CD_21: Best of Latin Music
(Page as of Oct. 19, 2009)
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These Latin pieces cover the years from 1940s to current. I had to make some substitutions, also for those that are not as good as I have as MP3s.
01-Harry Belafonte - Day-O (Banana Boat)
02-La Cumparsita (Tango)
03-Perez Prado - Mambo #5
and
#8
and
Mambo Jambo
06-Perez Parado - Cherry Pink
and
Patricia
08-La Mucura - by Luis Bordon
09-El Bodeguero - Orquesta Aragon
10-Malagueña - by Al Caiola
11-Delicado - Percy Faith & Band
12-Tico Tico - Raul di Blasio
13-Carlos Montoya - Farruca (Flamenco)
and
14-Andres Segovia - Leyenda
15-La Chica De Cuba - song
16-La Balanga (1975, Percy Faith & Band)
17-El Bimbo (1974, as nice vocal by Gigliola Cinquetti)
The best version of the songs
La Rancho Grande, Guantanamera, and La Cucaracha
(below) I know of are by a group named
Las MocheCumbas
. Alas, there is nothing on YouTube by that group. Moreover, I wanted to include here also the very lively instrumental pieces named
La Conejita and Piensa En Mi
by
Los Sonors
below but could not find them. And well-recorded versions of Gypsy King songs on YouTube come and go.
18-Mariachi Los Coyotes - El Rancho Grande
19-Guantanamera - Julio Iglesias
20-La Cucaracha - song
21-Los Sonors - Cancion Del Alma
22-Los Sonors - La Feria De Cali
23-Los Sonors - La Celosa
24-Los Sonors - Cozumel
25-Que Pena - Gal Costa & Caetano Veloso
26-El Degüello, Trumpet theme from Movie 'Rio Bravo'
27-Trumpet theme - From Movie 'A Fistful of Dollars'
28-Carlos Santana - Gitano
and
Flor De Canela/Promise Of A Fisherman
30-Caribbean - Coupé Cloué & Band from Haiti
31-Gypsy Kings - Bamboleo
and
A Tu Vera
and
Pida Me La
34-Gypsy Kings - Djobi Djoba
and
Maria Dolores
and
Vamos A Bailar
37-Kaoma - Lambada
and
38-Macarena (original)
39-Shakira - Ojos Asi
and
Objection Tango
and
Suerte
42-Malaguena Salerosa - by Chingon
,
Nana Mouskouri
,
P. Domingo
Note:
Some links on YouTube occasionally expire, but there are other links to the same music by the same singer and song. Search for them!