Joe Bataan is an American musician from New York, of Filipino and African American descent. He is an Afro-Filipino. He was born Peter Nitollano in 1942 in Spanish Harlem (East Harlem) and is known as the "king of Latin R&B," which also describes his musical style. His first hit was 1967's "Gypsy Woman" on Fania Records. In 1973, he co-founded the Salsoul label. In 1979, he scored one of the first rap hits ever, "Rap-O-Clap-O". Image File history File links Point_joe_bataan. ... Image File history File links Point_joe_bataan. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Afro-Filipino refers to people of African/African-American and Filipino descent. ... Spanish Harlem, also known as East Harlem or El Barrio, is a neighborhood in northeastern part of the borough of Manhattan, one of the largest predominantly Hispanic communities in New York City. ... Salsoul Records is a New York based record label who from 1974 to 1985, released about 300 disco 12-inch singles and a string of albums. ...
Born in 1942 as Bataan Nitollano to a Filipino father and an African American mother, JoeBataan was raised in Spanish Harlem for most of his youth.
Bataan says he and his young cohort "caused problems with the big mambo [artists] at the time because we were taking their space.
Bataan attributes that end to his recording career as a combination of several factors, not the least of which was a general weariness with the pressures of the music industry but also a desire to spend more time with his wife and young children.
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