[78-L] CUBA songs from tin pan alley query

[Ray Kilcoyne]

I don't know about copyright status but here are a few ideas...
CUBAN PETE - Desi Arnaz & Amanda Lane
A CABANA IN HAVANA - Glenn Miller & Marion Hutton
HAVANA - Billy Murray & Ada Jones
WHEN YUBA PLAYED THE RHUMBA ON THE TUBA - Rudy Vallee or Ben Selvin
THERE'S A GIRL IN HAVANA - Lyric Quartet
HAVANA FOR A NIGHT - Tony Martin
RayK


-----Original Message----- 
From: Thomas Stern
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 8:48 PM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: [78-L] CUBA songs from tin pan alley query

I'm forwarding this query, posted to MUDCAT - I'm sure
folks on this list will know dozens.....
Best wishes, Thomas.


Subject: Funny Tin Pan Alley songs about Cuba?
From: MorwenEdhelwen1 - PM
Date: 09 Jun 13 - 10:17 PM

I'm getting back to revising something I started last year, which is a young 
adult science fiction novel that is a sort of
examination of the cult of personality around Che Guevara, which is why it's 
set in Cuba. The protagonist is a literal clone of
Che. In the first few pages, someone sings a song that plays in a tourist ad 
and is supposed to symbolise American attitudes about
the country that the government is playing to. The lyrics are quoted.

Right now I'm using Irving Berlin's "I'll See You In C-U-B-A," which , but 
I've found that the copyright was renewed, so I'm
looking for any similar pieces from around that period on the subject of 
Cuba, particularly funny ones, or which mention Cuba in
detail. Does anyone know of other similarly humourous Tin Pan Alley songs 
about Cuba that are in public domain (ie the rights
haven't been renewed) in the same vein as the Irving Berlin piece?

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