Xavier Cugat - She's a Bonbshell from Brooklyn

The Bongo King, Rogelio Darias, has passed at the age of 93

His passing is a great loss not only to the Cuban community, but to the entertainment family as a whole.

A native of Santa Clara, Cuba and classified by Leonardo Acosta as "one of the first to play tumbadoras on a stand, with illuminated engineering," was destined to spread the bongó gospel to Las Vegas in the 1960s.

Y la cantante Lina Romay de que pais es?

@TheMusicuba Irish americana y pregunte a Cugat que porque se llevaban tan mal los dos-hace años- me dijo que se habia exagerado y q Lina era un poco 'especial'

@TheMusicuba ella es de los estados unidos! es mexicana tambien...

Lina Romay nacio el 16 de Enero de 1922 en la ciudad de New York, su padre fue consul mexicano en LA.

anyone know anything about his great guitarist George Cordoba? pls let me know thanks

Is this from a movie????

About 30 years ago, when I was a kid, I remember watching this lovely woman sing this song on Abbott and Costello that came on every Sunday in New York after my family and I returned from mass.

Great memories.

The unique sound, the arrangements of Xavier Cugat has made the latin music popular worldwide. But some of the singers, like the extremely talanted Lina Romay, are unfortunately uderrated.

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