Pete el conde rodriguez biography of albert

Puerto Rican musician

Not to be confused with Pete Rodriguez (boogaloo musician).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Ferrer.

Musical artist

Pedro Juan Rodríguez Ferrer (31 January – 1 December ),^[2] better known as Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez, was a salsa singer born in Barrio Cantera,^[3]Ponce, Puerto Rico.^[4] His son, also named Pete Rodriguez, is also a salsa and jazz musician.^[5] His daughter, Cita Rodriguez, is also an accomplished salsa singer.

Early career

Rodríguez was a percussionist who started playing bongos at the age of five in his father's quartet El Conjunto Gondolero.^[6] After his father's death, at age 12 he moved to The Bronx, New York, during the s.^[4] He graduated from Patrick Henry High School and from The New York School of Printing.^[7] He worked as a printer howeve