Artist: Sonora Matancera
Author: Pablo Beltran Ruiz
Label: Seeco
Year: 1953
Vocal: Nelson Pinedo.
Covers:
Noro Morales [for RCA Victor]
Pedro Infante [in Mexican film Escuela De Vagabundos, where Cucurrucucu Paloma was also introduced (see there)]
Dean Martin [as Sway, translated by Norman Gimbel]
Caterina Valente [with Silvio Francesco]
Rosemary Clooney [with Perez Prado]
Bobby Rydell [as Sway]
Cliff Richard [idem]
Gemma van Eck [idem]
Björk [with Trio Gudmundar Ingolfssonar as I Dansi Meo Pér
]
Shaft [as Mucho Mambo (Sway); hit NL, B & UK]
Helmut Lotti [on Latino Love Songs]
Diam's [refrain in DJ; n°2 Fr]
Puppini Sisters [all as Sway]
1950 & The Chu Chi Girls feat. Hayley Jo [sample of the Rosemary Clooney & Perez Prado version in The Chu Chi Sway; hit B]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)