The Original Rockfort Rock
johnus
Cumbanchero" on this website. You will need to have real player.
JahCedmon
>>Cumbanchero" on this website. You will need to have real player.
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>>http://www.ultraje.com/musicas/elcumb.ram
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El Cumbanchero's an old 'folk' song from Cuba. I believe it goes way back to
the early 50's. Don't know who originaly wrote it, since a lot of Latin bands
covered that tune.
JahCedmon
his CD. Totaly different then the one from the link posted.
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Dave Kingston
> Cumbanchero" on this website. You will need to have real player.
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> http://www.ultraje.com/musicas/elcumb.ram
Awesome, thanks for posting this. After searching around a bit, I found this
on the composer
peace,
Dave
El Cumbanchero
Rafael Hernandez
Rafael Hernandez is not a member of the international gallery of composers.
He is unknown outside his own country, Puerto Rico. Nevertheless one of his
compositions has become famous throughout the whole world: "El Cumbanchero".
This is a guaracha, a Cuban dance rhythm derived from old Spanish folk
music. The name "El Cumbanchero" is used to describe an enthusiastic amateur
of music, dance and above all Afro-Caribbean rhythms. It is also someone who
loves the atmosphere of all the typical Caribbean percussion instruments
which contribute to the creation of this atmosphere.
Lee O'Neill
> El Cumbanchero's an old 'folk' song from Cuba. I believe it goes way back to
> the early 50's. Don't know who originaly wrote it, since a lot of Latin bands
> covered that tune.
I wouldn't call it a folk song actually, but it was a very popular pop
song in Cuba a couple of times. The original was written by Rafael
Hernandez some time in the late 1930s. I'm told that Hernandez was
from Puerto Rico but I don't know if he was part of the Cuban or
Puerto Rican music scene when he wrote the song.
The big hit version of the song was by Celia Cruz. Her take was in
the late 1940s or early 1950s and was probably the inspiration for
most of the covers that came later.
I spent some time collecting as many recordings of El Cumbanchero as I
could ("Rockfort Rock" is one of my favorite riddims) and came up with
about 40 before I figured I had enough. I don't have the list right
now, but in addition to Hernandez and Cruz, I found versions by Desi
Arnaz, the Ventures, Cincinnati Pops, Chuco Valdes, Edmundo Ros, David
Grisman, Brave Combo, Liberace, Xavier Cugat, the Marquette University
Golden Eagles Marching Band, Ferrante & Teicher and James Last, as
well as bluegrass, old style Cuban, modern Latin, dance/disco,
wedding, rock, pop, novelty and techno versions.
I think I had too much time on my hands back then.
Lee O'Neill
JahCedmon
I've heard the most. That woman's old as dirt, but still going strong;>)
John Foster
>You can hear the original version of Rockfort Rock called "EL
>Cumbanchero" on this website. You will need to have real player.
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>http://www.ultraje.com/musicas/elcumb.ram
Recorded in 1990 - hardly the original!
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John