Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
	Film poster
Directed by	Fred F. Sears
Written by	Robert E. Kent
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	Damaso Perez Prado; Helen Grayco; Stephen Dunne
Cinematography	Benjamin Kline
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Production; company	Clover Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 2, 1956;
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! is a 1956 American musical film starring Dámaso Pérez Prado, Stephen Dunne, the Mary Kaye Trio, Helen Grayco, Luis Arcaraz and his Orchestra, Lucerto Bárcenas, and Manny López and his Orchestra. It was produced by Sam Katzman for Columbia Pictures and directed by Fred F. Sears and was their immediate follow-up to Rock Around the Clock (actress Alix Talton appeared in both films). Filming started 14 May 1956.^[1]

It was also known as Cha Cha Cha.^[2]

Plot

An American record executive (Stephen Dunne) travels to Cuba to find some talent for his record label.

Cast

Stephen Dunne as Bill Haven
Damaso Perez Prado as Himself
Helen Grayco as Herself
Mary Kaye as Herself
Alix Talton as Debbie Farmer
Jose Gonzales-Gonzales as Pedro Fernandez
Sylvia Lewis as Nita Munay
Bernie Lowe as Himself
Dante DiPaolo as Elvarez
Ruben Rodriguez as Timbale Player

Soundtrack

Year 'Round Love
Written by Rose Marie McCoy, and Charles Singleton
Crazy Crazy
Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
Mambo No. 8
Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
Que Rico El Mambo
Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
Voodoo Suite
Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
La niña Popoff
Written by Dámaso Pérez Prado, Albrecht Marcuse and Aguste G. Schmutz
Cuban Rock and Roll
Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
El Marinero
Written by Ricardo Rico
The Lonesome Road
Music by Nathaniel Shilkret
Lyrics by Gene Austin
Performed by the Mary Kaye Trio
Get Happy
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by Ted Koehler
Performed by the Mary Kaye Trio
Lilly's Lament
Written by Frances Maurine Barris, Robert Wells, Jack Allison and Loyce Whiteman
Performed by Helen Grayco
Save Your Sorrow
Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva
Music by Al Sherman
Despacho
Diosa
Written by Manny Lopez and Jorge Hernández
Mi musica es para ti
Written by René Touzet
Gelatina
Written by Carlos Molina and Alvaro Escobar
Lucero
Written by Carlos Molina and Alvaro Escobar
Theme from Picnic
Music by George Duning

References

^ Schallert, Edwin (May 3, 1956). "Drama: New Challenge Aimed at Jive Opponents; Kerr Stage Deal Hovers". Los Angeles Times. p. B11.
^ "Kaye Trio Clearing Way for Rome Film". Los Angeles Times. May 19, 1956. p. A7.

External links

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! at the TCM Movie Database
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! at IMDb
Review of film at Variety

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[1] Schallert, Edwin (May 3, 1956). "Drama: New Challenge Aimed at Jive Opponents; Kerr Stage Deal Hovers". Los Angeles Times. p. B11.

[2] "Kaye Trio Clearing Way for Rome Film". Los Angeles Times. May 19, 1956. p. A7.

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