[TANGO-L] La Cumparsita cha cha cha

[luda_r1 <luda_r1 @YAHOO.COM>]

Aron writes:

"I know a cha-cha version of La Cumparista (which is
quite brilliant =
actually), but it is pure instrumental."

What's the name of the album and label?

And Geoff writes:

"In fact it wasn't "La Cumparsita", but that
sound-alike ballroom-tango,
"Hernando's Hideaway" from The Pajama Game (1954),
that Debelah Morgan's
2001 hit "Dance with me" was based on.  Richard Adler
and Jerry Ross,
writers of the original were given writing credits for

"Dance with me"
along with Debelah and Giloh Morgan."

I thought that the song "Hernando's Hideawy" was from
the wonderful musical "Damn Yankees"? With that dynamo
Gwen Verdon in the starring role? Available on video.

"The only vaguely-Argentine arrangement of the
original
that I know is by
De Angelis, where the title has been Hispanic-ised to
"El Escondite de
Hernando".

I'm not aware of this version, but there's a terrific
one, about which I just found out recently, by
Florindo Sassone. Same title.

Luda




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