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.
Stars In Your Eyes
Xavier Cugat Lyrics
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Stars in your eyes when we kissed and you whispered you're mine.
Stars leave the sky but the night is so bright in their splendor.
Deep in your eyes, lovely stars still continue to shine.
No matter what dawn may bring, no matter what you may say,
There's always one little thing that always gives you away.
Stars in your eyes make me thrill with a thrill, oh so tender,
The lyrics of Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra and Frank Sinatra's song Stars In Your Eyes talks about how the singer sees stars in their lover's eyes when they kiss and beg for their surrender. The stars may leave the sky, but the deep and lovely stars in their eyes still shine, making the singer realize that love is theirs. Despite whatever the dawn may bring and whatever their lover may say, there is always one little thing that gives them away, and that is the stars in their eyes. The stars in their lover's eyes make the singer feel a thrilling and tender sensation that makes them realize that their love is mutual.
The lyrics of the song portray the power of the stars in the eyes and the feeling of love that they convey. They indicate that it is not always the words that lovers utter that make us realize their feelings for us, but sometimes it is the little things that give them away, like the stars in their eyes. The song talks about the deep connection and understanding between two people who are in love and how they communicate through their eyes.
Line by Line Meaning
I see stars in your eyes when my lips beg your lips to surrender,
When I ask for your kiss, I can see the love and desire in your eyes, like shining stars.
Stars in your eyes when we kissed and you whispered you're mine.
When we kissed and you declared your love for me, your eyes sparkled with the same intensity as stars in the night sky.
Stars leave the sky but the night is so bright in their splendor.
Even though stars fade away from the sky, the night remains bright with their luminosity and beauty.
Deep in your eyes, lovely stars still continue to shine.
Even when I look deep into your eyes, I can still see the same shining stars of love and passion.
No matter what dawn may bring, no matter what you may say,
Regardless of what happens in the future, no matter what you may tell me, the stars in your eyes reveal your true feelings.
There's always one little thing that always gives you away.
There is always a subtle cue or sign that reveals your deepest emotions and innermost thoughts.
Stars in your eyes make me thrill with a thrill, oh so tender,
The sight of the stars in your eyes fills my heart with an overwhelming and tender feeling of excitement.
I realize love is ours by the stars in your eyes.
I understand that our love is confirmed by the shining stars in your eyes and the deep emotions they represent.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management
Written by: THOMAS PETER GLADWIN, RICHARD JAMES WITTER, ALAN STEVEN LEACH, PAUL ADRIAN BANKS
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