The Spanish bandleader Xavier Cugat (Gerona, 1900 - Barcelona, 1990) spent his youth in Cuba before starting a successful career as bandleader in the USA. He created his first dance band in 1928 and five years later he was conductor of the Astoria Hotel Orchestra in New-York. He became world-famous with his interpretations of Latin-American dancemusic. Marcel Peeters wrote a fine arrangement of some of Cugat's greatest hits One Mint Julep, Zombie und Rum and Coca Cola. A sparkling, sensual exotic musical cocktail!
