SUCU SUCU, EL

Created on 29/10/2003
Latest update on 29/11/2022

Artist: TarateƱo Rojas
Author: Rigoberto Rojas Suares
Label: Caravelle
Year: 1959

Bolivian charanga, violin and piano player from Tarata, a village in the Cochabamba province. According to Huib Billiet in De Klank Van De Houten Druppel (BRT) the shuffle rhythm comes from the Isla de Pines, southeast of Cuba.

Covers:

1960:

Alberto Cortez [hit B]

1961:

Ping Ping & Al Verlaine [hit GER & NL]

1961:

Caterina Valente [as Suco Suco]

1961:

Maria Zamora [top 3 NL]

1961:

Leedy Trio [as Ay-ay-ay! Die Caballero; flexi commercial disc NL; stadion hit]

1961:

Eddy Christiani [as Zoeken Zoeken Mijn Sombrero]

1961:

Laurie Johnson Orch. [as Suku Suku in tv series Top Secret; top 10 UK]

1961:

Ted Heath

1961:

Joe Loss

1961:

Eddie Calvert

1961:

Nat King Cole [as Step Right Up And Say You Love Me]

1961:

Teresa Brewer [idem]

1965:

Roland Alphonso

1969:

Bert Kaempfert

Contact


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