Francisco de Asís Javier Cugat Mingall de Bru y Deulofeu
(1900-01-01)1 January 1900[1]
Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Died
27 October 1990(1990-10-27) (aged 90)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Occupations
Musician
singer
actor
director
screenwriter
bandleader
Years active
1925–1970
Spouses
Rita Montaner
(m. 1918; div. 1920)
Carmen Castillo
(m. 1929; div. 1946)
Lorraine Allen
(m. 1947; div. 1952)
Abbe Lane
(m. 1952; div. 1963)
Charo
(m. 1966; div. 1978)
Relatives
Francis Cugat (brother)
Website
xaviercugat.com
External audio
You may listen to Xavier Cugat conducting his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra performing Consuelo Velázquez's rhumba Bésame Mucho in 1945 Listen on archive.org
Xavier Cugat (Catalan:[ʃəβiˈekuˈɣat]; 1 January 1900[1] – 27 October 1990) was a Spanish musician and bandleader who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. A trained violinist and arranger, he was a leading figure in the spread of Latin music. In New York City, he was the leader of the resident orchestra at the Waldorf–Astoria before and after World War II. He was also a cartoonist and a restaurateur. The personal papers of Xavier Cugat are preserved in the Biblioteca de Catalunya.
^ abNOTE: Some sources ([1], [2]) indicate 1901 as his year of birth; however, the majority of references, including his tombstone and various United States censuses, all clearly support 1900 as the correct year of birth.
XavierCugat (Catalan: [ʃəβiˈe kuˈɣat]; 1 January 1900 – 27 October 1990) was a Spanish musician and bandleader who spent his formative years in Havana...
guitarist Andrés Segovia. In 1966, she married 66-year-old bandleader XavierCugat and moved to the United States with him. In the late 1960s and 1970s...
first marriage was as the fourth wife of Latin bandleader and musician XavierCugat, more than thirty years her senior. Born Abigail Francine Lassman on...
films. Francis Cugat was born in Barcelona in 1893, an older brother of XavierCugat. The Cugat family emigrated to Cuba in 1903. Cugat studied at the...
Smith, music teacher XavierCugat as himself, leader of XavierCugat and His Orchestra Lina Romay as herself, singer with XavierCugat and His Orchestra...
lyrics by Milton Leeds) and as an instrumental. The song became a hit for XavierCugat on the Victor label in 1940. In late 1960, a rock instrumental version...
where she sang with Frank Sinatra. She recorded and performed with the XavierCugat orchestra, and signed a recording contract with RCA Victor Records in...
and Rita Hayworth. The supporting cast also features Adolphe Menjou, XavierCugat and Adele Mara. The music was composed by Jerome Kern and the lyrics...
Lina Romay with XavierCugat and His Orchestra Granada - words music by Agustín Lara - Performed by Carlos Ramírez, with XavierCugat and His Orchestra...
sehr schön" in German, which reached No. 57 in the West German chart. XavierCugat and his orchestra recorded one of the first versions in 1935, with a...
band, the Siboney Septet, and began making a name for himself in Miami. XavierCugat, after seeing Arnaz perform, hired him for his touring orchestra, playing...
Maytals "The Lady in Red", written by M. Dixon and A. Wrubel, performed by XavierCugat and his Orchestra "Rogaciano", courtesy of Monitor Records "He'll Have...
first, the character's name was Liz Cugat; this was changed because of confusion with real-life bandleader XavierCugat, who sued.) My Favorite Husband was...
1946, 1947 Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers My Shawl 1945 Stanley Adams, XavierCugat My Shining Hour 1979 Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer My Silent Love 1942...
20 most recorded songs of all time. In 1943, Spanish-born bandleader XavierCugat reached number two on the Best Sellers List and number nine on the Harlem...
but she offers him a job with the show, but Ferdi convinces his friend XavierCugat to give Dick a position as a baritone at his nightclub. After an Aqua...
Leung Chiu-wai as Gambler Los Indios Tabajaras, "Always in My Heart" XavierCugat, "Perfidia", "María Elena", "Jungle Drums", "My Shawl", "Siboney" Leslie...
from films by director Wong Kar-wai, which were originally performed by XavierCugat. Four incarnations of the game were produced during its one-year development;...
appeared as a conga-playing Argentine student. Spanish-Catalan bandleader XavierCugat, who gave Arnaz his musical start, helped to popularize the dance, but...
Global Information
You may listen to Xavier Cugat conducting his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra performing Consuelo Velázquez's rhumba Bésame Mucho in 1945 Listen on archive.org