Ernesto Antonio "Tito" Puente, (April 20, 1923 – June 1, 2000),^[1] was a Latin jazz and salsa musician and composer. The son of native Puerto Ricans, Ernest and Ercilia Puente, living in New York City's Spanish Harlem community, Puente is often credited as "El Rey de los Timbales" (The King of the timbales) and "The King of Latin Music". He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz compositions that helped keep his career going for 50 years. He and his music appear in many films such as The Mambo Kings and Fernando Trueba's Calle 54. He guest starred on several television shows including Sesame Street, The Cosby Show and The Simpsons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Puente

"Oye Como Va" is a song written by Latin jazz and mambo musician Tito Puente in 1963 and popularized by Santana's rendition of the song in 1970 on their album Abraxas, helping to catapult Santana into stardom with the song reaching #13 on the Billboard Top 100. The song also reached #11 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey and #32 on their R&B chart.^[1] It was inspired by Israel "Cachao" Lopez's"Chanchullo."

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The fact that the phrase “Oye como va” is the title of the song and is sung somewhat separately from the phrase “mi ritmo” makes it easy to interpret the meaning as “Hey, how’s it going?” However, the first sentence is actually “Oye como va mi ritmo,” meaning “Listen to how my rhythm goes.”

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That's right.  Among others, Carlos Santana & Celia Cruz did covers of this outstanding standard  piece composed by the King of Latin Music. 

Life is a party...to be enjoyed & revered. Its sinful, I know. It might even lead to...heavens forefend...dancing...! 

To hell with all that will to suffering crap. Unless  it gets you off in which case as long as you're not hurting anyone else without their consent hey who's to talk...? Am I being too too too progressive, liberal, permissive, flexible? Shouldn't I be thunder & lightning patriarchal repressive & unsound? How diabolical of me not to be. Freedom of conscience & all that existential stuff. BTW--Yer brain is the devil...! Its also god. Is a puzzlement...? Live with it. 

Oye Como Va...

Oye como va mi ritmo
Bueno pa' gozar, mulata
Oye como va mi ritmo
Bueno pa' gozar mulata

Oye como va mi ritmo
Bueno pa' gozar, mulata
Oye como va mi ritmo
Bueno pa' gozar mulata

--song written by Tito Puente