Chicano Favorite
By 1976 Pagán was based in Los Angeles where he found especially favour amongst Chicanos for whom his persona as a sensitive Latin lover resonated. He became a regular on the thriving club and salsa dance circuit that included The Gold Dust on Garfield Avenue in Montebello, The King's Table in Pico Rivera, The Monterey West in East Los Angeles and the Mardi Gras across from MacArthur Park.
Pagán maintained a parallel career as a salsa singer and after a disco release Girl From The Mountain on Coco records in 1976, he released his fifth album El Flaco De Oro, (sung entirely in Spanish) which represented him as a salsa singer. This release appeared on Pumpkris Records, for whom he also handled production duties on an album by Johnny Nelson entitled Ralfi Pagan Presenta Johnny Nelson - El Principe de La Salsa. Pagán's final known release is the disco sounding Take Me With You b/w Heaven Sent You also on Pumpkris. An album Take Me With You was scheduled, but Pagán's early death curtailed its release.
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