De Castro Sisters - Teach Me Tonight: Singles & Albums 1952-60The de Castro Sisters were a vocal trio whose mother was a Ziegfeld Follies showgirl from Chicago who married a wealthy Cuban aristocrat, who owned sugar plantations in the Dominican Republic and had an apartment in Manhattan, although the girls were largely brought up in Havana. They started singing in their teens, working on radio in Cuba styled as a Cuban version of The Andrews Sisters. They moved with their mother to Miami in 1942, where they were

Enter a Winter Wonderland with this fantastic collection from Acrobat

iconic version "The Twist"

This 70-track 3-CD set comprises the complete contents

including the likes of Shorty Rogers

Dvorak/ Kasik/ Wihan Quartet - Piano Quartets

their lives and burdens are the subject for this dramatic series from Lifetime

so this 13-song set is just a joy

"Art Farmer Quintet"

the latter with "Stop The World (and Let Me Off)"

As one of the most popular performers of the 1950s and '60s

sometimes transmitting a feeling of loving frustration and at other times cheerfulness too

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