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Directed by Fred F. Sears Production
company Four-Leaf Productions Country USA Running time 1h 18m Written by Robert E. Kent | 5/10 IMDb Produced by Sam Katzman Release date 1956 Director Fred F. Sears Producer Sam Katzman Distributed by Columbia Pictures | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Damaso Perez Prado
Helen Grayco
Stephen Dunne Cast Stephen Dunne, Helen Grayco Similar The Mambo Kings, Don't Knock the Rock, Rock Around the Clock, Glamour Girl, Last Train from Bombay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! is a 1956 American musical film starring Dámaso Pérez Prado, Stephen Dunne, the Mary Kaye Trio, Helen Grayco, Luis Arcaraz and his Orchestra, Lucerto Bárcenas, and Manny López and his Orchestra. It was produced by Sam Katzman for Columbia Pictures and directed by Fred F. Sears. Filming started 14 May 1956.
Contents
It was also known as Cha Cha Cha.
Plot
An American record executive (Stephen Dunne) travels to Cuba to find some talent for his record label.
Cast
Soundtrack
Year 'Round Love
Written by Rose Marie McCoy, and Charles Singleton
Crazy Crazy
Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
Mambo No. 8
Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
Que Rico El Mambo
Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
Voodoo Suite
Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
La niña Popoff
Written by Dámaso Pérez Prado, Albrecht Marcuse and Aguste G. Schmutz
Cuban Rock and Roll
Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
El Marinero
Written by Ricardo Rico
The Lonesome Road
Music by Nathaniel Shilkret
Lyrics by Gene Austin
Performed by the Mary Kaye Trio
Get Happy
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by Ted Koehler
Performed by the Mary Kaye Trio
Lilly's Lament
Written by Frances Maurine Barris, Robert Wells, Jack Allison and Loyce Whiteman
Performed by Helen Grayco
Save Your Sorrow
Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva
Music by Al Sherman
Despacho
Diosa
Written by Manny Lopez and Jorge Hernández
Mi musica es para ti
Written by René Touzet
Gelatina
Written by Carlos Molina and Alvaro Escobar
Lucero
Written by Carlos Molina and Alvaro Escobar
Theme from Picnic
Music by George Duning