Word: mambo
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Events included the cha cha, rhumba, mambo, swing, samba, jive, waltz, fox trot and quickstep competitions...
...types of batas (iya and itotele) are used. Needless to say, it is clear that Byrne has spent time and research finding the right New World instruments to perfect Rei Momo's South American flavor. His use of Portuguese and Spanish lyrics in such cuts as "Make Believe Mambo" and "The call of the Wild" likewise lends the album the convincing authenticity of a Brazilian release...
...MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE by Oscar Hijuelos...
...song, not necessarily in that order, keep the pages turning in Oscar Hijuelos' second novel. All are enjoyed by a Cuban musician named Cesar Castillo who immigrates to New York City after World War II and has a few good years in the 1950s as leader of the Mambo Kings. The band's biggest hit was Beautiful Maria of My Soul, which was first recorded in 45 r.p.m. and rose to No. 8 on the "easy listening" charts in 1955. Close but no cigar is the story of Castillo's career, the highlight of which occurred when he and brother...
...performances on bandstand and bedstead behind him, he occupies a room in an East Harlem flop mockingly called the Hotel Splendour. There, his music out of style, his body failing, he thrives on memories of songs sung and women loved. Yet, as Hijuelos conveys with art and sympathy, the Mambo King is to be admired and envied as a man who squeezed the juice out of life before life squeezed the juice...