I was organizing my vinyl LP space with Lon Clark (link below) yesterday and came across this delightful 1949 gem. Chuy Reyes ~ Rumba de Cuba, was a 10" vinyl LP in a book album similar to The Nutcracker and The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony (links below).
This format was common in the 40's and early 50's. Unfortunately, the
record itself disappeared years before I bought it. All I have is the
album but the graphics were too good to pass up.
It was a mono recording, of course, and my version is a re-issue (date unknown). There was also a 45 rpm version of the album issued.
photo by Styrous®
It was a mono recording, of course, and my version is a re-issue (date unknown). There was also a 45 rpm version of the album issued.
original issue - 1949
1st re-issue - date unknown
10" vinyl LP album cover interior
photo by Styrous®
Chuy Reyes was born in Mexico but I could not find the date. He and his Hollywood Mocambo Orchestra was the club band at the Mocambo Night Club from the time it opened on January 3, 1941.
The mocambos (from mocambo, literally Huts) were village-sized communities mainly of runaway slaves in colonial Brazil, during the Portuguese rule. They were also called, ladeiras, magotes, or quilombos.
Mocambos were exile communities established by fugitive Brazilian slaves between the 18th and 19th century. The purpose of these settlements was to protect the slaves from the Portuguese opposition, thanks to their hidden location, which was difficult to find for the punitive military expeditions. Mocambos were a threat to the economy and the social fabric of the slave regime, because the parasitic economy of these communities was mostly composed of theft, extortion and raiding. Though the minority of communities lived off agriculture and arms trade. Mocambos were not controlled by the government and because of the high percentage of Brazilian slaves, which incorporated one third of the total population, the number and the importance of Mocambos was continually increasing. For this reason Mocambos inhabitants were executed by punitive military expeditions and the children born in the Mocambos became property of the leaders of the exterminating expeditions.
Mocambos were exile communities established by fugitive Brazilian slaves between the 18th and 19th century. The purpose of these settlements was to protect the slaves from the Portuguese opposition, thanks to their hidden location, which was difficult to find for the punitive military expeditions. Mocambos were a threat to the economy and the social fabric of the slave regime, because the parasitic economy of these communities was mostly composed of theft, extortion and raiding. Though the minority of communities lived off agriculture and arms trade. Mocambos were not controlled by the government and because of the high percentage of Brazilian slaves, which incorporated one third of the total population, the number and the importance of Mocambos was continually increasing. For this reason Mocambos inhabitants were executed by punitive military expeditions and the children born in the Mocambos became property of the leaders of the exterminating expeditions.
The Mocambo
The Mocambo was located in West Hollywood, California, at 8588 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip and was owned by Charlie Morrison and Felix Young.
The Mocambo - 1957
Among the celebrities who frequented the Mocambo were Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Errol Flynn, Charlie Chaplin, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, Henry Fonda, Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, Bob Hope, James Cagney, Sophia Loren, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, Grace Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, Howard Hughes, Kay Francis, Marlene Dietrich, Theda Bara, Tyrone Power, Jayne Mansfield, John Wayne, Ben Blue, Ann Sothern, and Louis B. Mayer. Myrna Loy and Arthur Hornblow, Jr. celebrated their divorce there.
The Mocambo - 1947
photographer unknown
Mocambo Nightclub - 1942
photographer unknown
Mocambo, 1951
photographer unknown
Mocambo - 1955
photographer unknown
Mocambo nightclub - 1948
photographer unknown
The Mocambo wouldn’t allow Ella Fitzgerald to sing there, because of
the color of her skin. One day Marilyn Monroe, by then a superstar, paid
a visit to Charlie Morrison, the owner of the club. She made Charlie an
offer: if he booked Ella, she promised she would be there, front and
center, every single night of Ella’s show. Morrison agreed, because
there was no star bigger than Monroe at the time (imagine the
publicity!), and Ella suddenly found herself on that stage.
photographer unknown
The club's main stage was replicated on the TV series I Love Lucy as the "Tropicana" Club. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were frequent guests at the Mocambo and were close friends of Morrison.
Lobby ~ Mocambo nightclub
photographer unknown
Chuy Reyes And His Hollywood Mocambo Orchestra –
Rumba De Cuba
Tracklist:
Side 1:
A1 = Baracoa, Vocals – Tony Martinez (9), written by Traditional
A2 = Almendra, Vocals – Tony Gari, written by Abelardo Valdes*
A3 = Boteando, Vocals – Tony Martinez (9), written by King-Martinez
A4 = La Yuca, Vocals – Tony Martinez (9), written by Traditional
Side 2:
B1 = La Ultima Noche, Vocals – Tony Martinez (9), written by Bobby Collazo
B2 Blen! Blen! Blen!, Vocals – Tony Gari, written by Pozot-Cugat
B3 = Negra Leono, Vocals – Tony Gari, written by Antonio Fernandez
B4 = Hokey Joe, Vocals – Tony Martinez (9), written by Swan-Ricardo
Side 1:
A1 = Baracoa, Vocals – Tony Martinez (9), written by Traditional
A2 = Almendra, Vocals – Tony Gari, written by Abelardo Valdes*
A3 = Boteando, Vocals – Tony Martinez (9), written by King-Martinez
A4 = La Yuca, Vocals – Tony Martinez (9), written by Traditional
Side 2:
B1 = La Ultima Noche, Vocals – Tony Martinez (9), written by Bobby Collazo
B2 Blen! Blen! Blen!, Vocals – Tony Gari, written by Pozot-Cugat
B3 = Negra Leono, Vocals – Tony Gari, written by Antonio Fernandez
B4 = Hokey Joe, Vocals – Tony Martinez (9), written by Swan-Ricardo
Chuy Reyes And His Hollywood Mocambo Orchestra* – Rumba De Cuba
Label: Capitol Records – H152, Capitol Records – H-152
Format: Vinyl, 10", 33 ⅓ RPM, Mono
Country: US
Original release: 1949
Re-issue: unknown
Genre: Latin
Style: Rumba
Viewfinder links:
“Just the cover, ma’am!”
Lon Clark
Dave Greenslade ~ The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony
Net links:
Martin Turnbull ~ Mocambo: The Nightclub’s Nightclub
Night at the Mocambo ~ Marilyn Monroe & Ella Fitzgerald
YouTube links:
Boteando
La Yuca
Blen! Blen! Blen!
Negra Leono
Hokey Joe YouTube links:
Boteando
La Yuca
Blen! Blen! Blen!
Negra Leono
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