Our first introduction was a disc of boleros and frankly, we didn't understand what all the fuss was about. It was the popping rhythms of Manzanillo that set our feet on fire. From there we found other rhythm tracks and now we happily enjoy the boleros as well. Mor 's importance in the story of Cuban music is no less than Sinatra's to American pop. The problem for non-Spanish speaking fans is the lack of documentation in English on the Latin greats.
Latin CDs are notorious for their lack of liner notes.
Recording dates and personnel listings are rare. Biographies are almost non-existent. We contacted author Hilda Alvarez to provide some perspective on Beny Mor when we were still publishing the print version of MrLucky and she graciously provided us with the following biographical sketch. He was an extroverted illiterate, always showing the charisma that would accompany him throughout his life, and he was happy in spite of the abject poverty in which he grew up. It was all he knew.