O N OCT. 19, 1985, MIAMI SOUND MACHINE, featuring a then-28-year-old Gloria Estefan, made its Billboard Hot 100 debut with the infectious dance track “Conga.” ...

At the 8 PM concert, directed by Sergio Trujillo, Estefan and Miami Sound Machine performed a set comprising their greatest hits, including "Get On Your Feet," "Conga," "Rhythm is Gonna Get You ...

STARTING THE MACHINE: Gloria Estefan; her husband, Emilio Estefan (now the group`s manager and record producer); and Kiki Garcia founded band in 1976 in Miami, bringing a variety of influences to ...

Written by Estefan and Enrique Garcia, this song came out in 1987 as part of the Miami Sound Machine’s album, Let It Loose. The song became the group’s fourth top 10 hit, peaking at No. 5 on ...

MIAMI -- On any given night, as the fabled moon rises over Miami, the densest concentration of pop stars per square foot is likely to be found not in some South Beach nightclub, but in a quiet ...

Much of the “sound” of the Miami Sound Machine comes from drummer/ songwriter Enrique “Kiki” Garcia. Garcia not only penned MSM’s 1985 breakthrough hit, Conga, but co-wrote Rhythm Is ...

No musician is as synonymous with Miami as Gloria Estefan. The three time GRAMMY winner embodies the sound of the city, and her backing band, Miami Sound Machine, is named after the Magic City.

Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine’s “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You” is among 25 recordings that were added to the National Recording Registry Wednesday. Each year, the Library of Congress ...