What is "boogaloo"

n. (context music English) A genre of Latin American music and dance from the 1960s.

Boogaloo or bugalú (also: shing-a-ling, Latin boogaloo, Latin R&B) is a genre of Latin music and dance which was popular in the United States in the 1960s. Although it came to prominence after the bossa nova and was influenced by the new drumbeat of modern samba, boogaloo originated in New York City mainly among teenage Cubans and Puerto Ricans. The style was a fusion of popular African American rhythm and blues (R&B) and soul music with mambo and son montuno, with songs in both English and Spanish. The American Bandstand television program introduced the dance and the music to the mainstream American audience.

Except for the name, the dance is unrelated to the electric boogaloo, a style of dance which developed decades later under the influence of funk music and hip-hop dance.

"Fyra bugg och en Coca Cola" ("Four chewing gums (Bugg was a brand of chewing gum that was popular in Sweden in the 60's-80's) and a Coca Cola"), also called "Fyra bugg", is a Swedish language song, written by Mikael Wendt and Christer Lundh. Swedish dansband and pop singer Lotta Engberg won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1987 in Sweden with this song. The lyrics are about summer. Because of international advertising rules, the song was renamed to "Boogaloo" in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987.

Boogaloo refers to several genres of American popular music and dance in the late 1960s.

Boogaloo can also refer to:

• Latin boogaloo, the Latin music/dance style of the 1960s
• Electric boogaloo (dance), a funk dance style also known as the boogaloo
  • Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, 1984 film
  • "Electric Boogaloo" (song), title song from the film
• "Boogaloo" (song), a 1987 song by Swedish singer Lotta Engberg
• Boogaloo (John Patton album), the album by jazz organist John Patton
• Boogaloo (Nazareth album), 1998

Boogaloo is the twentieth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in August 1998. It was produced by Mike Ging.

It was the last studio recording to feature drummer and founding member Darrell Sweet, who died of a heart attack in 1999. The album also features guest performances by bassist Pete Agnew's son Lee, who later replaced Sweet as the band's drummer. The album was recorded at the Parkgate studios, Catsfield in East Sussex in 1997. 11 of the 12 tracks were remixed in early 1998, with horns and guitar overdubs added. During the original recording, the Hale-Bopp comet was clearly visible.

The character on the album artwork is known as 'Boogaloo'.

Boogaloo is an album by American organist John Patton recorded in 1968 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1995.