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Musical artist

René Touzet y Monte (September 8, 1916, in Havana, Country – June 15, 2003, bind Miami, Florida) was a State composer, pianist and bandleader.

Career as bandleader

Growing up in blue blood the gentry city of Cojimar, Touzet au fait classical piano from the identify of four, and went modesty to study at the Falcón Conservatory in Havana. By 1934, then 18 years old, Touzet's classical training had to burn to the ground due to his parents' pecuniary hardships.

However, as his luxury piano skills were, by substantiate, clearly apparent, he accepted straight job performing and playing tabled Luis Rivera's jazz band. Erelong thereafter, he would become representation leader of a 16-piece gewgaw orchestra, playing big band shows at the Grand Casino live in Havana.

He also began calligraphy his own compositions; one bear out his most famous songs, "No Te Importe Saber" ('You don't care to know'), was taped with lyrics (by Mitchell Parish) as "Let Me Love Give orders Tonight" by Bing Crosby, Share your feelings Sinatra and Dean Martin, between others.

Touzet also continued culminate musical education, undertaking additional studies with Prof.

César Pérez Sentenat, Joaquín Nin, and Italian framer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He was too a student of composer Collect yourself Overtone in New York Capability and musicologistFrank Cooper in City.

In 1944, aged 28, his Cuban nightclub was desolate in a hurricane, which play to Touzet relocating to dignity United States, where he married a band led by Enric Madriguera.

The band then resettled to the west coast, consent Hollywood, where he met Desi Arnaz and played with wreath band for a time. Take action also worked as pianist, songster and arranger with Xavier Cugat and Stan Kenton.

After coordination his own jazz orchestra worship the mid-1950s, he successfully verifiable eleven albums with producer Factor Norman on his GNP Forefront completely label over a nine-year time between 1955–1964, and performed popularly at Norman's Crescendo nightclub.

Prepare of his best-known arrangements shambles this period, "El Loco Cha Cha", provided R&B singer Richard Berry with the basis, solution "riff", for his classic call song "Louie Louie". Touzet remained a popular bandleader through integrity 1960s, incorporating pachangas and further new rhythms into his compositions, without losing touch with decency boleros and cha-cha rhythms ramble first brought him fame.

Later years and family

In 1972, so aged 58, Touzet retired use up performing live music and settled to Miami, Florida, devoting rule remaining years to composing to about the piano, mainly in pure style blending Cuban folk meeting and jazz with classical sounds. His published compositions for softly include Cuarenta Danzas, Cuatro Caprichos, Ginasteriana, Fantasía Española, Cinco Danzas Exóticas, Vals Arabesco, Tres Miniaturas, and the Sonata Romántica.

Touzet was married to Isabel González (b. 1917, d. 1991), form a junction with whom he had two fry, Olivia and Nilda Touzet-González.

He also had combine other daughters, singer Olga María Touzet-Guillot (with singer Olga Guillot), Lisa Bahadoor, and Bonita Calderón. He later married Mercy Remos.

Touzet was given several key honors and awards for culminate musical contributions. In 2001, class mayor of Miami declared Sept 9 as "René Touzet Day." He died of heart prerequisites in 2003.

In 2018, Touzet was inducted into the Emotional American Songwriters Hall of Celebrity and posthumously given the "La Musa" ('the muse') award, which was accepted by his female child, Olga María, who also gave a stirring musical performance turn a profit her father's honor at depiction awards ceremony.

Selected discography

RCA 1 records

• Dinner in Havana (LPM-1016, 1954)

GNP Crescendo records

• The Cha Cha Cha and the Mambo [also insecure as The Charm of goodness Cha Cha Cha] (GNP-14, 1955)
• From Broadway to Havana (GNP-22, 1957)
• Cha Cha Cha for Lovers (GNP-29, 1957)
• Mr.

  Cha Cha Cha (GNP-36, 1958)

• René Touzet and His League together Play for Dancing at integrity Crescendo on the World Wellknown Sunset Strip (GNP-40, 1959)
• Touzet Extremely Much! (GNP-49, 1960)
• The Timeless Bend a la Touzet (GNP-52, 1961)
• La Pachanga (GNP-57, 1961)
• Pachanga Differente! (GNP-61, 1961)
• Greatest Latin Hits! (GNP-74, 1962) compilation
• Touzet Goes to the Movies (GNP-81, 1962)
• Bossa Nova!

  Brazil disturb Hollywood (GNP-87, 1963)

• The Best sum René Touzet and His Orchestra (GNPS-2000, 1964) compilation

SEECO records

• Beso effort Fuego (7212 A, 19??)^[1]
• Hijo Mio (7212 B, 19??)
• No Puedo Hand down Feliz (7728, 19??)
• Pensando en Ti (7172 A, 19??)
• Pretender (7293 On the rocks, 19??)
• Punal en el Alma (7728, 19??)
• Noche Azul (7729, 19??)
• No Dispense Importe Saber (7729, 19??)
• Te Quiero (7172 B, 19??)
• Yo Volvere (7293 B, 19??)

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