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| | Charanga:Then and Now |
 | | Of the four danzones he wrote, "Las Alturas de Simpson" was the one he chose to introduce to the public two years later at a popular dancehall in Matanzas. |
 | | On this historic occasion, twenty elegantly dressed couples, the women of which held bouquets of flowers, danced the danzón as performed by Failde's orchestra. |
 | | Other popular charanga orchestras performing danzones in the 1940's and 1950's were those of Antonio Maria Romeu, Cheo Belen Puig, Melodías del 40, Orquesta América, Abelardo Valdés, Abelardo Barroso's Orquesta Sensación, Pancho El Bravo, Rosendo Ruiz, Orquesta Sublime, Félix Reyna, Neno González, Estrellas Cubanas, and José Fajardo. |
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