Roberto Delgado

Roberto Delgado was an alias of the multi-talented Horst Wende, a German musician, composer, arranger, producer, and bandleader, who is rightly attributed as a pioneer for bringing multi-ethnic music themes into Western homes, albeit in arrangements far removed from the original source material. Wende had already had considerable success within Germany, recording "Schlager" -- a particularly Northern European style combining waltz, polka, and similar traditional structures with catchy melodies to create upbeat "party pop." Fascinated by world rhythms, Wende released several a...