This year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Suavecito, by the band Malo, which became a mainstream hit at a time when Latino people were just a small percentage of the US population. The ...

Little about the first few moments of “Suavecito” suggests that it's a cultural touchstone: The electric guitar drizzles watery chords over a basic conga rhythm, a trombone moans somberly, a chorus of ...

Imagine having a classic lowrider song written about you, and you don”t even know it? That”s the case for singer Richard Bean”s muse, the nameless girl who inspired Bean”s top-20 hit “Suavecito.” The ...