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Bongos and Bagels

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Ballad for a Bronze Beauty

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Ritmos Bailables  Orquesta Romanticos de Brazil   MAMBO. DANZON. CHA CHA CHA. BOLEROS.   Star Records (Miami, Florida)

(20 votes, average: 3.55 out of 5)

Gimme some skin!

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“Otra Vez” (“Again”)   Los Trotamundos (The Globetrotters)  Zeida Records (Columbia)

(14 votes, average: 2.50 out of 5)

Sticky fingers

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“Cha Cha Cha” Orquesta America Vol. 1  Panart Records (Cuba)

(14 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)

White heat

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“A Touch of Fire” The Belgian Quintet featuring glamorous Anne Sherman  CBS Records (South Africa)

(21 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)

Movin’ and shakin’

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“Ritmo Candente”  Orfeon Records (Mexico)  Chico O’Farrill, Orquesta Riverside, Roberto Faz, etc.  Cool new addition to the collection!

(31 votes, average: 3.65 out of 5)

Hot to trot

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Los Trotamundos (The Globetrotters!)   “A Ritmo de CUMBIA”  Musart Records (Columbia)

(28 votes, average: 3.79 out of 5)

Please don’t bang that drum

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Francis Bay and his Orchestra  “Too Much Tequila”  Philips Records (France)

(31 votes, average: 3.81 out of 5)

In my room

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Beatin’ Time  Egidio Bortoli’s Rhythm Group featuring Albert Laguerre on Conga Drum   Spotlight Records (Australia)

(20 votes, average: 3.30 out of 5)

Hooked on a feline

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Dancing Panther  “Cement Mixer-Twist”  Warner Bros. Records (1960)

(29 votes, average: 4.14 out of 5)

Cliff banger

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“Expresso Bongo!”   Cliff Richard from the movie of the same name (1959)  Columbia Records (UK)

(23 votes, average: 4.09 out of 5)