew up in Spanish Harlem, New York made his name in Latin Jazz in the 1960's and 70's, with the timbales becoming his favoured instrument. He met Mongo Santamaria shortly after his arrival in New York and studied with him while acting as his translator, and later joined Tito Puente for 4 years from the age of 19. During the early 50's the nickname Bobo is said to have been bestowed by the jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams. His first major exposure was when he joined George Shearing's band on the album The Shearing Spell. After leaving Shearing, Cal Tjader asked Bobo and Santamaria to become part of the Cal Tjader Modern Mambo Quintet, who released several albums as the mambo craze reached fever pitch in the late 50's. Reuniting with his mentor Santamaria in 1960, the pair released the album Sabroso! for the Fantasy label. He later formed his own group releasing Do That Thing/Guajira with Tico and Bobo's Beat and Let's Go Bobo for Roulette, without achieving huge penetration.
After the runaway sucess of Tjaders Soul Sauce, in which he was heavily involved, Bobo formed a new band with the backing of the Verve label, releasing Spanish Grease, of which the title track is probably his most well known tune. Highly successful at this attempt, Bobo released a further 7 albums with Verve.
In the late 70's he moved out to Los Angeles, where he worked as a session musician for Carlos Santana among others, as well as being a regular in the band for The Bill Cosby Show. In the late seventies he recorded a couple of albums for Blue Note and Columbia records.
He was married to Alicia. He died on September 15, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA. After a period of ill health, he died at the age of 49, succumbing to cancer.
Alicia, wife of Willie, said: "He wanted to come to New York...he wanted to come home...he once said that a great artist always gets recognized at the end." Willie, the eldest son spoke: "One of my father's memorable words was 'music is an international language, anyone can follow the music."' Eric, the youngest son: "He wanted everyone to be happy, no sorrow...this is how his life was, happy, smiling, to have a good time."
Discography With Cal Tjader
Latino (Fantasy, 1958)
Cal Tjader's Concert by the Sea (Fantasy, 1959)
Cal Tjader's Latin Concert (Fantasy, 1959)
West Side Story (Fantasy, 1960)
Plays Harold Arlen (Fantasy, 1961)
Live and Direct (Fantasy, 1962)
Breeze from the East (Verve, 1964)
Soul Sauce (Verve, 1965
Discography As leader
Do That Thing/Guajira (Tico, 1963)
Bobo's Beat (Roulette, 1964)
Let's Go Bobo! (Roulette, 1964)
Spanish Grease (Verve, 1965)
Uno Dos Tres 1β’2β’3 (Verve, 1966)
Feelin' So Good (Verve, 1967)
Juicy (Verve, 1967)
Bobo Motion (Verve, 1967)
Spanish Blues Band (Verve, 1968)
A New Dimension (Verve, 1968)
Do What You Want to Do (Sussex, 1971)
Tomorrow Is Here (Blue Note, 1977)
Hell Of An Act To Follow (Columbia, 1978)
Bobo (Columbia, 1979)
Lost & Found (Concord Picante, 2006)
Dig My Feeling (Nacional Records 2016)
With Don Wilkerson
Elder Don (Blue Note, 1962)
As sideman
With Nat Adderley
Autobiography (Atlantic, 1965)
With Dorothy Ashby
The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby (Atlantic, 1965)
With Bob Brookmeyer
Trombone Jazz Samba (Verve, 1962)
With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Goin' to the Meeting (Prestige, 1962)
With Miles Davis
Quiet Nights (Columbia, 1964)
Sorcerer (Columbia, 1967)
With Victor Feldman
Latinsville! (Contemporary, 1960)
With JosΓ© Feliciano
Angela (Private Stock, 1976)
With Grant Green
The Latin Bit (Blue Note, 1962)
With Chico Hamilton
Chic Chic Chico (Impulse!, 1965)
El Chico (Impulse!, 1965)
The Further Adventures of El Chico (Impulse!, 1966)
With Slide Hampton
Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton (Atlantic, 1962)
With Herbie Hancock
Inventions and Dimensions (Blue Note, 1964)
With Eddie Harris
Bad Luck Is All I Have (Atlantic, 1975)
With Bobby Hutcherson
Montara (Blue Note, 1975)
With Herbie Mann
Right Now (Atlantic, 1962)
Brazil, Bossa Nova & Blues (United Artists, 1962)
Herbie Mann Live at Newport (Atlantic, 1963)
My Kinda Groove (Atlantic, 1965)
Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965)
Our Mann Flute (Atlantic, 1966)
The Beat Goes On (Atlantic, 1967)
With Les McCann
McCanna (Pacific Jazz, 1964)
Much Les (Atlantic, 1968)
With Gary McFarland
Soft Samba (Verve, 1963)
With Buddy Miles
Chapter VII (Columbia, 1973)
With Wes Montgomery
Movin' Wes (Verve, 1964)
With Oliver Nelson
Skull Session (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
With Dave Pike
Limbo Carnival (New Jazz, 1962)
Manhattan Latin (Decca, 1964)
With Tito Puente
Cuban Carnival (RCA Victor, 1956)
With Ike Quebec
Soul Samba (Blue Note, 1962)
With Terry Reid
River (Atlantic, 1973)
With Dannie Richmond
"In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Impulse!, 1965)
With Charlie Rouse
Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Blue Note, 1963)
With A. K. Salim
Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (Prestige, 1965)
With Mongo Santamaria
Mighty Mongo (Fantasy, 1962)
Viva Mongo! (Fantasy, 1962)
With Doc Severinsen
Rhapsody For Now! (RCA, 1973)
With Sonny Stitt
Stitt Goes Latin (Roost, 1963)
With GΓ‘bor SzabΓ³
Spellbinder (Impulse!, 1966)
With Clark Terry
Mumbles (Mainstream, 1966)
His youngest son, Eric Bobo (Eric Correa), is a percussionist with crew Cypress Hill. He also performed on the Beastie Boys' 1994 album Ill Communication, as well as doing the 1994 Lollapalooza tour with the group
His grandson William Valen Correa, son of Bobo's first son William Gill Correa, is Co-Founder of the music-based non-profit organization HNDP Los Angeles.
Willie Bobo, who grew up in Spanish Harlem, New York made his name in Latin Jazz in the 1960's and 70's, with the timbales becoming his favoured instrument. He met Mongo Santamaria shortly after his arrival in New York and studied with him while acting as his translator, and later joined Tito Puente for 4 years from the age of 19. During the early 50's the nickname Bobo is said to have been bestowed by the jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams. His first major exposure was when he joined George Shearing's band on the album The Shearing Spell. After leaving Shearing, Cal Tjader asked Bobo and Santamaria to become part of the Cal Tjader Modern Mambo Quintet, who released several albums as the mambo craze reached fever pitch in the late 50's. Reuniting with his mentor Santamaria in 1960, the pair released the album Sabroso! for the Fantasy label. He later formed his own group releasing Do That Thing/Guajira with Tico and Bobo's Beat and Let's Go Bobo for Roulette, without achieving huge penetration.
After the runaway sucess of Tjaders Soul Sauce, in which he was heavily involved, Bobo formed a new band with the backing of the Verve label, releasing Spanish Grease, of which the title track is probably his most well known tune. Highly successful at this attempt, Bobo released a further 7 albums with Verve.
In the late 70's he moved out to Los Angeles, where he worked as a session musician for Carlos Santana among others, as well as being a regular in the band for The Bill Cosby Show. In the late seventies he recorded a couple of albums for Blue Note and Columbia records.
He was married to Alicia. He died on September 15, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA. After a period of ill health, he died at the age of 49, succumbing to cancer.
Alicia, wife of Willie, said: "He wanted to come to New York...he wanted to come home...he once said that a great artist always gets recognized at the end." Willie, the eldest son spoke: "One of my father's memorable words was 'music is an international language, anyone can follow the music."' Eric, the youngest son: "He wanted everyone to be happy, no sorrow...this is how his life was, happy, smiling, to have a good time."
Discography With Cal Tjader
Latino (Fantasy, 1958)
Cal Tjader's Concert by the Sea (Fantasy, 1959)
Cal Tjader's Latin Concert (Fantasy, 1959)
West Side Story (Fantasy, 1960)
Plays Harold Arlen (Fantasy, 1961)
Live and Direct (Fantasy, 1962)
Breeze from the East (Verve, 1964)
Soul Sauce (Verve, 1965
Discography As leader
Do That Thing/Guajira (Tico, 1963)
Bobo's Beat (Roulette, 1964)
Let's Go Bobo! (Roulette, 1964)
Spanish Grease (Verve, 1965)
Uno Dos Tres 1β’2β’3 (Verve, 1966)
Feelin' So Good (Verve, 1967)
Juicy (Verve, 1967)
Bobo Motion (Verve, 1967)
Spanish Blues Band (Verve, 1968)
A New Dimension (Verve, 1968)
Do What You Want to Do (Sussex, 1971)
Tomorrow Is Here (Blue Note, 1977)
Hell Of An Act To Follow (Columbia, 1978)
Bobo (Columbia, 1979)
Lost & Found (Concord Picante, 2006)
Dig My Feeling (Nacional Records 2016)
With Don Wilkerson
Elder Don (Blue Note, 1962)
As sideman
With Nat Adderley
Autobiography (Atlantic, 1965)
With Dorothy Ashby
The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby (Atlantic, 1965)
With Bob Brookmeyer
Trombone Jazz Samba (Verve, 1962)
With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Goin' to the Meeting (Prestige, 1962)
With Miles Davis
Quiet Nights (Columbia, 1964)
Sorcerer (Columbia, 1967)
With Victor Feldman
Latinsville! (Contemporary, 1960)
With JosΓ© Feliciano
Angela (Private Stock, 1976)
With Grant Green
The Latin Bit (Blue Note, 1962)
With Chico Hamilton
Chic Chic Chico (Impulse!, 1965)
El Chico (Impulse!, 1965)
The Further Adventures of El Chico (Impulse!, 1966)
With Slide Hampton
Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton (Atlantic, 1962)
With Herbie Hancock
Inventions and Dimensions (Blue Note, 1964)
With Eddie Harris
Bad Luck Is All I Have (Atlantic, 1975)
With Bobby Hutcherson
Montara (Blue Note, 1975)
With Herbie Mann
Right Now (Atlantic, 1962)
Brazil, Bossa Nova & Blues (United Artists, 1962)
Herbie Mann Live at Newport (Atlantic, 1963)
My Kinda Groove (Atlantic, 1965)
Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965)
Our Mann Flute (Atlantic, 1966)
The Beat Goes On (Atlantic, 1967)
With Les McCann
McCanna (Pacific Jazz, 1964)
Much Les (Atlantic, 1968)
With Gary McFarland
Soft Samba (Verve, 1963)
With Buddy Miles
Chapter VII (Columbia, 1973)
With Wes Montgomery
Movin' Wes (Verve, 1964)
With Oliver Nelson
Skull Session (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
With Dave Pike
Limbo Carnival (New Jazz, 1962)
Manhattan Latin (Decca, 1964)
With Tito Puente
Cuban Carnival (RCA Victor, 1956)
With Ike Quebec
Soul Samba (Blue Note, 1962)
With Terry Reid
River (Atlantic, 1973)
With Dannie Richmond
"In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Impulse!, 1965)
With Charlie Rouse
Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Blue Note, 1963)
With A. K. Salim
Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (Prestige, 1965)
With Mongo Santamaria
Mighty Mongo (Fantasy, 1962)
Viva Mongo! (Fantasy, 1962)
With Doc Severinsen
Rhapsody For Now! (RCA, 1973)
With Sonny Stitt
Stitt Goes Latin (Roost, 1963)
With GΓ‘bor SzabΓ³
Spellbinder (Impulse!, 1966)
With Clark Terry
Mumbles (Mainstream, 1966)
Stuff
Willie Bobo Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Stuff' by these artists:
A.M.I. Π‘ΠΎ ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠΌ Π½Π° ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ Ρ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Ρ ΡΠ²Π΅ΠΆΠΈΠΉ ΠΏΠ°ΡΡ Π½ΡΠ»Π΅ΠΉ Π½Π° Π±Π°Π»Π°Π½ΡΠ΅ Π’Π΅Π±Ρ…
Arkh Zeus Days pass and I'm thinking about stuff again But when will…
Bill Wyman Catalogs fillin' up the mailbox Home shopping on the cable b…
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings Catalogs fillin' up the mailbox Home shopping on the cable …
colning Me and Saturn posted on the block, like wassup? Diamonds on…
Diamond Rio Catalogs fillin' up the mailbox Home shopping on the cable b…
Eddie Vedder and Neil Finn Disobey my own decisions, I deserve all your suspicion First…
Evil Not Alone ΠΠ³Π»ΡΠ½ΠΈΡΡ Π²ΠΎΠΊΡΡΠ³, ΠΏΠΎΡΠΌΠΎΡΡΠΈ Π½Π° Π»ΡΠ΄Π΅ΠΉ Π’Π²ΠΎΡ Π»ΠΎΠΌΠΊΠ° Π΄Π»Ρ Π½ΠΈΡ Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅Π³…
Fuzigish I like stuff, you like stuff too Lets get stuffed, it's…
Maggi Pierce And E.J. Don't express the violence Don't express the pain Come on Du…
Medicine Crow Well it's Saturday night, let's spice it up Get naughty by…
MU330 Sure I like your smile And I like to talk awhile But…
Nik Kershaw Hot one, everybody's got one Everybody else but you, Must …
O-lay & Diatonic I am in my finest hour Recently emerged from increasingly su…
PsyNet F48.1 Π‘ΠΎ ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠΌ Π½Π° ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ Ρ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Ρ ΡΠ²Π΅ΠΆΠΈΠΉ ΠΏΠ°ΡΡ Π½ΡΠ»Π΅ΠΉ Π½Π° Π±Π°Π»Π°Π½ΡΠ΅ Π’Π΅Π±Ρ…
Roses Gabor Wasnβt really thinking Just opened my mouth & spoke Now I fe…
Ske Catalogs fillin' up the mailbox Home shopping on the cable b…
Slotface One lumpy couch Three pans with teflon, all scratched up I k…
suno Firty five forty five Days I've been feeling mortified Stuff…
The Bates She is feeling so lonely with this pain in her…
The Chosen Few Par...ley, par...ley Can't get enough of that funky…
V. Jeffrey Smith Drawing of a thin old man Wearing navy blue top hat Standing…
Vic Meyers And His Orchestra There's nothin wrong with me Why are you starin at…
Willie and the Goodsouls Know that place, across town Man went over and closed it…
ΠΡΡΠ° Π‘ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈΡ Andery Toronto Π‘Π»ΡΡΠ½ΠΎ Π·Π°ΠΏΠ°Ρ ΡΡΠ°ΡΠ° ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½Π° ΡΡΠ΄ΠΎΠΌ ΠΠ»Π°Π΄ΡΠΈΠΉ ΠΌΡΡΠΈΡ Π΄Π΅Π½Π΅Π³, ΡΡΠ°Ρ…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Willie Bobo:
Ain I know you wanna leave me, But I refuse to let…
Ain't Too Proud To Beg I know you wanna leave me, But I refuse to let…
Bamba Ba ba bamba Ba ba bamba Ba ba bamba Ba ba bamba Ba ba…
Black Coffee Put another nickel in, in the nickelodeon All I want is…
Dindi Sky, so vast is the sky With far away clouds just…
Dreams World turns black and white Pictures in an empty room Your…
Evil Ways You've got to change your evil ways... baby Before I stop…
Fairytales For Two Softly, like a gentle summerbreeze Youβ²re warm and tease me,…
Fried Neck Bones And Some Home Fries Fried Neckbones and some home fries Fried neckbones and some…
Goin Out Of My Head Well, I think I'm goin' out of my head Yes, I…
I Heard It Through The Grapevine I bet you're wonderin' how I knew 'Bout your plans to…
It It's not unusual to be loved by anyone It's not unusual…
Juicy ΫΩ Ψ§ΨͺΩΨ§ΩΫ Ψ―Ψ§Ψ±Ω ΨͺΩ Ψ―ΩΩ Ω Ϋ Ψ§ΩΨͺΩ ΩΩ Ϋ Ψ―ΩΩΩ ΪΨ΄Ψ§Ω Ψ§Ψ²Ω …
Knock On Wood I don't want to lose the good thing that I've…
La Bamba Ba ba bamba Ba ba bamba Ba ba bamba Ba ba bamba Ba ba…
One I bet you're wonderin' how I knew 'Bout your plans to…
Quieres Volver Quieres volver. estΓ‘s llena de pasiΓ³n Que te pasΓ³? Un nuevo …
Rescue Me Come on baby and rescue me Oh have mercy, I'm gonna…
Spanish Grease Ain't no love Ain't no love Ain't no love Ain't no love …
Spanish Grease (Dorfmeister Con Madrid De Los Austrias Muga Reserve Mix) Ain't no love Ain't no love Ain't no love Ain't no love We'…
Sunny Sunny, yesterday my life was filled with rain Sunny, you smi…
The Look Of Love The look of love Is in your eyes A look your smile…
This Guy's In Love With You You see this girl, this girl's in love with you Yes,…
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