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Welcome to the Salsa Addiction Emergency Room!

We are all in critical condition here!

The music page will open in a new window. There is the option of clicking on individual songs or clicking the Jukebox link. If you choose the Jukebox link then the page can be minimized while you continue surfing:

Saturday Night Salsa for 05-04-2019 for the TROOPS and their supporters everywhere!

Here is a list of the songs in the Jukebox:
Artist/s - Song Names:
El Nino Jesus - Coje La Recta
La Orquesta D'Soul - Hot Salsa
La Orquesta Son De Cali - Me Mueve El Piso
Marc Anthony - Dimelo ( I Need To Know )
Marc Anthony - Valio La Pena
Mariana Seoane - Me Equivoque ( Salsa Instrumental )
Mariano Civico - La Mitad
Mario Ortiz - A Fuego Lento
Marisela Verena - Nosotros Los Cubanos
Marlow Rosado Y La Riquea - Pacto Entre Salseros
Mayito Rivera - Bembe
Mercadonegro - La Bendicion
Mercadonegro - Llego La Hora
Michael Stuart - Mayor Que Yo - Edit
Michael Stuart - Noche De Travesura
Michel Batista - La Rumba
Miles Pena - Mirame A La Cara
Mimi Ibarra - Duele
Mimi Ibarra - Necesito Verte
Mimi Ibarra - Que Tiene Ella
Mon Rivera - Lluvia Con Nieve
Monguito Santamaria - Asi Sere Para Ti
N'Klabe - I Love Salsa
NG2 - Maldita Suerte
Nabori - Aguzate Rumbero
Nabori - Aprende Mulato
Naty Y Su Orquesta - Sandra Mora
Orestes Vilato - Como El Macao Candela
Orlando 'Cachaito' Lopez - Redencion
Orlando 'Maraca' Valle - Oye Guajira Mi Son
Willy Chirino - El Diablo Llego A La Habana

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

HAROLD ARLEN

THE SINGING KID

This 1936 Warner Brothers musical is almost totally forgotten today and is remembered primarily because it marked the end of Al Jolson’s career in Hollywood. Al had learned to sing before electric recording and used the old “belter” style necessary to project both on stage and with acoustic recording. Here he teams with Cab Calloway.

Jim Crow existed even in Hollywood. Cab received an inferior dressing room compared to Jolson due to his race, and Jolson raised holy hell about it. He stormed into Jack Warner’s office and threatened to walk if Calloway didn’t get equal accommodations. Interesting to note, Jolson started his career on stage in blackface, and nobody at the time got upset about it.

“I LOVE TO SING-A”

This is a clip from the movie. The lyrics come from Yip Harburg. The song survived only because of a very strange coincidence, to be covered in the next post.

Al Jolson & Cab Calloway: “I Love to Sing-a”