Watching the PBS special on the history of Latin music in America, it became obvious from a short clip (which was the closest TV in the 50s came to simulating female orgasm, but you better be sure the adults picked it up) that Desi Arnez played a huge role in breaking the color barrier in this country.
Add to that West Side Story and Elvis, the mop tops weren't going to turn it back no matter how white and fresh-faced and Aryan.
Of course there were important marginal players — I owe my soul to race music from Detroit radio summers on the Lake Erie beach outside Cleveland.
But my gut tells me I've got it right here.
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