It's a scream how Levine does the rhumba
Subtitle: the Latin-Jewish musical story: 1940s-1980s
Published: 2013
Format: [sound recording] :
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Latin jazz; Popular music; Latin Americans; Jews; Songs and music
Other titles: Latin-Jewish musical story: 1940s-1980s
Description: "Welcome to one of the great unsung currents of American pop music: the forgotten musical mash-up of Latin and Jewish, bagels and bongos, Spanish and Yiddish, manteca and schmaltz, that's been a bubbling undercurrent of American pop music since the early 1900s. It's a story full of Jewish mambo dancers, Jewish salsa greats, beloved sidemen, and record label chiefs on the one hand, and Latino bandleaders, singers, composers, and entrepreneurs on the other. Featuring legendary names like Eddie Palmieri, Celia Cruz, Herb Alpert, Carole King, Tito Puente, and many more, it offers an in-depth historical examination of the relationships between Latinos and Jews in America through the sound of popular music"--Publisher's web site.
Notes: Booklet contains song list, information about the musicians, and essays by The Idelsohn Society (A few words), Arturo O'Farrill (Essay or esse), Steve Berlin (A Jewish Lobo speaks), and Mark Schwartz (Memories from the days of the Mamboniks).

Various performers.

Sung in English, Spanish, some Yiddish.
Table of contents: title: Disc 1. Moe the Schmo Takes a Rhumba Lesson / Irving Kaufman; title: Arriba (Part 1) / The Barton Brothers; title: Miami Beach Rhumba / Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra; title: Joe and Paul / Pupi Campo and His Orchestra; title: Sheyn Vi Di Levone / Al Gomez Orchestra; title: It's a Scream How Levine Does the Rhumba / Ruth Wallis; title: For Dancers Only / Alfredito and His Orchestra: Mambo; title: Mambo Shevitz (Man, Oh Man) /  The Crows with Melino and His Orchestra; title: Cheek to Cheek / Candido featuring Al Cohn; title: Meshuganah Mambo / Slim Gaillard; title: Channah From Havana /  The Barry Sisters; title: My Yiddishe Mambo / Mickey Katz and His Orchestra; title: Pan, Amor Y Cha Cha Cha / Abbe Lane with Tito Puente and His Orchestra; title: Mambo La Concord / Machito and His Afro-Cuban Orchestra; title: Matzoh Ball Merengue / Johnny Conquet, His Piano & Orchestra; title: Grossinger's Cha Cha Cha / Tito Puente and His Orchestra; title: Raleigh Riff / The La Plata Sextette; title: Loco (ballad) / Don Tosti with Raul Diaz; title: Mambo Chicano / René Bloch; title: The Twist of Hava Nageela / Pérez Prado; title: Desafinado / Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd; title: Uptown / Little Eva; title: Disc 2. Exodus / Ray Barretto; title: El Molestoso / Eddie Palmieri y su Conjunto "La Perfecta"; title: Watermelon Man / Mongo Santamaría; title: Sabor a Mi / Eydie Gorme & The Trio Los Panchos; title: Hava Nageela / Celia Cruz Con Orquesta; title: Sabbath Prayer (Plegaria) / Joe Quijano; title: Tema Alegre / The Alegre All-Stars; title: América / La Lupe; title: Just Another Guajira / Mark Weinstein; title: Belz Mein Shtetele Belz (My Home Town) / Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass; title: Cucaraca Macara / Harvey Averne; title: Ghetto Brothers Power / The Ghetto Brothers; title: Y Volveré / Ron Eliran; title: Hava Nagila / Damirón; title: Tojo / Pete Yellin; title: Junio 73 / Willie Colón; title: Corazón / Carole King; title: Me Llevo a la Marina / Andy Harlow's Latin Fever; title: Yo Soy Latino / Larry Harlow.