Essential Recordings - Xavier Cugat - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

The first bandleader to front a successful Latin orchestra in the United States, and was largely responsible for popularising Latin music for North American audiences was Xavier Cugat. His music helped to bring Latin music and the Rumba into mainstream popularity. Cugat attracted many famous vocalists to record with his band and we include the likes of Crosby and Sinatra here. This 2 CD collection includes ‘Oye Negra’, ‘Walter Winchell Rhumba’, ‘Cuban Mambo’, ‘The Lady In Red (with Don Reid)’ and many more.

Tracklist

Disc 1

1. Brazil
2. The Lady In Red (With Don Reid)
3. Perfidia
4. Begin the Beguine (With Don Reid)
5. Jalousie
6. Night Must Fall
7. Cuban Love Song
8. Yours (Quiereme Mucho) (With Dinah Shore)
9. La Cumparsita (With Dinah Shore)
10. Siboney
11. The Breeze and I (With Dinah Shore)
12. Green Eyes
13. The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero)
14. Chica Chica Boom Chic (With Lena Romay)
15. La Cucaracha
16. Rumba Rhapsody (With Miguelito Valdes)
17. Misirlou
18. Thanks For the Dream (Mi Sueno (With Carmen Castillo)
19. Amor (With Carmen Castillo)
20. Bim Bam Bum (With Tito Rodriguez)

Disc 2

1. You Belong To My Heart (With Bing Crosby)
2. My Shawl (With Frank Sinatra)
3. Baia (With Bing Crosby)
4. Good, Good, Good (That's You, That's You) (With Del Campo)
5. Oye Negra
6. Walter Winchell Rhumba
7. Besame Mucho (With Del Campo)
8. Tico Tico (With Elena Verdugo)
9. Rain In Spain
10. South America, Take It Away (With Buddy Clark)
11. Miami Beach Rhumba (With Aladdin and the Boyd Triplets)
12. Rhumba At the Waldorf
13. Cuanto Le Gusta (With Gilbert, Aladdin, and Monero)
14. Cuban Mambo
15. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
16. La Malaguena
17. Maria Elena
18. Say Si Si (Para Vigo Me Voy)
19. Petite Fleur
20. Volare

Label: Primo | Origin: Holland