他如此大的影響力在20世紀的非洲、歐洲和美洲能夠體現。他最有名的專輯可能實在1958年發布的。後來他的聲音更加多樣，他將古巴音樂風格和拉丁美洲的爵士風格完美的融合在一起。更加的獨樹一幟。這種將兩種風格混合的曲風，被成為 cha cha cha 。1979年獲得第一枚葛萊美獎。1992年被選入全國國會的記錄。2000年，普恩特突發嚴重的心臟病，被飛機運往紐約進行修復心臟瓣膜，之後逝世於5月31日的晚上。他被追授為格萊美終生成就獎。
作品
Puente In Percussion (1956)
Dance Mania (1958)
El Rey: Bravo (1963)
El Rey: Tito Puente & His Latin Ensemble (1984)Percussion's King (1997)
Selection of Mambo & Cha Cha Cha (1997)
50 Years of Swing (1997)
Tito Meets Machito: Mambo Kings (1997)
Cha Cha Cha Rumba Beguine (1998)
Dance Mania '98: Live at Birdland (1998)
The Very Best of Tito Puente (1998)
Timbalero Tropical (1998)Yambeque (1998）
Absolute Best (1999)
Carnival (1999)
Colección original (1999)
Golden Latin Jazz All Stars: In Session (1999)
Latin Flight (1999)
Latin Kings (1999)
Lo mejor de lo mejor (1999)
Mambo Birdland (1999)
Special Delivery featuring Maynard Ferguson (1999)
Rey (2000)
His Vibes & Orchestra (2000)
Cha Cha Cha for Lovers (2000)
Homenaje a Beny Moré. Vol. 3 (2000)
Dos ídolos. Su música (2000)
Tito Puente y su Orquesta Mambo (2000)
The Complete RCA Recordings. Vol. 1 (2000)
The Best of the Concord Years (2000)
Por fin (Finally) (2000)
Party with Puente! (2000)
Obra maestra (2000)
Mambo Mambo (2000)
Mambo King Meets the Queen of Salsa (2000)
Latin Abstract (2000)
Kings of Mambo (2000)
Cha Cha Cha for Lovers (2000)
The Legends Collection: Tito Puente & Celia Cruz (2001)
The Complete RCA Recordings, Vol. 2 (2001)
RCA Recordings (2001)
Puente caliente (2001)
The Best of... (2001)
King of Mambo (2001)
El Rey: Pa'lante! Straight! (2001)
Cocktail Hour (2001)
Selection. King of Mambo (2001)
Herman Meets Puente (2001)
Undisputed (2001)Fiesta (2002)
Colección Diamante (2002)
Tito Puente y Celia Cruz (2002)
Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival (2002)
King of Kings: The Very Best of Tito Puente (2002)
