Celia Cruz recorded Efraín's plena ""A Papá Cuando Venga"" ("When Dad Comes Back", a song describing a girl's experience with sexual harassment by a neighbor from her perspective, threatening him with a beating once her dad comes back from running errands) in bomba style with Willie Colón, and had a huge hit with it in Puerto Rico. In the song ""El Telefonito"", from his 1981 album with Willie Colón ""Canciones del Solar de los Aburridos"", Rubén Blades pays a tribute to Efraín in the "soneos" section, parodying "Aló ¿Quien Ñama?" and its ""trabalengua"" style. So does Héctor Lavoe in the studio recording of "Mi Gente", written by Johnny Pacheco and recorded in 1973.