Born William Correa, 28 February 1934, New York City, New York.
Died 15 September 1983, Los Angeles, California.
Perhaps the best-known--certainly now the best-remembered--Latin jazz percussionist of the 1960s, Bobo was one of the key players who fused influences from latin Soul, rock, and jazz in the late 1960s and 1970s, in other words: boogaloo!