Francesc d'Asís Xavier Cugat Mingall de Bru i Deulofeu (
1 January 1900 –
27 October 1990) was a
Catalan-
Cuban bandleader whom many consider to have had more to do with the infusion of
Latin music into United States
popular music than any other musician.
Perez Prado followed in Cugat's footsteps.Cugat was born in
Barcelona, Spain. With his family, he emigrated to Cuba when he was five. He trained as a classical violinist and played with the Orchestra of the Teatro Nacional in
Havana. On
6 July 1915, Cugat and his family arrived in
New York as immigrant passengers on board the S.S. Havana. Entering the world of show business, he played with a band called “The Gigolos” during the tango craze. Later, he went to work for the
Los Angeles Times as a cartoonist. Cugat's caricatures were later nationally syndicated.
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