I’ve mentioned this a few times on this show. The Latin beat was extremely popular when my dad was a teenager and beyond. This record is a combination of taking that Latin beat, this time from a specific country, and arranging it with a plush orchestra.
The orchestra conductor who arranged this music was considered the leader in a genre that infiltrated hundreds of radio stations in the 1960s. It’s still a term widely used to describe this sound.
So get ready to hear the captain of the easy listening movement in Volume 211: Percy's Cuba.
More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it.
Credits and copyrights
Percy Faith And His Orchestra – Malagueña (Music Of Cuba)
Label: Columbia – CS 8081
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Released: 1958
Genre: Jazz, Latin
Style: Easy Listening, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Rumba, Samba, Cha-Cha
We'll hear 6 of 14 tunes from this album.
Malagueña
Written-By – Ernesto Lecuona
El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor)
Written-By – Marion Sunshine, Moises Simons, and Louise Wolfe Gilbert
El Bodeguero
Written-By – Richard Egues
Siboney
Written-By – Ernesto Lecuona
Mama Inez
Written-By – Elisio Grenet
Para Vigo Me Voy (Say, Sí Sí)
Written-By – Al Stillman, Ernesto Lecuona, and Francia Luben
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
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