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Question: Name this tune?

MaudB — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:39:42 -0800

What is this tune?

That's a friend of mine singing a bit from a tune that's stuck in her head driving her crazy. She said she thinks it might be from TV of the past, maybe the Ed Sullivan show or Ernie Kovacs.

By: bink

bink — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:03:07 -0800

Is it maybe a part of Sabre Dance? (Hi Neander!)

By: pemberkins

pemberkins — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:18:54 -0800

If you don't have any luck here, you can try humming it here.

By: Opposite George

Opposite George — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:41:07 -0800

Sounds like "El Cumbanchero" by (I think) Rafael Hernandez.

Lots of folks did it. Here's Desi Arnaz's pretty famous version.

By: Aquaman

Aquaman — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:43:14 -0800

Absolutely "El Cumbanchero". I have a bitchin' version by Henry King & His Orchestra, circa the late 1930's. Later reinvented as the enduring reggae rhythm "Rockfort Rock".

By: billtron

billtron — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:54:15 -0800

"El Cumbanchero". "Rockfort Rock".

By: MaudB

MaudB — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:17:10 -0800

I sent these to my friend and her husband says, "They got it! Definitely El Cumbanchero! Thanks!"
So - thanks, y'all!