#xavier cugat and his orchestra

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Koktélragyógyulós múd, akkor jön ez jól igazán, ha van kéznél koktél, de elmegy szódával is.

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Mambo - Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra (1953)

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I was watching I Love Lucy on Pluto TV last night and it completely slipped my mind that yesterday marked Desi Arnaz’s 106th birthday.

His was a classic Riches-to-Rags, Rags-to-Riches Cinderella tale. Desiderio Alberto ‘Desi’ Arnaz y de Acha III was born 2 March 1917 in Santiago de Cuba, Oriente Province, Cuba, the only son of wealthy landowner Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Alberni II (a prominent Cuban politician, who, to date, was the youngest mayor of Santiago de Cuba from 1923 to 1932) and his wife, Dolores ‘Lolita’ de Acha y de Socías (one of the most beautiful women in the Caribbean, the daughter of a businessman, one of three founders of Bacardi Rum Limited, the world's largest privately-owned spirits company). Desi was of the small but vastly privileged, upper-class y de Acha, the descendent of Cuban nobility of whose colonial ancestors originated from Santander, Provincia de Cantabria, Cantabria, Spain. (His grandfather, Dr Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y Alberni I, was assigned to the first United States volunteer cavalry in Cuba, the ‘Rough Riders’ under the leadership of ‘Hero of Cuba’ Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War on 1 July 1898. To legend, they sieged San Juan Hill on horseback, and though the forged conquest did not belong primarily to Roosevelt, for the conflict was an integrated effort between the white volunteer regiment and the 1,250 black Buffalo Soldiers, the famed battle gained Cuba her independence from Spain—a victory for the people, the Cuban people).

At the height of the Cuban Revolution of 1933, Desi and his family were forced to flee their Motherland, leaving their riches behind. Following a brief election, the government collapsed with the removal of President Gerardo Machado y Morales from office in August of 1933. The opposing anarchists seized all political leaders and stripped them of their power. Among them, Desi’s father, imprisoned by the regime, before his brother-in-law, Alberto de Acha, intervened on his behalf, thus making his escape to Miami, where he was to remain in exile. Having lost their holdings to the rebels who confiscated their property (their palatial home, a cattle ranch, two dairy farms, and a vacation villa on a private island in Santiago Bay), his father sent for Desi and his mother, who took refuge in Key West, Monroe, Florida in 1934. When Desi washed upon the shores of the Americas, his father had established an import-export company, where the family of three took up frugal lodgings in the company warehouse and dined on cans of cold beans. Desi came to live in New York City and Los Angeles for about one year, where he tightened his belt for survival and scrambled for employment as a struggling musician. Following an engagement as a guitar player for a Latin-American band at the Roney Plaza Hotel in Miami Beach, and a cursory stint with the Xavier Cugat Orchestra in 1937, he made his Broadway debut in the Rodgers and Hart musical Too Many Girls, where he reprised the role for RKO's major motion picture of the same name in 1940. During the course of filming, he fell head-over-heels for the Apricot Queen, Lucille Désirée Ball. The couple eloped on 30 November 1940 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut. By 1949, at the age of thirty-two, Desi established himself a renowned nightclub entertainer as conga-playing band leader for the travelling self-titled Cuban orchestra.

Most Hollywood buffs would do well to remember the Power Couple formed by Desilu Productions—a celluloid empire built on the backs of Lucy and Desi’s American Dreams, despite the public scandals and tumultuous marital woes. But at the crowning glory of their golden existence, there are those who neglect Desi's legacy and his reluctant resignation to his fate as the Man Behind the Curtain, to remain in Lucy’s shadow so long as he lived. Lucy, of whose celebrity distinction was of higher standing than her husband’s. Desi, though undoubtedly talented, who was not exempt from the unjust ostracization and societal prejudice that plagued him as a Cuban Spaniard immigrant in racially-charged Hollywood. For those who clutched their pearls at the prospect of Middle American households who might've dismissed acceptance of the world’s first interracial couple on television, Lucy and Desi defied those expectations and dissolved racial barriers in an era dominated by cultural strife. Audiences of all races, colour, and creed came together to shower the Ricardos with adoration and praise, because they came to understand the Ricardos epitomized the human experience, no matter that they didn't reflect the typical post-war domestic demographic. Against all odds, the world fell in love with the All-American Ricardos… white, Hispanic, or otherwise. Lucy and Desi, to be envied by all... America's Sweethearts.

On his 106th birthday, we remember Desi for the pioneer he was, as the Mastermind behind the nation’s most Beloved Redhead.

Behind every great woman lies a greater man.

Perhaps Desi speaks for us all when he declared his everlasting love, in his own words... ‘I Love Lucy was never just a title.’

💓 Happy Heavenly Birthday, Desi.  💓

       𓆩♡𓆪 · ・ 𓆩♡𓆪 · ・ 𓆩♡𓆪 · ・𓆩♡𓆪 · ・ 𓆩♡𓆪 · ・

[ozu-teapot]

Chicago Syndicate | Fred F. Sears | 1955

Abbe Lane, with Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra

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Howdy! I was tagged by @wanderinstar to post 4 albums I’ve been listening to lately. Thank you!🌺

Cugi’s Cocktails // Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra

Time Out // The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Spellbinder // Gábor Szabó

Hawaii Five-O Original TV Soundtrack // Mort Stevens & His Orchestra

I shall tag @thelovelessmotel, @gunfucked, @fancycolours, @feather-canyons if any of you would like to!

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Greatest Hits of 1950 | Top Music Hits 1950 | Songs of 1950 [1950s Hits]

Greatest Hits of 1950 | Top Music Hits 1950 | Songs of 1950 [1950s Hits] 00:00 Introduction 00:12 English 05:41 French 06:32 German 07:32 Italian 08:32 Portuguese 09:26 Spanish Greatest Hits of 1950 including: Anton Karas - The Third Man, Billy Eckstine - My Foolish Heart, Bing Crosby - Dear Hearts and Gentle People, Bing Crosby - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Doris Day – Bewitched, Eileen Barton - If I Knew You Were Coming (I'd've Baked a Cake), Ernie Ford & Kay Starr - I'll Never Be Free, Eve Young - Silver Dollar, Frankie Laine - The Cry of the Wild Goose and many more! Subscribe to our channel to see more of our content! Related Searches: Greatest Hits of 1950, Best Jukebox 1950 Playlist, Late 1950 Non Stop , Top 1950 Non Stop, Mix 1950 Compilation, Best 1950 List, Late 1950 UK, Best 1950 Playlist, Best 1950 Non Stop, Best 1950 Video, Greatest 1950 Non Stop, Mix 1950 Playlist, Best Jukebox 1950 List, List of 1950 Mix, Top 1950 USA, Best Songs of 1950, Top Music 1950, Hits of 1950 Related Channels: K-Music, Ultra Lists, Younger days, Music Hits, DJ Crayfish, Redlist, Music Express, Some Random Guy, Francis Pelletier, MarioMex International Mixes, Top Culture, Related Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1zM5WF1NF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qmoZ9W8kQg 1. Anton Karas - The Third Man 2. Billy Eckstine - My Foolish Heart 3. Bing Crosby - Dear Hearts and Gentle People 4. Bing Crosby - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 5. Doris Day - Bewitched 6. Eileen Barton - If I Knew You Were Coming (I'd've Baked a Cake) 7. Ernie Ford & Kay Starr - I'll Never Be Free 8. Eve Young - Silver Dollar 9. Frankie Laine - The Cry of the Wild Goose 10. Gary Crosby & Bing Crosby - Play A Simple Melody 11. Gary Crosby & Bing Crosby - Sam's Song 12. Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra - Bewitched 13. Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra - My Foolish Heart 14. Guy Lombardo - The Third Man 15. Hardrock Gunter - Birmingham Bounce 16. Kay Starr - Bonaparte's Retreat 17. Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa 18. Patti Page - All My Love 19. Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz 20. Perry Como - Hoop-Dee-Doo 21. Phil Harris - The Thing 22. Piano Red - Rockin' With Red 23. Red Foley - Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy 24. Sammy Kaye - Harbor Lights 25. Sammy Kaye & Don Cornell - It Isn't Fair 26. Steve Conway - My Foolish Heart 27. Teresa Brewer - Music Music Music 28. The Ames Brothers - Can Anyone Explain (No, No, No!) 29. The Ames Brothers - Rag Mop 30. The Ames Brothers - Sentimental Me 31. The Andrews Sisters - I can dream, can't I? 32. The Andrews Sisters - I wanna be loved 33. The Cap-Tans - I'm So Crazy For Love 34. The Weavers and Gordon Jenkins - Goodnight, Irene 35. The Weavers and Gordon Jenkins - Tzena Tzena Tzena 36. Tony Martin - There's No Tomorrow 37. Wynonie Harris - Rock Mr. Blues 38. André Claveau - Cerisier rose et pommier blanc 39. Charles Trenet - Douce France 40. Edith Piaf - Hymne à l'amour 41. Éliane Embrun - Mam'zelle Dimanche 42. Félix Leclerc - Le p'tit bonheur 43. Pierre Malar - Je t'aimerai 44. Anneliese Rothenberger & Detlev Lais - La Le Lu 45. Hans Albers - Nimm mich mit, Kapitän, auf die Reise 46. Rene Carol - Buona Notte, Angelo Mio 47. Rita Paul - Das ist nichts für kleine Mädchen 48. Rudi Schuricke - Florentinische Nächte 49. Vico Torriani - Santa Lucia 50. Carla Boni - Il mago Baku 51. Giorgio Consolini - Forse domani 52. Nilla Pizzi - Che bel fiulin 53. Roberto Murolo - Me so' 'mbriacato 'e sole 54. Sergio Bruni - Surriento d'e 'nnammurate 55. Tito Schipa - Anema E Core 56. Carmélia Alves - Trepa no Coqueiro 57. Dalva de Oliveira - Olhos Verdes 58. Deolinda Rodrigues - Fado da saudade 59. Isaura Garcia & Hervê Cordovil - Pé de manacá 60. Ismael Silva - Antonico 61. Luiz Gonzaga - Assum Preto 62. Celia Gámez - Estudiantina Portuguesa 63. Elvira Ríos - Frenesí y Perfidia 64. Jorge Negrete - México Lindo y Querido 65. Juanito Valderrama - El emigrante 66. Pérez Prado & His Orchestra - Mambo No. 5 67. Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra - Tico Tico Relate Hashtags: #listof1950mix #hits1950 #bestsongs1950 #classic1950playlist #greatest1950nonstop #best1950list #best1950video #top1950mix #greatest1950video #mix1950playlist #top1950nonstop #mix1950compilation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU-5LIaU500

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Good News: A new edition of The Bopst Show, the only music variety program that promises eternal salvation or triple your money back, is now available for free audio consumption on Podomatic or wherever you get your podcasts.

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Rosyid, Wedhasmara, Komar and Rineka Swara Group, Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra, Tinariwen, MUTWAWA, Frank Rosolino, Lo Moda, Frank Comstock, Bunny Rugs & the Upsetters, Dave Barbour and his Orchestra, Palma Violets, Bleachers, Aurelio, Bob Crewe and Charles Fox, and Bwa Bandé.

This show originally aired March 7, 2024 on WRWK 93.9 LP FM in Midlothian, Virginia, USA.

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this and a daiquiri in a martini glaaa

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Mambo : Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

[jettajimm]

Happy Blessed Birthday in heaven to the rumba king, @Xavier Cugat! 🎂🎈🎁🎊🎉 He was best-known for popularizing the rumba in the U.S. during the 1930's. Pictured w/ Xavier and his lovely and talented wife Abbe Lane is my Lolo (Grandfather) Beloy Valle who was a band member and performed and toured w/ Xavier and his orchestra. These pictures were taken in Hong Kong on March 1953. 🎼🎤🎹🎷🎻 #XavierCugat #ChildProdigy #Bandleader #Violinist #theRumbaKing #TakeItEasy #MiSombrero #Nightingalle #WhateverHappenedToYou

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[zoshchenko]

14 for the spotify wrapped ask?

hi!

14. Tea for Two - Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra

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Midcentury Framed Art Two Clowns By Xavier Cugat.

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Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1961 - Standards Versions and Revamps Vol.2 Tracks: 01 - Sam Cooke - You're Always On My Mind (from 'My Kind Of Blues' album, 1961 / RCA) 02 - Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra - Tequila (from 'The Best of Cougat' album, 1961 / Mercury) 03 - Ernestine Allen - Love For Sale (from 'Let It Roll' album, 1961 / Tru-Sound) 04 - Etta James - I Just Wanna Make Love To You (from 'At Last!' album, 1961 / Argo) 05 - Johnny 'Hammond' Smith - Ribs an' Chips (from 'Stimulation' album, 1961 / Prestige) 06 - Jeannette Williams - Hound Dog (from 'Andre Williams Detroit Soul Vol.4' compilation, 2002 / Detroit 1961 Records) This was released originally in 1969, not in 1961, but compiled on Detroit 1961 Records… So it is indeed from 1961 - the label! 07 - Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line from 'Jump up Calypso' album, 1961 / RCA) 08 - Claude Nougaro - Le Jazz Et La Java (from 'Le Jazz Et La Java' 7 inch, 1961 / Philips) 09 - Mark Murphy - My Favourite Things (from 'Rah' album, 1961 / Riverside) 10 - The Three Suns - Fever (from 'Fever and Smoke' album, 1961 / RCA) 11 - Della Reese - Come-On-A-My House (from 'Della Della Cha Cha Cha' album, 1961 / RCA) 12 - John Young Trio - Take Five (from 'Themes And Things' album, 1961 / Argo) 13 - Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra - The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero) (from 'VIVA Cugat!' album, 1961 / Mercury) 14 - James Brown - Hold It (from 'Night Train' compilation, 1961 / King)

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You Were Never Lovelier (1942)