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In Argentina and Uruguay Cifra is a genre of traditional melody with accompaniment, associated with usually improvised lyrics. [1]In this genre the lyrics are improvised by two competing performers;by two or more participants taking turns, based on impromptu or made-up stanzas; or by a solo performer who improvises on a topic requested by his audience.
Mon Rivera is the common name given to two distinct Puerto Rican musicians (both born in Mayagüez), namely Monserrate Rivera Alers (originally nicknamed Rate, later referred to as "Don Mon", or Mon The Elder, and sometimes erroneously credited as Ramón in songwriting credits) and his oldest son, Efraín Rivera Castillo (May 25, 1924 – March 12, 1978), [1] [2] (referred to early in his ...
The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" is a 1968 pop song, which was the theme song for the children's television program The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. [1] Originally released by Decca Records on the album titled We're the Banana Splits , the single release peaked at No. 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 8, 1969, [ 2 ] and No ...
"Juanita Banana" is a novelty song adaptation from Mexican folk music by Tash Howard and Murray Kenton. [1] The song, which tells the story of a Mexican banana farmer's daughter with operatic ambitions and whose chorus is an adaptation of "Caro Nome" from Giuseppe Verdi 's opera Rigoletto , was originally released in the United States in 1966.
The Banana Splits was syndicated in 1970 to local stations, reformatted as a half-hour show under the title The Banana Splits and Friends Show. The Banana Splits formed a framework for episodes from three of Hanna-Barbera's animated series ( The Atom Ant Show , The Secret Squirrel Show , and The Adventures of Gulliver ) and the live-action The ...
Vecindario is a town in the municipality of Santa Lucía de Tirajana in the south-eastern part of the island of Gran Canaria, in the Province of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands. The population of Vecindario was estimated at 80 235 inhabitants in the 2023 census. Its current president is D. Francisco José García López. [2]
Chiclete com Banana released its first album, called Estação Das Cores (1983) and Traz os montes, in 1983, and is regarded as one of the most successful bands of the Axé music genre in Brazil. Chiclete rose to fame in Bahia in the 1980s like other axé bands and artists (among them the famous Ivete Sangalo ).
"Chiclete com banana" is a song written by Gordurinha and Almira Castilho and recorded in 1959 by Jackson do Pandeiro, who popularized the song. The title means "chewing gum and banana," which refers to American and Brazilian music. Since 1959, the song has been covered by Gilberto Gil, [1] Tania Maria, [2] and others.