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How the Estefans Revolutionized Miami’s Musical Identity
The rhythm of Miami changed forever when Cuban refugee Emilio Estefan formed the Miami Latin Boys in 1975. Two years later, he met Gloria Fajardo at a wedding, a fellow Cuban who had fled Castro’s Cuba as a toddler.
Soon after, she joined the band, and they became Miami Sound Machine.
Despite being told their sound was “too Latin for Americans and too American for Latinos,” the couple pushed on…