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artist.....: VA
album......: Voulez-Vous Chacha? French Chacha 1960-
year.......: 2019
label......: Born Bad Records
BB116
source.....: WEB
moodswing..: Latin
releasesize: 114.94 MB
tracks.....: 20
length.....: 50:01
encoder....: MP3 320CBR
quality....: 320kbps
scenealized: 06.25.2019
The record starts out with an esoteric
organ, a guitar straight out of a
Western, a vibey rhythm section, a
speeding saxophone, a glamorous voice,
a curious keyboard, a slightly panicky
tempo. "Please Mr Hitchock!" calls out
a voice from the unknown, on an
arrangement that's about to lose
control. "Eins Zwei Drei", cries out
Spartaco Andreoli, creator of the
chachacha for tunas, lyrics that are
absurd accompanying music that isn't so
much so. "C'est bon ca dis donc!" (This
is pretty good), suggest the Los
Goragueros, at the start of their
"Mambo Miam Miam" (Yum Yum). A smooth
sax, a double bass that sways, and
shattering percussions, this song
anonymously written by Alain Goraguer
is actually quite tasty. This arranger
and pianist, who went on to write the
indispensable Planete Sauvage (Wild
Planet), is not the only one to have
advanced half-masked in these tropical
times. Tropical music and France go way
back. The influential Brazilian
musician Pixinguinha came through in
1922, the charismatic Cuban singer Rita
Montaner triumphed a few years later,
and the brilliant clarinetist Stellio
from Martinique had everyone dancing
through the night to the beguine. It's
in bars where Don Marino Barreto's
orchestra made the heyday of a surreal
and carefree Paris. And after the
Second World War, it started all over
again. Rico's Creole Band was one of
the great Creole orchestras to sway all
of Paris, the Blomet Ball brought
together the Afro-Caribbean
communities, L'Escale became an
essential dancing ground for lovers of
Latin music, the pianist Eddie Warner
was one of these pillars. Shortly
after, the Los Machucambos, a South
American band created in the Latin
Quarter performed music between guajira
and flamenco and its song "Pepito"
marked the start of the trio's success.
Chachacha was officially invented in
the early 1950s by Enrique Jorrin, soon
followed by the pachanga, becoming a
staple of black-and-white films. This
Chachacha affair is emblematic of the
atypical history of popular music, that
of back-alleys, far from the paths and
furrows of glory. In terms of Latin
music, these records that were
patiently found in flea markets are
becoming a rarity. These 7-inch vinyl
records were recorded at Barclay, Vogue
and company -- low-consumption products
intended to supply the shelves of
budding suburban supermarkets. Features
Cassius Simon, Spartaco Andreoli,
Billy's Sax, Los Albinos, Los
Goragueros, Rol Basti, Gillian Hills,
Spartaco Sax, Norman Maine, Les
Bretelles, Los Chiquitos, Norman Maine,
Jack Ary, Henri Salvador & Jean Yanne,
Les Gouapes A Musique, Los Cangaceiros,
and Les Kili Cats.
URL: https://www.discogs.com/Various-
Voulez-Vous-Cha-Cha-French-Cha-Cha-
1960-1964-/master/1566410
psst, more info at http://www.bornbadrecords.net/
01 Cassius Simon - Please Mister Hitchcock 02:22
02 Spartaco Andreoli - Eins Zwei Drei 02:44
03 Billy's Sax - Le Fil Direct 02:22
04 Los Albinos - Chacha Bepop 02:17
05 Los Goragueros - Mambo Miam Miam 02:36
06 Rol Basti - Casoar 02:24
07 Gillian Hills - Chacha Stop 03:05
08 Spartaco Sax - Ne Nous Fachons Pas 02:25
09 Norman Maine - Paris 02:12
10 Les Bretelles - Marchand De Melons 02:37
11 Los Chiquitos - Ca C'est Du Poulet 02:00
12 Norman Maine - Mundial Chacha 02:01
13 Jack Ary - Chacha Transistor 02:32
14 Henri Salvador & Jean Yanne - Allo Brigitte 02:55
15 Cassius Simon - Tabou 02:33
16 Les Gouapes A Musique - La Tarte A La Nana 02:32
17 Los Cangaceiros - Bip Bip 02:31
18 Jack Ary - Defendu Defendu 03:03
19 Les Kili Cats - Le Soukou Soukou 02:37
20 Los Albinos - Voulez-Vous Chacha? 02:13