Compilation of the late 50s and early 60s recordings by this unique singer and showman from Cuba, a contemporary of Pérez Prado, Cachao and Mongo Santamaría. Includes his famous ska/ mambo crossover hit 'El jamaiquino'.
Biography
Francisco Fellove Valdés was born on October 7, 1923 in the Barrio Colón, Havana. When Fellove was a kid, he would walk through the streets of downtown Havana with a drum and scat. He met Chano Pozo and the young singer Armando Borcela "Guapacha" in his neighbourhood. "Also," Fellove remembers, "I played the guitar and sang with the Niño Rivera." That's how he composed 'Mango mangüé' when he was 16, in Niño Rivera's house. The first musician to record the song was the singer Miguelito Valdés. Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, the flautist Johnny Pacheco and Aldemaro Romero also recorded it. "Then came 'El jamaiquino', another song I made with El Niño." These two historic songs are included in this collection - recorded by Fellove himself in Mexico City.
