Xavier Cugat
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Biography
Raised in Cuba, he played violin in the Havana Symphony Orchestra from an early age. When he moved to the United States at the age of 21, he began composing tango for the cinema, then conducted the orchestra at the Waldorf Astoria palace in New York, which included Rita Hayworth. In the '40s, he composed several hits for Catarina Valente ("Brazil" and "Balabu"). With his "typical" style, as this genre of music was described in the 50s, Xavier Cugat made a major contribution to popularizing Latin-Cuban sounds, including the mambo, among Western audiences.
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Albums
Top Tracks
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- Amor
- Who Me?
- Miami Beach Rhumba
- Rhumba At The Waldorf
- The Anything Can Happen Mambo
- Mambo Jambo by Xavier Cugat
- La Cumparsita
- Jamay by Cachao
- South America, Take It Away
- Chica, Chica, Boom, Chic
- Tico Tico
- Mambo Jambo by Perez Prado
- Rumba Rumba
- Brazil
- Zing a Zing a Boom
- Gypsy Conga
- It's a Most Unusual Day featuring Xavier Cugat
- Tony's Wife
- Missouri Waltz
- Mexicali Rose
- Madrid
- Zombie
- Los Carnavales De Oriente
- Batucada
