Charlie Palmieri

Eddie Palmieri’s older brother and pianist just as talented as his younger brother, was born in New York in 1927. He began his musical studies when he was 7 years old and after studying at the Julliard School of Music he became a professional musician at the age of 16. Toward the end of the 40s’ he joined the orchestras of musicians such as Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez and Pupi Campo, before forming the Charanga Duboney in 1958.

In 1969 he suffered a nervous breakdown, from which he recovered to work on the television show "El Mambo de Tito Puente", besides discovering a second career as a historian and as a teacher of Latin Music and History in various New York schools.

In 1983 he suffered a heart attack while returning to New York from Puerto Rico, where he had been living for three years. After his recovery he led various Latin combos until his death in 1988, shortly after his first visit to England.

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