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Joe Bataan (Bataan Nitollano) was born on 15 November, 1942 in Spanish Harlem, New York City, is an American Latin soul musician. Discover Joe Bataan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

Popular As Bataan Nitollano
Occupation Musician
Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 15 November 1942
Birthday 15 November
Birthplace Spanish Harlem, New York City
Nationality United States

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1942

Joe Bataan (also spelled Bataán) (born Bataan Nitollano; November 15, 1942) is a Latin soul musician from New York.

1965

Upon his release from prison in 1965, Bataan turned his attention to music and formed his first band, Joe Bataan and the Latin Swingers.

Bataan was influenced by two musical styles: the Latin boogaloo and African American doo-wop.

Though Bataan was neither the first nor only artist to combine doo-wop-style singing with Latin rhythms, his talent for it drew the attention of Fania Records.

1966

After signing with them in 1966, Bataan released Gypsy Woman in 1967.

(The title track is a Latin dance cover of "Gypsy Woman" by The Impressions).

He would, in full, release eight original titles for Fania which included the gold-selling Riot!.

These albums often mixed energetic Latin dance songs, sung in Spanish, with slower, English-language soul ballads sung by Bataan himself.

As a vocalist, Bataan's fame in the Latin music scene at the time was only rivaled by Ralfi Pagan.

Disagreements over money with Fania Records head Jerry Masucci led Bataan to eventually leave the label.

While still signed to Fania however, Bataan secretly started Ghetto Records, a Latin music label which got its initial funding from a local gangster, George Febo.

Bataan produced several albums for other artists, including Papo Felix, Paul Ortiz and Orquesta Son and Eddie Lebron.

1973

In 1973, he helped coin the phrase "salsoul", lending its name to his first post-Fania album.

Along with the Cayre brothers, Kenneth, Stanley, and Joseph, he co-founded the Salsoul label, though later sold out his interest.

1979

He recorded three albums for Salsoul and several singles, including "Rap-O Clap-O" from 1979 which became an early hip hop hit.

1981

After his 1981 album, Bataan II, he retired from music-making to spend more time with his family and ended up working as a youth counselor in one of the reformatories he himself had spent time in as a teenager.

2005

In 2005, Bataan teamed up with producer Daniel Collás to break his long hiatus with the release of Call My Name, a well-received album recorded in New York for Spain's Vampisoul label.

Bataan is also the father of Asia Nitollano, winner of Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll.

2006

In the 2006 video game, Driver: Parallel Lines, Joe Bataan's song "Subway Joe" was included in the soundtrack.

2009

In early 2009, Bataan was featured in the Kenzo Digital-produced "beat cinematic" City of God's Son.

Bataan was featured as the narrator of the story, playing the part of an older Nas reflecting upon his youth in the street with cohorts Jay-Z, Ghostface Killah, Biggie and Raekwon.

2010

Joe Bataan was born Bataan Nitollano and grew up in the 103rd Street and Lexington Avenue part of East Harlem in New York.

In East Harlem, Bataan briefly led the Dragons, a local Puerto Rican street gang.

Bataan served time in the Coxsackie Correctional Facility for a stolen car charge.

His father was Filipino and his mother was African American.

2013

In 2013, Bataan received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York chapter of the Filipino American National Historical Society.

2014

In 2014, he met Osman Jr, from French group Setenta which, in collaboration with promoter Benjamin Levy, leads him to play for the first time in Paris in June 2015 at Le théatre des Etoiles, followed by a historic live at the Jazz Mix de Vienne in France.

2015

In September 2015, Bataan sang "My Rainbow", a soulful bolero composed by the French band.

In 2015, Bataan featured on vocal on Alex Puddu's album Soul Tiger on three songs "The Mover", "Love Talk" and "50,000 Women Can't Be Wrong".

The last two songs were written by Puddu/Bataan and released by Schema Records.

2016

This title was released in 2016 on the album Paris to Nueva York released by Latin Big Note.

With Setenta as this backing band, Bataan travels and plays on famous scenes as Selma in Stockholm (Sweden), Ronnie Scott's (London), the FGO (Paris), the Summer Stage in New York and the Théatre de la Mer of Fiest'a Sète (France).

In 2016, Bataan (along with the Barrio Boys) performed at the FANHS National Conference in New York- where 500 conference attendees danced to his music while cruising the Hudson River on the Hornblower 'Infinity'.

2017

In 2017, Bataan collaborated with Spanglish Fly, the boogaloo revival group based in New York City, to record New York Rules, written by Manuel Garcia-Orozco and Jonathan Goldman, released on the band's Ay Que Boogaloo! by record label Chaco World Music.

Singing lead vocals, Bataan includes references to his famous songs "Subway Joe" and "Rap-o Clap-o."

The Huffington Post calls this recording "charming, spellbinding and irresistible."

2019

A remix of the song is included on the soundtrack to She's Gotta Have It (2019), written and directed by Spike Lee.