Xavier Cugat (Catalan: [ʃəβiˈe kuˈɣat]; 1 January 1900 – 27 October 1990) was a Spanish musician and bandleader who spent his formative years in Havana...
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guitarist Andrés Segovia. In 1966, she married 66-year-old bandleader Xavier Cugat and moved to the United States with him. In the late 1960s and 1970s...
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first marriage was as the fourth wife of Latin bandleader and musician Xavier Cugat, more than thirty years her senior. Born Abigail Francine Lassman on...
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films. Francis Cugat was born in Barcelona in 1893, an older brother of Xavier Cugat. The Cugat family emigrated to Cuba in 1903. Cugat studied at the...
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dramatist and novelist Xavier Cortada (born 1964), Cuban-American painter Xavier Cugat (1900–1990), Spanish-Cuban bandleader Xavier Davis (born 1971), American...
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Smith, music teacher Xavier Cugat as himself, leader of Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra Lina Romay as herself, singer with Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra...
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performances by Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda and Spanish bandleader Xavier Cugat. The songs "Judaline" and "It's a Most Unusual Day" also debuted in the...
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where she sang with Frank Sinatra. She recorded and performed with the Xavier Cugat orchestra, and signed a recording contract with RCA Victor Records in...
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Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalbán, Betty Garrett, Keenan Wynn, Xavier Cugat and Mel Blanc. It was directed by Edward Buzzell, and features the debut...
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Elayne "There'll Be Some Changes Made" - Ann-Margret "One Mint Julep" - Xavier Cugat (1964) "Gimme That Wine" - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross (1960) "Datin' with...
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lyrics by Milton Leeds) and as an instrumental. The song became a hit for Xavier Cugat on the Victor label in 1940. In late 1960, a rock instrumental version...
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Lina Romay with Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra Granada - words music by Agustín Lara - Performed by Carlos Ramírez, with Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra...
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Cugat Bertomeu (born 25 August 1950) is a Spanish surgeon specializing in orthopedic surgery, orthopaedic sports medicine, and arthroscopy. Cugat's first...
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and Rita Hayworth. The supporting cast also features Adolphe Menjou, Xavier Cugat and Adele Mara. The music was composed by Jerome Kern and the lyrics...
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sehr schön" in German, which reached No. 57 in the West German chart. Xavier Cugat and his orchestra recorded one of the first versions in 1935, with a...
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appeared as a conga-playing Argentine student. Spanish-Catalan bandleader Xavier Cugat, who gave Arnaz his musical start, helped to popularize the dance, but...
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Maytals "The Lady in Red", written by M. Dixon and A. Wrubel, performed by Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra "Rogaciano", courtesy of Monitor Records "He'll Have...
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at least from 1908 to 1925, later by Jack Denny and others, and then Xavier Cugat from approximately 1933 to 1949. Denny and the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra...
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second most popular of the only two charting versions was released by Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra, with Buddy Clark on vocals. It reached...
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Angeles. Romay performed for a time with Xavier Cugat before eventually retiring. She was featured on Cugat Rumba Revue on NBC radio in the early 1940s...
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bongosero of Puerto Rican ancestry who played in the bands of Noro Morales, Xavier Cugat, Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodríguez (preceding his son in latter...
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Royle, Robert Stack, Elizabeth Taylor and Jerry Hunter featuring the Xavier Cugat Orchestra "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" - Ray Bolger, Judy...
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band, the Siboney Septet, and began making a name for himself in Miami. Xavier Cugat, after seeing Arnaz perform, hired him for his touring orchestra, playing...
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At the age of nine, she began dancing professionally with her uncle Xavier Cugat and his band in performances at Mexican nightclubs. Margo travelled to...
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as Gambler (Chow Mo-wan) Los Indios Tabajaras, "Always in My Heart" Xavier Cugat, "Perfidia", "María Elena", "Jungle Drums", "My Shawl", "Siboney" Leslie...
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from films by director Wong Kar-wai, which were originally performed by Xavier Cugat. Four incarnations of the game were produced during its one-year development;...
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Monique van Vooren Dinah Washington Joe Williams Julie Wilson Marie Wilson Xavier Cugat[citation needed] Weller, Sheila (2003). Dancing at Ciro's. Macmillan...
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delight". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 2 March 2015. What's My Line? – Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane; Edward Mulhare (panel) (26 January 1958) "ACTOR EDWARD MULHARE...
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20 most recorded songs of all time. In 1943, Spanish-born bandleader Xavier Cugat reached number two on the Best Sellers List and number nine on the Harlem...
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first, the character's name was Liz Cugat; this was changed because of confusion with real-life bandleader Xavier Cugat, who sued.) My Favorite Husband was...
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