Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra

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Latin band dance band

Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra was a popular Latin dance band led by Spanish-Cuban bandleader Xavier Cugat, known for bringing Latin music to mainstream American audiences in the mid-20th century.

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Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra canonical 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin band ⓘ
dance band ⓘ
activePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
associatedAct Xavier Cugat NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedGenreMovement Latin dance craze in the United States ⓘ
associatedWith Xavier Cugat NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Latin American musical traditions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalImpact helped integrate Latin music into American popular culture ⓘ
genre Latin music ⓘ
bolero ⓘ
cha-cha-cha ⓘ
mambo ⓘ
rumba ⓘ
tango ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
leader Xavier Cugat NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaPresence ballrooms ⓘ
film ⓘ
radio ⓘ
notableFor popularizing Latin dance music in the United States ⓘ
notableRole bridge between Latin American music and U.S. popular music market ⓘ
performanceVenue Hollywood nightclubs ⓘ
New York City nightclubs ⓘ
performedFor mainstream American audiences ⓘ
styleCharacteristic big band arrangements with Latin rhythms ⓘ
dance-oriented arrangements ⓘ
use of percussion typical of Afro-Cuban music ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation Latin percussion ⓘ
horn section ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ

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Neptune’s Daughter → featuresPerformer → Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra ⓘ
You Were Never Lovelier → hasOrchestrationBy → Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xavier Cugat and his orchestra