Xavier Cugat (January 1, 1900 - October 27, 1990) was a Spanish-Cuban bandl… Read Full Bio ↴Xavier Cugat (January 1, 1900 - October 27, 1990) was a Spanish-Cuban bandleader whom many consider to have had more to do with the infusion of Latin music into United States popular music than any other musician. Perez Prado followed in Cugat's footsteps.
Cugat was born Francisco de Asis Javier Cugat Mingall de Bru y Deulofeo in Girona, Spain. His family immigrated to Cuba when he was five. He trained as a classical violinist and played with the Orchestra of the Teatro Nacional in Havana.
Sometime between 1915 and 1918, Cugat moved to New York, where he played with a band called "The Gigolos" during the tango craze. Later, he went to work for the Los Angeles Times as a cartoonist (Cugat's caricatures were later nationally syndicated).
In the late 1920s, when sound began to be used in films, Cugat put together a tango band that had some success in early short musical films. By the early 1930s, he began appearing with his group in feature films. Cugat took his band to New York to open the new Waldorf Astoria Hotel and it became the hotel's resident group.
He shuttled between New York and Los Angeles for most of the next thirty years, alternating hotel and radio dates with movie appearances.
In 1940, he recorded the song Perfidia with singer Miguelito Valdés which became a big hit. Cugat followed trends closely, making records for the conga, the mambo, the cha-cha-cha, and the twist when each were in fashion.
His first marriage in 1952 was to singer, Abbe Lane, they performed together until they divorced in 1964. He married salsa dancer Charo on August 7, 1966; the two were the first couple to marry in the newly opened Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Cugat did not lose sleep over artistic compromises: "I would rather play
Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve."
Cugat died of heart failure at age 90 in Barcelona, in his native province of Catalonia, Spain.
Cugat was born Francisco de Asis Javier Cugat Mingall de Bru y Deulofeo in Girona, Spain. His family immigrated to Cuba when he was five. He trained as a classical violinist and played with the Orchestra of the Teatro Nacional in Havana.
Sometime between 1915 and 1918, Cugat moved to New York, where he played with a band called "The Gigolos" during the tango craze. Later, he went to work for the Los Angeles Times as a cartoonist (Cugat's caricatures were later nationally syndicated).
In the late 1920s, when sound began to be used in films, Cugat put together a tango band that had some success in early short musical films. By the early 1930s, he began appearing with his group in feature films. Cugat took his band to New York to open the new Waldorf Astoria Hotel and it became the hotel's resident group.
He shuttled between New York and Los Angeles for most of the next thirty years, alternating hotel and radio dates with movie appearances.
In 1940, he recorded the song Perfidia with singer Miguelito Valdés which became a big hit. Cugat followed trends closely, making records for the conga, the mambo, the cha-cha-cha, and the twist when each were in fashion.
His first marriage in 1952 was to singer, Abbe Lane, they performed together until they divorced in 1964. He married salsa dancer Charo on August 7, 1966; the two were the first couple to marry in the newly opened Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Cugat did not lose sleep over artistic compromises: "I would rather play
Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve."
Cugat died of heart failure at age 90 in Barcelona, in his native province of Catalonia, Spain.
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@kerginaldoqueiroz
ღ♪ ღúsicas ♪nesquecíveis - Acordes destaca um grande nome da musica latina:
Francesc d'Asís Xavier Cugat Mingall de Bru i Deulofe (nasceu em Girona, no dia 1 de janeiro de 1900 — Veio a falecer em Barcelona, 27 de outubro de 1990) foi um maestro catalão-cubano, um dos pioneiros na popularização da música latina nos Estados Unidos.
Cugat nasceu na Catalunha e quando tinha três anos, sua família se mudou para Havana, Cuba. Sempre propenso à música, foi morar em Los Angeles, Estados Unidos, onde ele trabalhou como cartunista no jornal Los Angeles Times durante o dia e como maestro de noite. Depois de alguns anos se apresentando em pequenos clubes na área de Los Angeles, Cugat finalmente teve sua oportunidade quando ele e sua orquestra um emprego na prestigiosa boate Coconut Grove em 1928.
Seu estilo musical popularizou-se e Cugat contribuiu para trazer a música latina para a atenção do público norte-americano. Nos anos 30 e 40, ele foi apelidado de O Rei da Rumba devido à popularização dessa dança. Em suas aparições em filmes, Cugat interpretava a si próprio, mesmo se o personagem tivesse outro nome que não o dele, e, junto de sua orquestra, apareceu em vários musicais memoráveis da MGM nos anos 40. Foi casado com a cantora espanhola Charo.
Após sofrer um derrame em 1971, Xavier aposentou-se e morreu Barcelona em 1990.
@alfredlukas2106
Xavier Cugat glanzvoll!!! Meine ersten LP's in den 50 ern und 60 ern! Sambas und Mambos vom Feinsten!
Noch immer träumen wir von diesen schönen Melodien!
@franciscodelcerro5580
MI enhorabuena al pueblo cubano por su música extraordinaria . Un español desde alicante.
@abmatu1478
Un arreglo bellísimo, muy súper bellísimo !!!
@1roblee1
SIBONEY - AYE, AYE, AYE What a fantastic song and the rhythm in this version is unbelievable. Where is there music like this today????
@RicardoLopez-ft8do
Bellisima melodia Extraordinaria version de Cugat
@samosullivan1744
Now THIS is Music!
@yvaeltercero301
El trombón y la percusión son impresionantes, y luego la marimba, un ritmo único, estilo inconfundible. Ernesto Lecuona inmortalizado en Xavier Cugat.
@germanescudero4481
Los saxofones que siguen a los trombones, hacen un arreglo orquestal maravilloso.
@joseluisvazquezmartinez1402
Hasta Ahora tuve oportunidad de escuchar a tan maravillosa orquesta, excelente
@juansalinas208
Grande Xavier Cugat , amigo de mi época Madrilena ,,,,,!!!!