Frémeaux

BIGUINE & MERENGUE: 1956-59

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
B. Coppet, H. Coppet
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Frémeaux
Released
Jan 01, 2014
Catalog #
FA5408
UPC
3561302540825

About

In 1955 France discovered the merengue, a new dance that was all the rage in America. Singer Gerard La Viny, who ran the famous West Indian cabaret ‘La Canne A Sucre’ in Paris, brought the dance back from Saint-Domingue… and two brothers from Martinique, Barel & Honore Coppet, adapted its rhythm into a Creole style to make it one of the most popular dances of the French Caribbean. Jean-Pierre MEUNIER