Christmas From the Latin Lounge

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You could learn to mambo for that upcoming New Year's Eve party. Or you could pick up Mambo Santa Mambo and get that bad groove before its 18 tracks are over. Packed with delights and surprises, it mines the past 40 to 50 years of prime-time Latin Christmas tunes--complete with campy, cheesy, and cool Yuletide vocals--and succeeds mightily. Who could resist the outrageous Billy May & His Orchestra's version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," or the young and innocent Augie Rios asking "Donde Esta Santa Claus?" Knock-out vocal performances from Latin queen Celia Cruz ("Jingle Bells" and "El Cha Cha Cha De La Navidad"), plus the Enchanters' great holiday update of Lou Bega's recent hit ("Mambo Number 5," here called "Mambo Santa Mambo") make this a must-have disc for a truly feliz Navidad. --Martin Keller

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Tracks:

Jingle Bells - The Joe Loco Quintet
Mambo Santa Mambo - The Enchanters
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Mambo) - Billy May & His Orchestra
December Twenty 5 - The Flashcats
Winter Wonderland Cha Cha - Tina Robin
Jingle Bells - Celia Cruz
Donde Esta Santa Claus? (Where Is Santa Claus?) - AUGIE RIOS
We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo - Bill Darnel & The Smith Brothers
Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - The Skip-Jacks
The Christmas Song Cha Cha - Hugo Winterhalter
Rockin' 'J' Bells - Little Bobby Rey & His Band
El Cha Cha Cha De La Navidad - Celia Cruz
Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer Cha Cha - Hernando Hopkins & Orchestra
How Can Santa Come To Puerto Rico? - Ricky Vera/Steve Allen
Jingle Bells Mambo - Frank Petty Trio
I Saw Mommy Do The Mambo (With You Know Who) - Jimmy Boyd
Corrido De Auld Lang Syne (Dance Of The New Year) - Little Bobby Rey & His Band
Snowfall Cha Cha - Billy May

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You could learn to mambo for that upcoming New Year's Eve party. Or you could pick up Mambo Santa Mambo and get that bad groove before its 18 tracks are over. Packed with delights and surprises, it mines the past 40 to 50 years of prime-time Latin Christmas tunes--complete with campy, cheesy, and cool Yuletide vocals--and succeeds mightily. Who could resist the outrageous Billy May & His Orchestra's version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," or the young and innocent Augie Rios asking "Donde Esta Santa Claus?" Knock-out vocal performances from Latin queen Celia Cruz ("Jingle Bells" and "El Cha Cha Cha De La Navidad"), plus the Enchanters' great holiday update of Lou Bega's recent hit ("Mambo Number 5," here called "Mambo Santa Mambo") make this a must-have disc for a truly feliz Navidad. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews:

Latin laughs for a Christmas Ball.......2007-04-30

The Latin Lounge series tends to gather lots of fun, campy music around a loose theme. This time it is Christmas! A couple of these are truly awful. Some of it is pretty good. All of it is fun. Throw a few of these in the mix at your next Christmas Ball and watch the crowd grin (or groan) as they samba, rumba, cha cha, and of course mambo, to some Christmas tracks from days long past. It was an inexpensive disc when first released, and it probably still is from the right person.

The tempos vary within each track, and so newer dancers may have trouble staying with the beat. Here are the titles, durations, a suggested dance, and the performers for each track.

Jingle Bells 2:24, Samba, Joe Loco Quintet
Mambo Santa mambo 2:41, Mambo, Enchanters
Rudolph, the red-nosed Reindeer 2:39, Cha cha, Billy May Orchestra
December Twenty 5 3:37, Mambo, Flashcats
Winter Wonderland 2:19, Cha cha, Tina Robin
Jingle Bells 2:22, Mambo, Celia Cruz
Donde esta Santa Claus? 2:21, Mambo, Augie Rios
We wanna see Santa mambo 2:19, Mambo, Bill Darnell & Smith Brothers
Here comes Santa Claus 2:34, Foxtrot, Skip Jacks & Esquivel Orchestra
Christmas Song cha cha 2:17, Cha cha, Hugo Winterhalter
Rockin' J Bells 2:23, Jive / Swing, Little Bobby Rey & Band
Cha cha de la Navidad, El 2:2, Cha cha, Celia Cruz
Rudolph, the red-nosed Reindeer 2:23, Cha cha, Hernando Hopkins & Orchestra
How can Santa come to Puerto Rico? 3:07, Rumba, Ricky Vera & Steve Allen
Jingle Bells Mambo 2:17, Mambo, Frank Petty Trio
I saw Mommy do the mambo 2:33, Mambo, Jimmy Boyd & Mitch Miller Orch
Corrido de Auld Lang Syne 2:03, Polka, Little Bobby Rey & Band
Snowfall cha cha 2:25, Bolero, Billy May Orchestra

and1\3 com"YULE"ation Cleric ~ Mucho Oleý Merriment.......2003-07-20

For a few short weeks each YULEtide, seasonal songs can do the magic, they can open the public's heart ,while transporting our thoughts onto far away lands . So from the early 4o`s up till today there has scarcely been a span when some form of Latin music hasn't been near the forefront of the music scenery. This modernized major merry merchandized mirth mix of Salsa - dipped fun blurs the barriers and crosses the borders with tunes from a time when songsmiths first adapted to a developing Latin dance craze. The compliers of this YULEtide Treasure chest have done a great deed when they went vault vending amongst many a historic label and with the grace of the mucky-mucks re-released 13 singles that could have remained buried .~~~ Merrily Mix ~~{1}s.s.s. instu- tinsel, Feliz03,***1\2 ~ {2}(org!) doo wop ,gem found elsewhere,Feliz03, **** ~ {3} s.s.s. twisted big band mambo RLJ1, ***1\2 ~ {4} (org!) big band fun banter throughout , cross, JubLR_, lost gem, **** ~ {5} s.s.s., CH , twist big band, R J or L _, ***, {6} .s.s.s. big horns, Spanish, with CH, Feliz03, *** , {7}(org!) kid mixed S & E , retro, Feliz03, ***, {8}(org!)swing bandish with hip counterpoint , RLJ_, ****, {9} s.s.s. , twisted big band Space Age with CH, RJL_, ***1\2, {10} s.s.s. , twisted instru-tinsel, huge horns, Flintstone like, Feliz03, R L or J_,****, {11} s.s.s., instru-tinsel, big band surfy , R L or J_, ***, {12}? , CH in Spanish, big band, **, {13} s.s.s., instru-tinsel,big band,tubor horns and organ, RJL_ Feliz_ , ***1\2, {14} (org!) CH , slow salsa, **, {15} .s.s.s. , instu-tinsel pinoabilly and orch, R L or J_, ***, {16} 1\2 s.s.s & 1\2 (org!)big bandish R L or J , ***, {17} s.s.s twist, inst-tinsel, polka, Feliz03, ***1\2, {18} (org!)cool percussion used in retro ?, **** ~~~Post Script : Mmm...mmm bueno, I can just taste those green- corn tamales, decked out in my putty shirt as I throw tinsel upon my little plastic Christmas tree. Oh...gotta go Grandma and Grandpa have started the Congo Line. ***borrowit*saveit*giveit* shareit* donateit to the local library***YULEridGEMality Factor = 8 1\2 ish?

This was a throw-back..........2002-02-02

Preview, preview, preview before you buy!

Of course it's fun to add a new "sound" to your collection of Christmas classics... I know there are better alternatives. I found this one to be more annoying than interesting.

If you hate buying a CD only to find 2 good songs, you've been warned.

If you'd like to pick up a copy for cheap, check out the Salvation Army, that's where mine went.

NOT BAD but leave the kids at home!.......2001-12-10

"Christmas From The Latin Lounge." The title conjours up visions of Latin-flavored Christmas tunes coming from a '50s or '60s Las Vegas Lounge. To a point, this CD delivers. It starts off great, and just when you're in the mood there comes an abomination called "December 25." Perez Prado this ain't! It is far lesser talents from recent times doing a Xmas spin on Louis Bega's Mambo #5 (itself, best forgotten) with lyrics that would make any 8-year-old schoolboy (with a self-satisfied smirk on his face) justly pround. "Dasher, Dancer, Blitzen Comet...better drive straight so Santa don't vomit!" Yeah, right! The liner notes rave how "cool" this stuff is and this travesty blows it right there. O.K....now we're back in the 50's lounge. Any fire that may have been present in the grooves is quickly extinguished a couple of tracks later by the sqeaky-voiced, off-key warblings of Augie Rios and his "Mama Sita, Donde Esta Santa Claus". Despite their self-promotion as such, and their nauseating over-use of the word, kids are NOT...have never been and never will be...COOL, in the traditional (Rat Pack / Peter Gunn) sense. What are they doing in the "Latin Lounge?" There are 3 (Count 'em) 3 tracks on this disc by kids. They spoil the whole vibe. Get "Hipster's Holiday", "Yule Be Swingin' 2" and The Blue Hawaiians' "Christmas On Big Island" if you want a COOL
YULE and don't forget about Swingerhead's version of "Little Drummer Boy" (with like...bongos man!!) on "Swingerhead Christmas." It's a no kid zone! "O.K. Mama Sita...I go to sleep now!" (Ye-e-ech!)

A lot of fun.......2001-01-07

Bought this cd on a whim, and was surprised to recognize "Donde esta Santa Claus" Have to say, the rest of the cd is just as listenable. Performed the title track at our office holiday luncheon, what a hoot. Everyone who listens to these very original songs loves them. Buy this cd, it doesn't disappoint!

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