Cha Cha version of La Cumparsita?

[MadamSamba]

Hi, folks...I was reading an Argentine Tango list I subscribe to and came across mention of a cha cha version of La Cumparista. Does anyone know of it, perhaps a name or artist? I'd love to hear (or better yet, cha cha to) it.
:)

[pygmalion]

I found this on Tango-L, MadamSamba. Not sure if it answers the question, though. :?



Aron writes:
"I know a cha-cha version of La Cumparista (which is quite brilliant actually), but it is pure instrumental. What's the name of the album and label?

And Geoff writes:

"In fact it wasn't "La Cumparsita", but that sound-alike ballroom-tango, "Hernando's Hideaway" from The Pajama Game (1954), that Debelah Morgan's 2001 hit "Dance with me" was based on. Richard Adler
and Jerry Ross, writers of the original were given writing credits for "Dance with me" along with Debelah and Giloh Morgan."

I thought that the song "Hernando's Hideawy" was from the wonderful musical "Damn Yankees"? With that dynamo Gwen Verdon in the starring role? Available on video.

"The only vaguely-Argentine arrangement of the original that I know is by
De Angelis, where the title has been Hispanic-ised to "El Escondite de
Hernando".

I'm not aware of this version, but there's a terrific one, about which I just found out recently, by Florindo Sassone. Same title.

Luda

[bordertangoman]

I have a techno and a mambo version of La Cumparista but on somebody elses's compilation so don't know the artists.

[MadamSamba]

Pygmalion, thanks so much, I've seen that post, but that's not the version. Mind you Morgan's Dance with Me is fabulously funky to dance to!

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Bordertangoman, a techno version? I'm obsessed with techno versions (have everything from techno Mozart to the chicken dance and Zorba's dance on techno)...you don't know anything at all about it?

[fun]

one is in fact called the mambocumparsita and most neotango dancers have probably danced to it.
the techno and the mamboversion (i think they were labled as such) i had on one CD - without artists - but neotango dancers might be able to help here - check the forum.. :)
both are great fun and were fairly popular in europe (especially england) at least 5 years ago.