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Cugat was having an exhibition at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada and I was privileged to meet with him.
Xavier Cugat was born in Gerona, Spain, on January 1, 1900.
It was in Cuba that Cugat became intrigued with the rhythms and melodies of the tropics.
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  Xavier Cugat at All About Jazz
Xavier Cugat - violin, bandleader (1900 - 1990)
Xavier Cugat was the first bandleader to front a successful Latin orchestra in the United States.
Xavier Cugat died in 1990 from heart failure.
www.allaboutjazz.com /php/musician.php?id=6018   (510 words)

  
 Xavier Cugat
Cugat moved to New York somewhere between 1915 and 1918, where he had his first brush with success during the tango craze with a band called "The Gigolos." When the craze ended, the band folded, and he picked up odd jobs as a violinist.
Cugat took his band to New York to open the new Waldorf Astoria Hotel and it became the hotel's resident group.
Cugat had few Top 10 hits, but he was never one to miss a trend, quickly turning out records to share in the success of the conga craze, the mambo craze, the cha-cha craze, the twist craze--you name it.
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 Xavier Cugat is the featured musician from oldetimecooking.com.  Come visit Xavier, this wonderful big band leader.
Caruso told Xavier's father that his son was destined to become a great concert violinist and that he would personally assist in the arrangements for his son's debut at Carnegie Hall if he were to come to the United States.
Xavier Cugat decided moving to New York to work at the Waldorf-Astoria, the greatest hotel in the world was a good business decision.
Cugat, his wife Carmen, six musicians and his dog Lobo drove cross country to begin their stint at the Waldorf-Astoria, a job that was to last for 16 years.
www.oldetimecooking.com /Music/xavier_cugat.htm   (2149 words)

  
 Xavier Cugat - Music Downloads - Online
Bio: Remembered for his highly-commercial approach to pop music, Xavier Cugat (born: Francisco De Asis Javier Cugat Mingall De Cru Y Deulofeo) made an even greater mark as one of the pioneers of Latin-American dance music.
Cugat and his orchestra remained at the hotel for sixteen years.
Cugat's recordings of the 1950s featured the singing of his third wife, Abbe Lane.
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 Xavier Cugat Back Where He Started in '30
Spanish bandleader Xavier Cugat was the most popular Latin-American bandleader of the forties.
Cugat began his bandleading at the Waldorf-Astoria and reviewed here is his triumphant return to that particular venue.
Cugat seemed to forgo photos of himself for caricatures.
www.bigbandsandbignames.com /cugot.html   (489 words)

  
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I have an oil painting by Xavier Cugat that is a Signed Original Oil 24 x 30 It is matted and framed.
Cugat in 1973 of a Mexican boy and girl in a field of flowers.
The other is dentist in the mouth and the back is signed by Xavier Cugat stating it is an original.
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Cugat discovered Charo -- whose birth name is María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza -- performing in Spain in a production of "Night of the Iguana." She went on to bring a little "Coochie, coochie" into the lives of millions.
Xavier Cugat (1 January 1900 - 27 October 1990) was a Catalan-Cuban bandleader who many consider to have had more to do with the infusion of Latin music into United States popular music than any other musician.
Remembered for his highly-commercial approach to pop music, Xavier Cugat [+] (born: Francisco De Asis Javier Cugat Mingall De Cru Y Deulofeo) made an even greater mark as one of the pioneers of Latin-American dance music.
www.lycos.com /info/xavier-cugat.html   (458 words)

  
 Solid! -- Xavier Cugat Biography
Cugat worked in Anson Weeks' orchestra during the early 1930s before forming a new outfit of his own.
Cugat was often depicted in publicity photos holding a chihuahua and a pipe, even though he didn't smoke.
Xavier Cugat died in 1990 from heart failure.
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 Xavier Cugat
Throughout his long career which lasted for more than eight decades, Cugat helped popularize genres such as the tango, the chachachá, the mambo and the rumba.
Cugat was born on January 1, 1900 in Geneva, Spain, and moved to Cuba with his family when he was 5 years of age.
Despite the fact that his true passion was movies, Cugat continued playing until his retirement in 1970, when he returned to Spain, where he died on October 27, 1990.
www.salsa-in-cuba.com /eng/artists_xavier_cugat.html   (287 words)

  
 Xavier Cugat - Musica, letras de canciones, caratulas, fotos y discos de Xavier Cugat
Xavier Cugat - Musica, letras de canciones, caratulas, fotos y discos de Xavier Cugat
Música, letras de canciones, caratulas, fotos y discos de Xavier Cugat
Letras de canciones de Xavier Cugat - Canciones de Xavier Cugat
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 Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra - Jamay – Music at Last.fm   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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 HYP RECORDS/Vinyl Safari: Latin--Xavier Cugat
Cugat received a boost from Enrico Caruso in Cuba, where the Cugats had moved and Caruso was performing.
Under the Cugat baton, countless stars were made and discovered: Desi Arnaz, Miguelito Valdes, Tito Rodríguez, Luis del Campo, and Yma Sumac.
Xavier Cugat EP; Columbia B-11433 (Cuatro Milpas/Mademoiselle de Paris//Mexicali Rose/Alma Llanera; vocal: Pepito Arvelo)
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It was quite a shock to see the same signature and same unmistakable style again a few weeks later while looking through an antique store in Kentucky.
The owners of the store had heard that many of Cugat's paintings later in his life had a medical theme to them, in part due to his excessive fear of doctors.
Note the three jars marked, "New Livers", "Used Livers", and "Chopped Livers" at the foot of the patient's bed, the sleeping dog underneath the patient's head, the surgeon on the right reading Playboy magazine, and the fluorescent pink blood being transfused into the patient.
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 Amazon.com: Bread, Love and Cha-Cha-Cha/Cugat Calvalcade: Music: Xavier Cugat   (Site not responding. Last check: )
ON AN ISLAND WITH CUGAT'S CD If I were to spend the rest of my life on a desert island with only one Latin CD, this is the one I'd choose.
I believe Xavier Cugat's best recordings were made on RCA Victor between 1937 and, especially, 1940 ("Cuban Love Song"; "Bim Bam Boom" on Harlequin).
In the latter half of the fifties, Cugat recorded three outstanding albums for Columbia: "Merengue by Cugat", "Bread, Love and Cha Cha Cha" and "Cugat Cavalcade".
www.amazon.com /Bread-Love-Cha-Cha-Cha-Cugat-Calvalcade/dp/B000056K2N   (893 words)

  
 Legacy Recordings - Xavier Cugat
A violin prodigy at the age of five and a touring member of Enrico Caruso’s band as a teenager, Xavier Cugat was the first star of Latin music.
Cugat and his Gigolos toured with Benny Goodman during the start of the swing-music craze, and Cugat later hosted a nationwide radio broadcast from the famed Waldorf Astoria, in New York City.
All the while, Xavier Cugat recorded prodigiously, and his unique sound stands the test of time.
www.legacyrec.com /artists/xaviercugat/index.html   (106 words)

  
 Xavier Cugat - AOL Music
Xavier Cugat (January 1, 1900 - October 27, 1990) was a Spanish-Cuban bandleader whom many consider to have had more to do with the infusion of Latin music...
Picture of Xavier Cugat Cugat took his band to New York to open the new Waldorf Astoria Hotel and it became the hotel's resident group.
Download, listen and watch Xavier Cugat music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
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 Xavier Cugat - Cugi's Cocktails - Verve Records
i had been a follower of cugats work, since when i was a teenage.
Xavier Cugat's Mercury recordings were all very high class orchestra (dance)music with a fantastic Mercury-sound.
Cugi's Cocktails was one the LPs with a little jazzy touch, so were also Twist With Cugat and maybe the Movie Hits LP - the others were more origin latin tunes.
www.vervemusicgroup.com /product.aspx?ob=prd&src=list&pid=11251   (319 words)

  
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 † Xavier Cugat 27-10-1990 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Spaans orkestleider, met zijn Latijns-Amerikaanse orkest heeft Xavier Cugat voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog veel succes.
In Barcelona in Spanje overlijdt op 27 oktober 1990 orkestleider Xavier Cugat aan een hartaanval.
Met zijn Latijns-Amerikaanse orkest heeft Xavier Cugat voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog veel succes.
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 Xavier Cugat
Born in Spain, Xavier Cugat's family moved to Havana, Cuba, when he was three...
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945) (as Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra)....
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) (as Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra)....
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 ♪ XAVIER CUGAT Lyrics
XAVIER CUGAT - Brazil AQUARELA DO BRASIL lyrics
XAVIER CUGAT - Made For Each Other lyrics
XAVIER CUGAT - The Lady In Red lyrics
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 Xavier Cugat Among His Earliest 1932-1935 CD United Kingdom
Xavier Cugat Among His Earliest 1932-1935 CD United Kingdom
Personnel includes: Xavier Cugat, Pedro Berrios, Carmen Castillo.
Some recordings are a bit fuzzy, but are still good considering they were recorded 70+ years ago.
www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/3442323/a/Among+His+Earliest+1932%2D1935.htm   (110 words)

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