Artist: Simon Diaz
Author: Simon Diaz
Label: Palacio
Year: 1980
From Venezuela. When at 52 he felt like an 'old horse' indeed (born in 1928).
Covers:
Roberto Torres [exiled Cuban; accordion version with worldwide appeal]
Gypsy Kings [several elements in their international hit Bamboleo along with elements from Carmen Miranda's Bamboleo]
Estudiantina Invasora [Cuban danson & son brothership established in 1927; the version on Rough Guide To Cuba borrowing elements from Paco Paco's Taka Takata ('72)]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)