Word: cugat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Married. Xavier Cugat, 66, ever-loving bandleader; and Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza, 21, his singer; he for the fourth time; in Las Vegas...
...masterpiece, entitled The Old Quarter, Gerona, was an original 1966 Fonda. Hank, who paints as much as he acts, donated Gerona to a benefit sale for the Gotham Chapter of Retarded Infants Services, an event that also featured the efforts of such old masters as Soupy Sales and Xavier Cugat. "I take such a joy in painting," said Fonda, inspecting the art with his wifely muse of five months, Shirlee...
Alpert's arrangements are strictly north-of-the-border: slick, deceptively simple, sprinkled with tambourines, maracas and assorted percussive hardware. At worst the result sounds like Cugat a go go; at best it is bouncy, foot-tapping, happily infectious music. With three albums on the bestseller charts and guest appearances scheduled on virtually every major TV variety show, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass are the year's hottest new instrumental group...
Married. Abbe Lane, 32, Xavier Cugat's red-hot mambo for 14 years, until she divorced him last spring; and Perry Leff, 38, Hollywood talent agent; both for the second time; in Manhattan...
Divorced. Xavier Cugat, 64, roly-poly king of Latin swing; by Abbe Lane, 32, wiggly-jiggly singer who joined "Coogie's" conga line in 1950; after twelve years of marriage, no children; on grounds of incompatibility; in Juárez, Mexico...