Atomic Age Cocktail Party

Cheerful Cha Chas (154)

 
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The Cha-Cha or cha-cha-cha—however you want to call it, is that famous Latin dance with slow-slow quick-quick-quick dance steps. The cha-cha-cha that most people sounded out in their heads or more often than not, out loud within the song. The dance born in Cuba and shares its DNA with the Mambo. And like the mambo, the cha-cha was all the rage for a while in the late 1950s and early 1960s. This time on the program, we take a look at some of the wild and wonderful cha-cha records that came out during the height of the cha-cha craze. We’ll hear from Abbe Lane, Della Reese, Tito Puente, and many others!

Playlist

Title Artist Album
Tea for Two Hugo Montenegro Cha Chas For Dancing
Take It Easy Abbe Lane Be Mine Tonight
Manhattan (Cha-Cha) Xavier Cugat Cugi's Cocktails
Patricia (Cha-Cha-Cha) David Carroll Latin Percussion
Un Cha-Cha Tito Puente & His Orchestra Mucho Cha-Cha
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend Della Reese Della Della Cha Cha Cha
In the Mood Cha Cha Billy May Cha Cha!
El Bodeguero (Grocer's Cha-Cha) Nat King Cole Cole Español
Third Man Theme Edmundo Ros And His Orchestra Hollywood Cha Cha Cha
Magnificent Seven Tito Rodriguez Motion Picture Themes Cha Cha Cha
Luau Cha Cha Cha Annette Funicello Hawaiiannette - Annette Sings Songs Of Hawaii
Moonglow Cha Cha Cha Executives Del-Fi Jungle Jive!
Travel Now, Pay Next Year, Pleasure Cruise Cha Cha Cha Enoch Light and the Light Brigade Pertinent Percussion Cha Cha's
Strictly Cha Cha Billy Mure Strictly Cha Cha
The Old College Try Cha-Cha Henry Mancini Music From The Motion Picture Score High Time
Dream a Little Dream of Me Don Swan Hot Cha Cha
Poinciana Jerry Murad's Harmonicats Harmonicha Cha-Cha
Hotcha-Cha Bebo Valdés Your Musical Holiday In Havana
Cha Cha Brasilia Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra That Latin Feeling…