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Francesc D'Asís Xavier Cugat Mingall De Bru I Deulofeu 1 January 1900 – 27 October 1990 Was A Catalan-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 In Barcelona Spain. 1 With His Family He Immigrated To Cuba When He Was Five. He Trained As A Classical Violinist And Played With The Orchestra Of The Teatro Nacional In Havana. On 6 July 1915 Cugat And His Family Arrived In New York As Immigrant Passengers On Board The S.S. Havana. Entering The World Of Show Business He Played With A Band Called “The Gigolos” During The Tango Craze. 2 Later He Went To Work For The Los Angeles Times As A Cartoonist. Cugat's Caricatures Were Later Nationally Syndicated. In The Late 1920s As Sound Began To Be Used In Films He Put Together Another 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 For The 1931 Opening Of Waldorf Astoria Hotel And It Became The Hotel's Resident Band. He Shuttled Between New York And Los Angeles For Most Of The Next Thirty Years Alternating Hotel And Radio Dates With Movie Appearances In Films Such As Week-End At The Waldorf 1945 And Neptune's Daughter 1949 . 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 Was In Fashion. His First Marriage Was To Rita Montaner His Second To Carmen Castillo 1929 – 1946 His Third To Lorraine Allen 1947 – 28 April 1952 And His Fourth To Singer Abbe Lane In 1952. He And Lane Performed Together Until Their Divorce In 1964. He Married Salsa Dancer Charo On 7 August 1966. The Two Were The First Couple To Marry In The Newly Opened Caesars Palace On The Las Vegas Strip. 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 Catalonia Spain.
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Francesc D'Asís Xavier Cugat Mingall De Bru I Deulofeu 1 January 1900 – 27 October 1990 Was A Catalan-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 In Barcelona Spain. 1 With His Family He Immigrated To Cuba When He Was Five. He Trained As A Classical Violinist And Played With The Orchestra Of The Teatro Nacional In Havana. On 6 July 1915 Cugat And His Family Arrived In New York As Immigrant Passengers On Board The S.S. Havana. Entering The World Of Show Business He Played With A Band Called “The Gigolos” During The Tango Craze. 2 Later He Went To Work For The Los Angeles Times As A Cartoonist. Cugat's Caricatures Were Later Nationally Syndicated. In The Late 1920s As Sound Began To Be Used In Films He Put Together Another 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 For The 1931 Opening Of Waldorf Astoria Hotel And It Became The Hotel's Resident Band. He Shuttled Between New York And Los Angeles For Most Of The Next Thirty Years Alternating Hotel And Radio Dates With Movie Appearances In Films Such As Week-End At The Waldorf 1945 And Neptune's Daughter 1949 . 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 Was In Fashion. His First Marriage Was To Rita Montaner His Second To Carmen Castillo 1929 – 1946 His Third To Lorraine Allen 1947 – 28 April 1952 And His Fourth To Singer Abbe Lane In 1952. He And Lane Performed Together Until Their Divorce In 1964. He Married Salsa Dancer Charo On 7 August 1966. The Two Were The First Couple To Marry In The Newly Opened Caesars Palace On The Las Vegas Strip. 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 Catalonia Spain.
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