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Margarita Lecuona
Margarita Lecuona is credited on 1,559 releases across 417 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,559
Credits
417
Albums
8
Decades active
100
In collections
Biography
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Cuban mezzo-soprano singer and songwriter.
Born 18 April 1910 in Havana, Cuba. Died 1981 in Bergenfield, New Jersey, USA.
Cousin of Ernesto Lecuona and Ernestina Lecuona.
Lecuona was the composer of more than 300 songs and mostly remembered for writing the songs "Babalu" and "Tabu".
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,559 releases · 417 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 1,607
- Other credits · 23
Studios: The Kaiser Aluminum Dome · Fine Recording Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Earle's Psychedelic Shack
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Taboo - The Exotic Sounds Of Arthur Lyman
1958

Volume IV
1958

Black Widow
1976

Persuasive Percussion
1959

In A Minor Groove
1958

Moonlight In Vermont
1956

Tamboo!
1955

The Sounds Of Exotic Island
1960

Chet Baker & Crew
1956

Fiends Of Dope Island
2003

Laughing In Rhythm: The Best Of The Verve Years
1994

Many Moods Of Arthur Lyman
1962

The Best Of Cugat
1961

Charlie's Choice: Jazz At The Showboat, Volume IV
1960

Malaguena (Music Of Cuba)
1959

Mambo!
1954

The Shape Of Water (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2017

The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter
1996

Voodoo-Party
1972

In A Brazilian Mood
1967

Les Baxter's Original Quiet Village
1964

Exotic Percussion
1962

Pianos In Paradise
1962

Profile
1960
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Caterina Valente
- Bola De Nieve
- Arthur Lyman
- Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra
- Stan Kenton
- Art Tatum
- Angela Maria
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