Conjunto is a style of music that originated in the 1960s in Northern Mexico and near the Mexican border in Texas. A single instrument defined this Tejano style music more than any other characteristic. The diatonic button accordion is the definitive instrument of Conjunto music. The upbeat sounds of the instrument accompanied by the oajo sexto Mexican guitar and the ranch drum inspired fandangos, or dances, among the working class people of the region for many years.
The Conjunto music movement gained popularity in the culture and had taken over as the dance music of choice by the 1920s and 1930s.
Salsa music is the most popular form of music to ever come out of Puerto Rico. The music is called Salsa because it is meant to add spice to an event and make those listening to it become livelier.
Although the term Salsa was given to this form of music in order to make it more acceptable to other cultures, it was not a welcome name at first. The diverse Salsa genre was complex in its makeup. The music now being labeled Salsa had been called by its individual parts prior to the 1960s. Salsa was, in fact, a combination of Bomba music, Merengue, Latin music and Afro-American Jazz, according to Music Of Puerto Rico's website.
In the 1960s the Salsa music scene took hold in New York City's dance clubs, but has since relocated back to its homeland in Puerto Rico.
Thought to be born in the brothels of Buenos Aires being sung by the "lower class" and enjoyed and popularized by the "upper class" who spent time there, Tango is one of South America's most prominent contributions to music.
The music, featuring the sounds of the bandoneon, guitar, violin and flute, was popularized in the early 1900s as the dance of the same name was introduced to the world. The dance was most likely learned by the affluent young men in Buenos Aires brothels and when the French saw it, they embraced it and made it a dance phenomenon in Europe.