Tag: Latin

A basket of fruit on its head

Post author By Richard Evans
Post date June 25, 2016
1 Comment on A basket of fruit on its head

Sting’s real name is Gordon Sumner. Bono’s real name is Paul Hewson. Madonna’s real name is actually Madonna, but you see where I am going. Many is the artist who has adopted a stage name for a bit of mystique. A little while ago, I discovered the faux (but enjoyable) Latin jazz of Chaquito, whose […]

Tags Chaquito, Rey del Cha-Cha-Cha, Dance, G.S. Collection, John Gregory, Latin, Madonna, Polydor (label), Stage names, Tango

1950s 45 rpm 7" EP Jazz Latin

The Iron Chef deception

There are crushing moments when illusions, fondly nurtured for years, are shattered. Santa Claus isn’t real. No Viking ever had horns on his helmet. Chairman Kaga, the poncy Japanese playboy who used his personal fortune to create Kitchen Stadium and named his men the Iron Chefs, did not exist. Not quite as devastating, because I […]

Tags Cha-cha, Chaquito, Rey del Cha-Cha-Cha, Cleo Laine, Dance, Fontana (label), Iron Chef, John Gregory, Latin, Philips (label), Shattered illusions, Stage names