Tony Pabón (San Juan, March 6, 1939 - January 21, 2014) was a Puerto Rican-born, New York raised, singer, trumpeter and bandleader influential in the development of Boogaloo.
His Pete's Boogaloo, a tribute to Pete Rodriguez was the first boogaloo played on the radio, His other well known tracks included the mambo "El Capitan", on the album La Protesta.

Tony Pabon Real Name: Jose Antonio Pabón Trumpet player, vocalist, arranger, and composer. Started his career in his teens playing with Latin musicians that some years later became Aces of the Latin music scene such as Eddie Palmieri, Pete Rodriguez "El Conde", Joe Quijano, and many others. His first recording experience came with the orchestra of Pete Rodriguez (2), The King Of Boogaloo, first as "La Magnífica" and later as Pete Rodriguez Y Su Conjunto. This combo recorded in 1966 his song Micaela, a huge hit for The King. When the boogaloo was over, Pabon left Pete Rodriguez and founded his own orchestra La Protesta with some dissatisfied musicians from the orchestras of top Latin artists such as Willie Colón, Ricardo Ray, and Pete Rodriguez himself, and released several LPs in the 1970s. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.