Birthday of the Week: Gloria Estefan
This week’s Birthday of the Week is Gloria Estefan, who turns 65 on Thursday (September 1). To commemorate her milestone, let us know your favorite song by Gloria Estefan and/or Miami Sound Machine....
Tagged: Miami Sound Machine
DEF: Miami Sound Machine “Words Get in the Way”
Miami Sound Machine hit the Top 5 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart four times (with Gloria Estefan adding another three in her solo career). Exactly 35 years ago, the first of those Top 5 hits,...
DEF: Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine “Betcha Say That”
Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine hit the Top 40 with all five songs from their 1987 Let It Loose album that appeared on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with four of those songs hitting the Top...
DEF: Miami Sound Machine “Conga”
Miami Sound Machine hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with all nine songs they placed on the chart. That success started with “Conga,” which was not only the band’s first appearance on...
DEF: Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine “Anything for You”
Miami Sound Machine reached the Top 40 with all nine songs they placed on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, all of which charted between 1985 and 1988. Their biggest hit was their lone number one single,...
DEF: Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine “1-2-3”
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine’s 1987 album Let It Loose produced four Top 10 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1988, the fourth of those hits, “1-2-3,” climbed to a peak...
DEF: Miami Sound Machine “Bad Boy”
Fronted by singer Gloria Estefan, Miami Sound Machine reached the Top 40 with all nine singles they placed on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with all appearing on the chart between 1985 and 1988. On this...
DEF: Gloria Estefan “Don’t Wanna Lose You”
After Havana, Cuba-born singer Gloria Estefan hit the Top 40 with the Miami Sound Machine on all nine singles that the band placed on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, she released a solo album titled Cuts Both Ways...
Anything For You
In October 1985, Miami Sound Machine first hit Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with “Conga,” which would peak in February 1986 at number 10. The band would follow this initial success by hitting the Top 40 with...
