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 ...

Debut albums by Jay-Z, Luther Vandross and Big Star and breakthrough singles by Miami Sound Machine and Eddie Floyd are among the 13 recordings that were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame this ...

Songs titled “Mr. Miami” and “Miami Don” were quickly discarded. Instead, Johnson pursued a contemporary rock playlist and got contributions from Tom Petty, Bob Seger, Willie Nelson ...

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.” The song eventually peaked at No ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine’s “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You” is among 25 recordings that were added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. The song was co ...