Bugalú (Bugaloo)

Bugalú (Bugaloo) Originating among young musicians in the 1960s in New York City, bugalú or bugaloo became popular after the 1966 closing of the Palladium Ballroom, where big band mambo, cha-cha-cha, and pachanga had reigned supreme during the 1950s and early 1960s. In the New York City barrios, blacks and Latinos were listening to the rhythm and blues of Smokey Robinson, to doo-wop artists like Little Anthony and the Imperials, and to the Beatles. As rock ‘n’ roll and pop music imports took…