Latin soul Latin soul Latin soul (and related Boogaloo) was a short lived musical genre which developed in the 1960s in New York City. It consisted of a blend of Cuban mambo with elements of Latin jazz and soul music. Although short-lived, the genre had a great influence on the growing Salsa movement which would dominate the New York Latin music scene in the 1970s. Today, the term is typically used by Hispanic artists producing R&B or soul music. Latin soul placed a heavy emphasis on its Afro-Cuban rhythms and featured songs sung mostly in English. The style grew out of an
Joshua (name) Joshua (name) Joshua is a Biblical given name derived from the Hebrew "Yehoshua" (). The name was a common alternative form of the name – yēšūă which corresponds to the Greek spelling Ἰησοῦς ("Iesous"), from which, through the Latin "Iesus", comes the English spelling Jesus. As a result of the origin of the name, a majority of people before the 17th century who have this name were Jewish. A variant, truncated form of the name, Josh, gained popularity in the United States in the 1970s. Information from the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics from 2003 to 2007 shows "Joshua"