Tito Puente was an American musician and composer known as the 'Mambo King'. He was a Latin jazz and salsa musician who achieved great success in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also a bandleader of the Tito Puente Orchestra, and his music had a significant influence on the development of Latin music. Puente was a Grammy Award-winning artist who was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame.