Artist: Orquesta Casino de la Playa
Author: Margarita Lecuona
Label: Victor (Cuba)
Year: 1939
The Summer Casino orchestra in Marianao Beach, Cuba. Vocal: Miguelito Valdés (Mr. Babalu). Ode to a santeria goddess.
Covers:
Xavier Cugat [vocal: Miguelito Valdés]
Lina Romay [with Cugat's orchestra in film Two Girls And A Sailor]
Desi Arnaz [yell that made him famous, even before writing tv history along with Lucille Ball]
Peggy Lee [as Bubble Loo Bubble Loo, a Hoagy Carmichael/Paul Francis Webster arrangement]
Chakachas [B-side of Ça c'est du poulet]
Weird Al Yankovic [as Babalu Music featuring I Love Lucy footage]
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)