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The Lecuona Cuban Boys was a Cuban popular band during the 30's and 40's. The founder was Ernesto Lecuona. One of the most successful Cuban composers of all time. He did not actually play with the band. The core of the band was put together in 1931 as Orquesta Encanto. In 1934, during being on tour in Europe, Lecuona returned to Cuba and Armando Oréfiche took charge of the band in Europe. Ernesto gave them the gift of his name and the band became known as the Lecuona Cuban Boys. The band mostly had eleven members. Members: Armando Oréfiche (composer, arranger, pianist) Ernesto 'Jaruco' Vázquez (trumpeter, guitarist, composer, arranger) Adalberto 'Chiquito' Oréfiche (tenor sax and bongo) Agustin Bruguera (timbales, conga, voice) Gerardo Bruguera (tenor sax and clarinet) Jesús Bertomeu (trombone) Jorge Domínguez (alto sax, clarinet, violin) Daniel González (alto sax, clarinet, violin) Guillermo Hernández (guitar, tumba, guiro, maracas) Enrique López Rivero (trumpet) Alberto Rabagliatti (voice) Fernando Díaz (trumpet) Luis Escalante (trumpet) The band toured throughout the world. During World War II the band went to Latin America and continued their touring there. After WWII there was a dispute within the band, which ended in a split. Armando Oréfiche left with a few members, and started the Havana Cuban Boys, whilst the rest stayed under the old name, based in New York until 1960. The Lecuona Cuban Boys continued to tour and finally retired in 1975.
![]() | Armando Orefiche p 1911-2000 CU |
![]() | Ernesto Lecuona p 1895-1963 CU |
![]() | Rafael Hernandez b CU |
![]() | Alberto Rabagliati voc 1906-1974 IT |
![]() | Daniel González g, key |
![]() | Ernesto "Jaruco" Vazquez |
![]() | Alvaro Serrano voc, tr CO |
![]() | Agustin Bruguera voc CU |
Track list and 30sec audio provided by
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 2017 | Compil. |
Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 2017 | Compil. |
Beneath The Cuban Moon (Part 2) | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 2008 | Single |
The Originals. Lecuona Cuban Boys. Congas And Rumbas From The Unforgettable Band | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 2003 | Compil. |
Estro Latino | Lecuona Cuban Boys - Carmen Miranda - Dorival Caymmi - Astor Piazzolla | 2001 | Compil. |
Absolute Best - Rumba | Ernesto Lecuona, Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1999 | Compil. |
Al Ritmo De La Lecuona Cuban Boy's | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1999 | Album |
The Famous Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Single |
Rumba Blanca / Son Los Lecuona | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Album |
Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Single |
The Famous Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Compil. |
Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Compil. |
Tanz Mit Den Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Album |
Rythmes Sud Américains Avec Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Compil. |
Los Auténticos Lecuona | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Album |
A Cuban Night With The Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Compil. |
Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Single |
Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Single |
Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Compil. |
Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Album |
Rumba Under A Havana Moon: Rumbas & Congas | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Compil. |
Live, On Film & New York Sessions 1946-1949 (Volume 9) | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1998 | Compil. |
Cuba Y Sus Mambos | Armando Orefiche, Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1997 | Compil. |
Lecuona Cuban Boys Volume 7 (In South-America 1940-1944) | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1996 | Compil. |
Lecuona Cuban Boys In Venezuela 1940 (Vol. 6) | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1995 | Compil. |
1941-44 Volume 8 (Carnival In Buenos Aires) | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1994 | Compil. |
Lecuona Cuban Boys Volume 5 | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1993 | Compil. |
Lecuona Cuban Boys Volume 4 | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1993 | Compil. |
Congas Y Rumbas | Lecuona Cuban Boys, Alberto Rabagliati, Augustin Bruguera, Josephine Baker | 1992 | Compil. |
Lecuona Cuban Boys Volume III | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1992 | Compil. |
Lecuona Cuban Boys Volume Two | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1991 | Compil. |
1935 - 1938 | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1991 | Compil. |
Volume One | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1989 | Compil. |
Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1989 | Compil. |
Canto Caribe: Lecuona Cuban Boys Vol. 2 | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1986 | Compil. |
Historische Aufnahmen • Historic Recordings • 1935-1937 | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1984 | Compil. |
Coubanakan | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1984 | Compil. |
As Melhores Rumbas e Sua Maior Orquestra | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1979 | Compil. |
Caliente | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1976 | Album |
Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1970 | Compil. |
Los Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1967 | Album |
Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1965 | Album |
Lecuona Cuban Boys Vol. II | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1963 | Album |
The Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1962 | Album |
Lecuona Cuban Boys In Sweden | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1962 | Single |
Play For Dancing | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1962 | Single |
Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1961 | Album |
Lecuona Cuban Boys - No.2 | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1961 | Single |
No.1 | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1961 | Single |
The World Famous Lecuona Cuban Boys Play For Dancing | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1960 | Album |
Dance Along With The Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys Featuring Candido | 1959 | Album |
Dance Along With The Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys Featuring Candido | 1959 | Single |
La Cucaracha / Cachita | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1958 | Single |
The Famous Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1958 | Single |
Amapola-Rumba / Rumba Tambah | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1958 | Single |
Judokadanse Ceinture Cha Cha Cha | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1958 | Album |
Los Lecuona Cuban Boys | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1956 | Album |
Sotto La Luna Cubana | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1955 | Album |
Cachita | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1954 | Single |
Lecuona Cuban Boys Band | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1947 | Album |
Rumba-Bomba / Maracas | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1946 | Album |
Ay! Mamá Inés / Invocando A Changó | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1946 | Album |
Ti - Pi - Tin / Rumbantona | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1939 | Album |
Conga Dans La Nuit / Mayari | Lecuona Cuban Boys Et Josephine Baker | 1939 | Album |
Cachita / Canto Caribe | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1939 | Album |
Rumba Tambah / La Guajira | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1938 | Album |
Two Rumbas / Canto Caribe ... Rumba | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1938 | Album |
Rumba And Conga Album, Volume 1 | Lecuona Cuban Boys, Orquesta Antobal | 1937 | Album |
Blue Rumba / Coubanakan | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1936 | Album |
Guajira / Conga De La Havane | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1936 | Album |
Adieu , Mon Amour / Esclavo Soy | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1935 | Album |
Maria Belen Chacon / Rumba Tambah | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1934 | Album |
Usted / Rumba Tambah | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1934 | Album |
Se Fué La Comparsa / Fuiste Tú | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1934 | Album |
Antillana / International Rumba | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1934 | Album |
Antillana / International Rumba | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1934 | Album |
Maria Belen Chacon / Rumba Tambah | Lecuona Cuban Boys | 1934 | Album |
Maria La O / Rumba Musulmana | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Asi, Asi, Asi / Locas Por El Mambo | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Single | |
Cachita / Panama | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Coubanakan / Patica Y Mondonguito | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Danza Del Fuego / Camina Pa' Lante | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
La Chancleta / Baila La Conga | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Bongo / Cachum-Bambe | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Para Vigo Me Voy / María La O | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Pinchame Con Tenedor | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Single | |
Para Vigo Me Voy | Lecuona Cuban Boys Y Candido | Single | |
Mario La O / Tendre Bolero | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Sera La Negra / La Ley | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Single | |
Typical Sound | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Rumba Blanca / Canto Indio | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Rumba Azul / Cubanakan | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Siboney / Maria La O | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Amapola / Tabou | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Conga Dans La Nuit / Anacaona | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Rumba Tambah / Tabou | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Single | |
Amapola / Tabou | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Para Vigo Me Voy / (a) La Paloma (b) Cielito Lindo | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Hindou / Dime Adios | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Rumba Blanca / Canto Indio | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Pour Toi Madona / Por Ti ( Pour Vous) | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
La Conga Blicoti | Josephine Baker et Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Chevere / Panama | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Rumba Blanca / Canto Indio | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Soirée A Rio - Passeport Pour La Danse Vol.9 | Lecuona Cuban Boys / Trio San José | Compil. | |
Quim-Bam-Ba / La Conga De Jaruco | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Mario La O / Tendre Bolero | Lecuona Cuban Boys Et Elyane Célis | Album | |
En La Plantacion / Tra Ka Tra | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Panama / Siboney | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Malaguena | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Mambo A Los Campeones / Para Decirte Adiós | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Conga de Jaruco / Monina | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Rumba Azul ( Rumba Bleue) / Cafunga | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
La Bamba | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Single | |
Rumbah - Tambah / Che Papusa Oi! | Lecuona Cuban Boys / Geraldo And His Orchestra | Album | |
La Mexicana / Panama | Lecuona Cuban Boys, Simone Lencret | Album | |
La Conga Blicoti / La Conga De Jaruco | Don Marino Barreto / Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Cachita / Flor De Yumuri | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Frenesi Espanola | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Rumbas Cubanas / Puchunguita | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
All Night Long (Lecuona Cuban Boys In Sweden) | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Noche De Biarritz (Nuits De Biarritz) / La Rumbita | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Rumba Colora / Moon Of Monte Carlo | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Chevere / Panama | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Les Yeux Noirs / Negra Merse | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Maryval / Carlo....Ta | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
La Havane A Paris / Cachita | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
José Dolores / A Mi Primer Amor | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Patica Y Mondonguito / Say "Si Si" | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
La Cucaracha / La Conga | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Viva Südamerika | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
La Rumbita / Linda Espagnola | Lecuona Cuban Boys, Eduardo Bianco Y Su Orquesta | Album | |
Esclavo Soy | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Compil. | |
La Chaparrita ( Adiós Mi Chaparrita) / Rumbah- Tampah ( Rumba Negre) | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album | |
Latin Goes Sweden! | Lecuona Cuban Boys | Album |