Golden Classics

Xavier Cugat | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 20, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B0000008Z9
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,636 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #43 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Cuba > Rhumba
  • #51 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Instrumental Pop & Lounge

Track Listings

1. Tico-Tico

2. Chiquita Banana [The Banana Song]

3. Babalu

4. Copacabana

5. Mambo at the Waldorf

6. Mambo No. 5

7. The Peanut Vender [El Manisero]

8. A Weekend in Havana

9. Cachita

10. Duerme [Rime Was]

11. Yo Ta Namora

12. Anna Boroco Tinde

13. Acercate Mas [It Must Be a Dream]

14. Lamp of Memory (Incertidumbra)

15. Negra Leono

16. La Cumparsa [Carnival Procession]

17. Brazil [Aquarela Do Brasil]

18. La Cucaracha

19. Toca-Tu Samba

20. Linda Mujer (You Never Say Yes! You Never Say No!)

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Jazz Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 7-NOV-1995

Customer Reviews

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Xavier Cugat--a classic film favorite!, August 17, 2000

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J. Burns (Minnesota, USA) - See all my reviews
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If you have watched a lot of classic films from the 40s you have probably seen Xavier Cugat and his band appearing in some of them (like "A Date With Judy," "Mexican Holiday," and some of the Esther Williams movies). You will also have heard some of the music from this CD. If you like the latin nightclub scenes from 40s classic films, you will probably like this CD as well. Sure, the music seems kind of campy now, but listening to this CD is kinda relaxing -- a remnant from a simpler time (at least on celluloid). Tune into that Hollywood Golden Era vibe.

I recommend this CD, it's one of my favorites. It is also good for ballroom dancing (vintage rhumba, tango, mambo, samba) since Xavier Cugat played mainly for dancers and uses even tempos.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgia Done Well!!, August 30, 2006

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Thomas Randleman (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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The music on this CD is extremely well produced. Nostalgia from early music, the vocals performed in orginal spanish by early spanish stars of their day.
Some music on this disc might be remembered being used in the film, "Bye Bye Brasil." No punchy studio posturings, just simple elegant music performed at first part of his career.

Thomas Lee