Volume 179: Viva the Latin Beat

I’m not sure the person who gathered the music for this record understood what the assignment was. This is not at all what I expected the music to sound like after seeing the name of the album and the text on the cover. I mean, who hasn’t enjoyed that Latin sound from Guy Lombardo, Billy May, Ray Anthony, and Joe Leahy? Good thing there’s a song by Sergio Mendez here to lend the recording some credibility. The closest comparison I can come up with is that the music on this record is light and bouncy, quite like the Latin music my dad and I like so well. So, get ready to hear music from the most inappropriately titled record in my dad's collection, so far, in Volume 179: Viva the Latin Beat. More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it.  Credits and copyrights Various – Viva! Label: Creative Products – SL-6650, Capitol Records – SL-6650 Series: The Capitol Stereo Showcase Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition Released: not sure what year but sometime in the 1970s based off the Series name. Genre: Jazz, Latin, Pop Billy May– Spanish Flea Written-By – Cissy Wechter, Julius Wechter Joe Leahy–Life Written-By – Joe Leahy, Mike Curb Ray Anthony– Danke Schoen Written-By – Bert Kaempfert, Kurt Schwabach, and Milt Gabler Guy Lombardo– A Banda Written-By – Chico Barque De Hollanda Guy Lombardo– A Taste Of Honey Written-By – Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow Sergio Mendes– Muito A Vontade Written-By – João Donato Joe Leahy– Arriba Written-By – Joe Leahy, Mike Curb I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.