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Connie: Jose Fajardo. Jr Y Sus Estrellas - Quedate, ( Stay )

Welcome to the Salsa Addiction Emergency Room!

We are all in critical condition here!

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Saturday Night Salsa for 06-07-2014 for the TROOPS and their supporters everywhere!

Here is a list of the songs in the Jukebox:

Artist/s - Song Names:

Brownout - Homenage

Brownout - Laredo 77

Brownout - Latin Asscape

Brownout - The Sexican

Brownout - They Dont Know

Brownout - You Already Are

Chakachas - Harlem Nocturno

Chakachas - Jungle Fever

Chakachas - Latin Can Can

Chakachas - Un Rayo De Sol

Chakachas - Yo Soy Cubano

Eddie Montalvo And Friends - Almendra

Henry Brun And The Latin Playerz - Lullaby Of Birdland

Henry Brun And The Latin Playerz - Naked

Henry Brun And The Latin Playerz - Pursuit

Henry Brun And The Latin Playerz - Rumba De San Antone

Henry Brun And The Latin Playerz - Seor Grinch

Henry Brun And The Latin Playerz - Stirring My Emotions

Henry Brun And The Latin Playerz - Un Poquito

Javier Vazquez - Sabroso Como El Guarapo

Javier Vazquez - Se Formo La Rumbantela

Javier Vazquez - Siguelo

Jose Fajardo. Jr Y Sus Estrellas - Kikiriki

Jose Fajardo. Jr Y Sus Estrellas - Quedate

Lucas Van Merwijk And The Cubop City Big Band - Introduction De Alfredo Chocolate Armenteros

Lucas Van Merwijk And The Cubop City Big Band - Medley

Lucas Van Merwijk And The Cubop City Big Band - RinTinTin

Lucas Van Merwijk And The Cubop City Big Band - Rumberos De Ayer

Lucas Van Merwijk And The Cubop City Big Band - Tambores Suenan

Lucas Van Merwijk And The Cubop City Big Band - Te Quedaras

Lucas Van Merwijk And The Cubop City Big Band - Tin Tin Deo

Lucas Van Merwijk And The Cubop City Big Band - Wild Jungle

Lucas Van Merwijk And The Cubop City Big Band - Yiri Yiri Bon

Lucas Van Merwijk And The Cubop City Big Band - Zambia

Quasimode - Ipe Amarelo

Quasimode - Lucky Luciano

Quasimode - Oneself - Likeness

Quasimode - Skelton Coast

Sixto Llorente Y Son Del Indio - Naturaleza

Sixto Llorente Y Son Del Indio - Para Todos Mis Amigos

Sixto Llorente Y Son Del Indio - Tiempo

Sixto Llorente Y Son Del Indio - Un Violin Para Mi Santo

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YOUR HIT PARADE: 1944

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#10 – Nat King Cole: “Straighten up and Fly Right”

Nathaniel Coles (1919-65) was born in Montgomery, Alabama. When Nat was four, he and his family moved to Chicago, where his father became a Baptist minister. Nat learned to play the organ from his mother, who was the church organist. He began formal lessons at 12, eventually learning not only jazz and gospel music, but also classical music, performing “Bach to Rachmaninov”. Nat would sneak out of the house and hang around outside the clubs, listening to the jazz greats.

Nat began his performing career in the mid-1930’s while still a teenager. His older brother, Eddie, a bass player, soon joined the band, and they made their first recording in 1936 under Eddie’s name. He also was a pianist in a national tour of Eubie Blake’s revue, “Shuffle Along”. When it suddenly failed in Long Beach, CA, Nat decided to remain there.

Cole and two other musicians formed the “King Cole Swingers” in Long Beach and played in a number of local bars. The trio played throughout the late 1930’s and recorded many radio shows. Cole was not only pianist but leader of the combo as well. Radio was important to the Swingers. Their first broadcast was with NBC in 1938.

The old legend was that Cole’s singing career did not start until a drunken barroom patron demanded that he sing “Sweet Lorraine”. Cole later said that the fabricated story “sounded good, so I just let it ride.” Cole frequently sang in between instrumental numbers. Noticing that people started to request more vocal numbers, he obliged.

The King Cole Trio signed with the fledgling Capitol Records in 1943. Revenues from Cole’s record sales fueled much of Capitol’s success during this period. The revenue played a significant role in financing the Capitol Records building near Hollywood and Vine in Los Angeles. Completed in 1956, it was the world’s first circular office building and became known as “The House that Nat Built”.

This was his first hit, whose lyrics originated in a sermon of his father’s.

Nat King Cole: “Straighten up and Fly Right”