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First Name

Xavier

Last Name

Cugat

Date of Birth

01/01/1900

Build

Large

Eye Color

Brown - Dark

Hair Color

Brown - Dark

Place of Birth

Barcelona

Star Sign

Capricorn

Date of Death

27 October 1990

Place of Death

Catalonia, Spain

Cause of Death

heart failure

Ethnicity

Hispanic

Religion

Roman Catholic

Claim to Fame

The Rhumba King

Gender

Male

Nationality

Spanish

Music Genre

Easy Listening, Cha-Cha

Music Style

Big Band, World Fusion, Instrumental Pop, Jazz, Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Lounge, Latin, Mambo, Cha-Cha, Rumba, Cuban Traditions

Music Mood

Party/Celebratory, Rousing, Fun, Exuberant, Cheerful, Amiable/Good-Natured, Passionate, Romantic, Campy, Rollicking

Instrument

Violin, Arranger, Bandleader, Leader

Wikipedia Text

Xavier Cugat (Catalan pronunciation: ) (1 January 1900 � 27 October 1990) was a Spanish-American bandleader who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. A trained violinist and arranger, he was a key personality in the spread of Latin music in United States popular music. He was also a cartoonist and a successful businessman. In New York, his was the resident orchestra at the Waldorf-Astoria before and after World War II.

Couple Profile

Born in Spain, Xavier Cugat`s family moved to Havana, Cuba, when he was three. Always musically inclined, he packed up and moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times newspaper during the day and labored to put together a band at night. After a few years of playing smaller clubs in the L.A. area, Cugat finally got his break when he and his band secured a job at the prestigious Coconut Grove nightclub in 1928. His style of music caught on, and Cugat was instrumental in bringing Latin music to the attention of the US public. In the `30s and `40s he was nicknamed "The Rumba King" because of his popularization of that Latin dance. In Cugat`s film appearances he usually played himself, even if the character had a name other than Xavier Cugat, and he and his band appeared in several memorable MGM musicals in the `40s. After suffering a stroke in 1971, Xavier Cugat retired.

Couple Profile Source

www.imdb.com/name/nm0191265/bio

Full Name at Birth

Francesc d`As�s Xavier Cugat Mingall de Bru i Deulofeu

Role ID

Soundtrack, Actor/Actress, Music Department

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