Latin-American Dances

Latin-American Dances In the late 1930s, while the jitterbug and the fox-trot were still very popular, dancers began learning the rumba and samba, and many Latin songs were given English lyrics. “Green Eyes” (1929, 1941), by Nilo Menendez (d. September 25, 1987), with words by E. Rivera and E. Woods, sold over a million discs in the version by Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra, with vocals by Helen O’Connell and Bob Eberly (Deccca 3698). “Frenesi” (1939), composed by Alberto Dominguez and written…