Arsenio Rodríguez

Arsenio Rodríguez was a Cuban musician, composer and bandleader. He played the tres, as well as the tumbadora, and he specialized in son, rumba and other Afro-Cuban music styles. In the 1940s and 1950s Rodríguez established the conjunto format and contributed to the development of the son montuno, the basic template of modern-day salsa. He claimed to be the true creator of the mambo and was an important as well as a prolific composer who wrote nearly two hundred songs.

31 August 1911

Born on the same birth date (31 August 1911): Edward Brongersma

Born on the same birth day (31 August): Amrita Pritam • Arthur Godfrey • Clive Lloyd • Emperor Taishō • Galusha A. Grow • Jang Won-young • Javagal Srinath • Jeff Hardy • Josh Kroeger • Kent Nilsson • Lily Laskine • Lyuboslav Penev • Matti Breschel • Nathalie Bouvier • Rituparno Ghosh • Susan Gritton • Ted Ligety

Born in the same month (August 1911): Alex McCrindle • Betty Robinson • Edward Brongersma • István Bibó • Nicholas Ray • Norman Gordon • Otto Binder • Robert Taylor (American actor) • Võ Nguyên Giáp • William Alfred Fowler • William Bernbach