Chuito el de Bayamón & Maso Rivera
Credited on the record as Chuito el de Bayamón (El Decano de los Cantores) con Maso Rivera y su Conjunto.
La jugadita de Vietnam
Ansonia 45-6721 · Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Artist
- Chuito el de Bayamón & Maso Rivera
- Credited on the record as
- Chuito el de Bayamón (El Decano de los Cantores) con Maso Rivera y su Conjunto
- Title
- La jugadita de Vietnam
- Release
- Así empecé jugando / La jugadita de Vietnam
- Label
- Ansonia # 45-6721
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Songwriter
- Maso Rivera
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Guaracha
Annotation — Puerto Rican Songs
The song "La jugadita de Vietnam" ("The Little Game of Vietnam") (Ansonia Records # 45-6721) released in New York, USA, in the Guaracha genre: "The original inspiration of guaracha were the Spanish 'jácaras'. Jácaras were satirical and playful (often using a vulgar language) short monologues and songs played in the entr'actes of theatrical performances during the 16th and 17th centuries...Guaracha is also very popular in Puerto Rico, which developed its own style of guarachas". The song featured on the album El decano de los cantores: Vol. 9 - Felicitaciones en Navidad (Ansonia Records # SALP 1461). The artist Chuíto was born Jesús Sánchez Erazo, on 24 August 1900, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, and died in the same city on 25 January 1979. He was also a member of the Californian group Los Madrugadores, and the group. Conjunto Típico Ladí.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Guaracha, as printed on the label (B side). Also on the album El decano de los cantores: Vol. 9 - Felicitaciones en Navidad (Ansonia SALP 1461).
About the artist
Chuito el de Bayamón - Jesús Sánchez Erazo, born 24 August 1900 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico; died there 25 January 1979. Jíbaro singer known as 'El Decano de los Cantores'. Maso Rivera - Tomás Rivera Morales (1927–2001), Puerto Rican cuatro player.