I'm sure not many of you watch the "Lawrence Welk" show

[ol'skinflint]

(there's VERY few styles of music that I DON'T like, except the rap/crap and lousy "R and B" popular today) but if you'd watched the Welk show this past Saturday you would have seen and heard a Latina singer deliver a really swingin' rendition of "Peanut Vendor". I now know that the Ritchie Family version is a remake (but I love that version, also). Anyone know who did the original version? thanks.

[Videoskooter]

Isn't Peanut vendor a remake from the very old and popular Cuban song "Il Manicero" or is my mind playing tricks on me?

Mixmachine???

[the disco kid]

Videoskooter your mind is NOT playing tricks on you...


The Peanut Vendor
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The Peanut Vendor (original title: El Manisero) is a popular Cuban song in style usually known as Cuban rumba (the more correct name of the song's style is son pregón).
Maní, maní, maní…
Si te quieres por el pico divertir,
Cómprame un cucuruchito de maní.
El manisero se va, el manisero se va.
Me voy, te digo que me voy…
The arrangement of El Manisero by a Jewish emigrant to Cuba, Moisés Simmons [1] was recorded by a popular Cuban singer Rita Montaner in Havana in 1928. In 1930 the adaptation of Montaner’s version was recorded in New York by Don Azpiazu and his Havana Casino orchestra, sung by Antonio Machín[2]. It was featured in the Hollywood film The Cuban Love Song (1931) and quickly picked by a dozen other orchestras in the United States and Europe. The song was a top hit on the record in 1931.
Because of its cultural importance, in 2005 The Peanut Vendor was included into the United States National Recording Registry by the National Recording Preservation Board, stating:
"It is the first American recording of an authentic Latin dance style. This recording launched a decade of “rumbamania,” introducing U.S. listeners to Cuban percussion instruments and Cuban rhythms."