Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra - "The Best of Cugat" (1961) - Mercury Records
Hola Friends,
Time to get your Cha-Cha's out! We've got a great "best of" record from composer Cugat's Mercury years on the turntable tonight.
Spanish-born Cugat is most famous for being married five times and also for introducing American audiences to Latin-inspired big band music.
Tracks include: "Mama Inez", "Tea for Two (Cha-Cha-Cha)", "Tequila", "Taboo", "Sway", "Amor", "Amapola", "El Cumbanchero", "Ba-Tu-Ca-Da", "Misirlou", "It Happened in Monterey" and "Always in My Heart".
This is a fun record that's very good for a midsummer's cocktail party that's sure to end with a drunken and debaucherous conga line! Olé!
That buxom blonde minx on the album's cover is Cugat's fourth wife, singer-model, Abbe Lane.
Time to get your Cha-Cha's out! We've got a great "best of" record from composer Cugat's Mercury years on the turntable tonight.
Spanish-born Cugat is most famous for being married five times and also for introducing American audiences to Latin-inspired big band music.
Tracks include: "Mama Inez", "Tea for Two (Cha-Cha-Cha)", "Tequila", "Taboo", "Sway", "Amor", "Amapola", "El Cumbanchero", "Ba-Tu-Ca-Da", "Misirlou", "It Happened in Monterey" and "Always in My Heart".
This is a fun record that's very good for a midsummer's cocktail party that's sure to end with a drunken and debaucherous conga line! Olé!
That buxom blonde minx on the album's cover is Cugat's fourth wife, singer-model, Abbe Lane.
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RATING: 4 Cases of the Cha-Chas out of 5
Muscle building with beer? Sign me up.
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