Word: pachucos
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DIED. DON TOSTI, 81, hard-driving bandleader who inspired a Latin-music craze in the '40s with the tune Pachuco Boogie; in Palm Springs, Calif. Originally a violinist for the El Paso Symphony, he played bass in jazz combos led by Jimmy Dorsey and Jack Teagarden. But it was his fusion of boogie, blues, swing and Latin beats that propelled him to become the first Latin artist to sell a million records...