De Castro Sisters Teach Me Tonight: Singles & Albums 1952-60 CD

The de Castro Sisters were a vocal trio whose mother was a Ziegfeld Follies showgirl from Chicago who married a wealthy Cuban aristocrat, who owned sugar plantations in the Dominican Republic and had an apartment in Manhattan, although the girls were largely brought up in Havana. They started singing in their teens, working on radio in Cuba styled as a Cuban version of The Andrews Sisters. They moved with their mother to Miami in 1942, where they were seen by an agent who booked them into New York's Copacabana, and as proteges of Carmen Miranda, they became a popular cabaret act, making early records in 1952 with Tito Puente, although their recording career did not really get under way until they signed to the Abbott label in 1954. This great-value 59-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides from their releases on the Tico, Abbott, RCA, ABC-Paramount and Capitol labels from this era, plus the titles from their Capitol albums "The de Castros Sing" and "Rockin' Beat". It features all their career chart entries, including the US No. 2 "Teach Me Tonight". They were a talented and sophisticated close-harmony vocal group, with their style and repertoire naturally very much influenced by their Latin roots, and this selection of their recordings during what was the primary era of their career offers an entertaining showcase for their highly distinctive talent.

1. I Do 2. Jumbalato 3. Teach Me Tonight 4. It's Love 5. To Say You're Mine 6. I'm Bewildered 7. Boom Boom Boomerang 8. Let Your Love Walk in 9. Cuckoo in the Clock 10. If I Ever Fall in Love 11. Cuban Love Song 12. I Can't Escape from You 13. Wedding Song 14. Too Late Now 15. Give Me Time 16. Christmas Is A-Comin' 17. Snowbound for Christmas 18. Rockin' and Rollin' in Hawaii 19. Cry Baby Blues 20. No One to Blame But You 21. Cowboys Don't Cry 22. Don't Call Me Sweetie 23. It's Yours 24. I Never Meant to Hurt You 25. I Hear a Melody 26. Flowers on a Hillside 27. I Know Plenty 28. Where Have You Been My Love 29. That Little Word Called Love 30. Old Timers Tune 31. Blue and Broken Hearted 32. What a Relief (Hoop Ah Hoop, Bah Dah Dah) 33. You Take Care of Me (I'll Take Care of You) 34. Who Are They to Say 35. When You Look at Me 36. Teach Me Tonight Cha Cha 37. The Things I Tell My Pillow 38. Close to You 39. With My Eyes Wide Open 40. Red Sails in the Sunset 41. Bells 42. The Trolley Song 43. Love Letters 44. Manana 45. Flores Negras 46. Careless 47. At Last 48. Always 49. You Came a Long Way from St Louis 50. What a Difference a Day Made 51. Music! Music! Music! 52. I Love You (Oh How I Love You) 53. Goody Goody 54. Undecided 55. I'll Always Be in Love with You 56. There Goes My Heart 57. I'm in Love 58. You Can Depend on Me 59. I Enjoy Being a Girl