PPS6003 Xavier Cugat - Viva Cugat

Xavier Cugat - Viva Cugat
Mercury Records PPS 6003
Perfect Presence Sound Series
Stereo
Vinyl
1961
Ripped @ 320 by "The Macs".

Side A
01 - Jungle Concerto
02 - The Peanut Vendor
03 - Isle Of Capri
04 - Tropical Merengue
05 - Nightengale
06 - Perfidia

Side B
07 - Siboney
08 - Jungle Drums
09 - Anna
10 - Maria Elena
11 - Poinciana
12 - Say Si Si

A great restoration job, right down to the artwork.  Maybe from "The Mac's". He would appreciate a thank you in the comments...

Source: Parabrisas.com

Cugat worked in Anson Weeks' orchestra during the early 1930s before forming a new outfit of his own. He continued to lead his band throughout the 1930s and into the 1940s, spending a great deal of time at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. Cugat also had his own radio program. In the early 1930s he had a big hit with the song ''El Manicero'' (''The Peanut Vendor''), which started a rumba craze across America.

Cugat was a known womanizer. He was married five times, including to two of his vocalists, Abbe Lane and Charo. Other singers who worked for Cugat over the years include Lena Romay, La Chata, Don Reid, Del Campo, and Miguelito Valdes. Dinah Shore recorded a song with the group in 1940, and a young Desi Arnaz got his big break with the band. Actress Rita Hayworth also sang with the orchestra.

Cugat was often depicted in publicity photos holding a chihuahua and a pipe, even though he didn't smoke. He was never the one to miss out on a good business opportunity, however. He cashed in on this image and began selling his own line of pipes. He also started a chihuahua breeding business which featured documentation certifying that the dogs were Cugat dogs. Cugat never met a marketing deal he didn't like. Over the years he hawked a diverse line of products, including cigarette lighters and shirts, and also owned several Los Angeles-area restaurants. In addition Cugat was a talented caricaturist. His work appeared in newspapers, magazines and galleries around the world. During the 1920s he worked as a cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times newspaper while playing music at night.