Various - La Habana Era Una Fiesta: Original Recordings From The Golden Age Of Cuban Radio
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La Habana Era Una Fiesta: Original Recordings From The Golden Age Of Cuban Radio

Label Vampi Soul ‎– VAMPI CD 134
Format 2 x CD, Compilation
Barcode 8435008862466
Country Spain
Released 2011
Genre Latin, Pop, Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen
Style Copla, Flamenco, Bolero, Afro-Cuban, Guaracha
1-01 – Fulco con Papín y sus Rumberos María De La O / La Bien Pagá 3:01
1-02 – Celia CruzY Orquesta Suaritos Soleá 3:04
1-03 – Dominica VergesCon El Trío de Luisito PláY La Orquesta Almendra de Abelardito Valdés Mala Entraña 3:13
1-04 – Carlos DíazY Orquesta de Osvaldo Estivill Traición 2:25
1-05 – Ernesto Lecuona Zambra Gitana 2:42
1-06 – Obdulia Breijo El Boogievá 3:16
1-07 – Rosita FornesY Orquesta Riverside Gitanilla Morena 3:23
1-08 – Paulina Alvarez La Violetera 2:57
1-09 – Tito GomezY Orquesta Riverside Amapola 2:52
1-10 – Abelardo BarrosoY Orquesta SensaciónDe Rolando Valdes La Hija De Juan Simón 3:05
1-11 – Rolando Ochoa El Centavo Mágico 2:56
1-12 – Antonio María Romeu Al Piano La Verbena De La Paloma 3:10
1-13 – Aquilino Y Su Cuadrilla En El Mundo 3:20
1-14 – Orquesta Aragon Clavelitos 3:01
1-15 – Nelson Pinedo y Su Orquestra Monísima 2:58
1-16 – Celeste Mendoza Nena 3:02
1-17 – Omara PortuondoY Quinteto De Julio Gutiérrez Andalucía / Danza n°5 4:04
1-18 – Celia CruzY Orquesta Suaritos La Virgen de la Macarena 4:03
1-19 – Orquesta SensaciónDe Rolando Valdes Madrid 3:00
2-01 – Los Chavales De España Y A Mí Qué 2:37
2-02 – Niño De Utrera Las Dos Rosas 3:01
2-03 – Los Xey El Palacio Sin Novedad 3:22
2-04 – Conchita Piquer con Orquestra Ay! Malvaloca 3:44
2-05 – Antonio MolinaY Orquesta Montilla Cuba No Debe Favores 2:45
2-06 – Juan Legido Calle Abajo 2:27
2-07 – Trini MorénY Niño De Utrera El Hijo De Nadie 5:04
2-08 – Los Chavales De España María Dolores 3:27
2-09 – Conchita Piquer Con Orquestra No Me Llames 2:43
2-10 – Los Xey La Rana 2:01
2-11 – Lola Flores El Televisor 2:16
2-12 – Los Churumbeles De España La Leyenda Del Beso 3:31
2-13 – Los Chavales De España Cuba De Mi Amor 2:54
2-14 – Conchita Piquer A La Lima Y Al Limón 3:36
2-15 – América PazY Rafael Ortega Al Piano A Orillas Del Ebro 2:02
2-16 – Los Xey Son Mentiras 3:14
2-17 – Orquesta Solera De España Las Bodas De Luis Alonso 3:25
"When Havana was a party, many Spaniards joined the dance. In this process of transculturation, which came from way back, music and musicians played an essential part. Having arrived from Spain, artists of the song and theatre contributed to define the DNA of Cuban popular music. At the same time, other musicians brought in essential aspects of Afro Cuban folklore to the Spanish song. In a stroke of ineffable good fortune, music has always played an intrinsic role between Cuba and Spain. It was an elemental process: after the Spanish disaster of 1898, emigrants and soldiers, wine-producers and sailors arrived or stayed in Cuba, and with them their customs and habits. With the children of the metropolis, the companies of popular singers, zarzuela groups, and costumbrista theatre arrived. Also the music from Andalusia, traditional dancing, and genuine flamenco soon disembarked in the port of San Cristóbal de la Habana. On their way back, when they left Cuba, the ships with the gold from America also carried new melodies and rhythmical cells, harmonic gyrations, and choreographed elements of Afro-American inspiration.On firm ground, the native Spanish colony in Cuba kept growing in numbers and importance. Half a century later, there were five million residents in Cuba. At the beginning of the 50s, one million of them resided in Havana. And there were 120,000 people who were associated to one of the many emigrant clubs founded in the city. It was there, in the halls of the societies of emigrants from Galicia, Asturias, Andalusia and the Canary Islands, where the music from both shores embraced. In décimas and folk songs, the poetic expression of Cubans and Spaniards took root on the singers' island. The landing of Spanish music in Cuba stood out in Havana with musical theatre of which operas and zarzuelas were always played as if in the old country.The visits from Carmen Amaya, Conchita Piquer, Juanita Reina, and Imperio Argentina were lauded. From the mid-30s until approximately 1960, leading Cuban radio stations such as CMQ and Radio Progreso hired the most famous Spanish artists (and also many hustlers who came to America looking for riches) to broadcast the performances and variety shows with live music of Los Chavales de España, Los Bocheros or Los Churumbeles. The extensive reach of radio and cinema, together with the growing popularization of vinyl, enabled the quick commercial expansion of Cuban music with arrangements of danzón orchestras, sextets of son cubano, and jazz bands Cuban-style. From Rita Montaner and Bola de Nieve to Miguelito Valdés, Antonio Machín, Julio Cuevas, Bebo Valdés and Armando Oréfiche. With them, Havana was a party. Half a century before the Buena Vista Social Club."
by Carlos Fuentes
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