Xavier Cugat

Born

  • January 1, 1900
  • Gerona, Spain

Died

  • October 27, 1990
  • Barcelona, Spain

Real Name

  • Francisco de Asis Javier Cugat Mingall de Bru y Deulofeo

Marriages

  • Rita Montaner (c.1918-20)
  • Carmen Castillo (1929-46)
  • Lorraine Allen (1947-?)
  • Abbe Lane (1952-64)
  • Charo Baeza (1966-78)

Theme Song

  • My Shawl

Xavier Cugat

1920s

  • The Merry Widow (1925)
  • Mexicana (1929)

1930s

  • Vitaphone No. 2299: A Spanish Ensemble (1932)
  • Go West Young Man (1936)
  • Let's Go Latin (1937)

1940s

  • You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
  • The Heat's On (1943)
  • Stage Door Canteen (1943)
  • Bathing Beauty (1944)
  • Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
  • Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
  • Holiday in Mexico (1946)
  • No Leave, No Love (1946)
  • This Time for Keeps (1947)
  • A Date with Judy (1948)
  • Luxury Liner (1948)
  • On an Island with You (1948)
  • Mighty Manhattan, New York's Wonder City (1949)
  • Neptune's Daughter (1949)

1950s

  • Moments in Music (1950)
  • Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra (1952)
  • Lo Scapolo (1955)
  • Chicago Syndicate (1955)
  • Donatella (1956)
  • The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
  • A Sud Niente di Nuovo (1957)
  • Susana y Yo (1957)

1960s

  • Das Feuerschiff (1963)
  • The Monitors (1969)

1970s

  • Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970)
  • The Phynx (1970)
  • Nunca en Horas de Clase (1978)

1980s

  • Una Rosa al Viento (1984)