Track Listing

1. Hooray for Hollywood [Cha-Cha] - Don Swan
2. Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me) - Jackie Davis
3. Peter Gunn Mambo - Jack Costanzo
4. Chihuahua - Luis Oliveira and His Bandodalua Boys
5. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me - John Buzon Trio
6. Mambo Jambo - Dave Barbour
7. Cumana - Bobby Stevenson, Henri Rose
8. Taki Rari - Yma Sumac
9. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans [Mambo] - Van Alexander
10. Cumbanchero [Guaracha-Fast Rhumba] - Don Swan
11. Oink, Oink Mambo - Chuy Reyes
12. Diga Diga Doo - John Buzon Trio
13. Hernando's Hideaway - Billy May
14. Tico-Tico (Samba) - Don Swan
15. Glow Worm [Cha-Cha-Cha] - Jackie Davis
16. Malambo No. 1 - Yma Sumac
17. Can-Can Overture - Jack Costanzo
18. Oye Negra - Terry Snyder

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28200 in Music
• Released on: 1996-02-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

A Cha-Cha Cavalcade Kramer would approve of!
Between Capitol's fine "Ultra Lounge" series and RCA's wacky "History of Space Age Pop" series, I am a happy, swingin' cat these days!

The reason I chose this particular CD to write a review one is twofold. First off, it's just such fun to hear music that is all about a good time as opposed to angst. Secondly, the song "Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me) by Jackie Davis". I love the Hammond Organ as well as the TV show "Seinfeld". A few years back, there was an episode on where Kramer and Newman were making sausages in Jerry's apartment with this as their theme song. I don't know why, but I just found it all so hilarious. I then became obsessed with finding the song. After I had all but given up, I was record shopping one day and found a record called "Hammond Gone Cha-Cha" by Jackie Davis. I recognized the name and some of the songs from the Ultra Lounge "Organs in Orbit" CD. (I initially bought the CD hoping this song would be on it!) I figured for $5 it was worth a shot. I get it home and throw it on the turntable. The songs were great, but I the one I wanted wasn't on there...or so I thought. As the needle hit the groove on the last song, I was overcome. After 2 years, I had found it! Since then, I have kept an eye out for more copies of it, but, in 5 years, have yet to run across another copy. But it matter no more because it's here with a lot of other great music! May many more Kramer fans and music lovers alike enjoy these swingin', sausage grindin' tunes! Giddy Up!!!

Mambo your way to fun
Imagine yourself on a wrap-around porch of some grand house basking in the warmth of a summer sunset. Maybe you are simply lounging on a beach with a cocktail in one hand and the hand of the one you love in the other. Perhaps you are in a tuxedo or flaming red cocktail dress and having a wonderfully dry martini (shaken, not stirred) before you get ready to head to the dance floor.

If any of those situations are real or just party of your dreams, this CD from Ultra-Lounge is for you. Rare is the day when you will find some neon decorated, pseudo-tropical paradise lounge or restaurant where drinks were served in coconut cups with little umbrellas. But you can hear the music from them. This CD has the Mambo interwoven in each and every song. You can literally see the band in their white jackets and the lavish costumes on the showgirls as they entertain you.

Yma Sumac drops in for a two song trip down memory lane. You can hear the passion and the fun in her voice. Mariah Carey eat your heart out. The organ tracks are quite amusing, and the Glow Worm Cha Cha will change your life. (Well, not really, but it shouldn't be missed.)

If you ever wanted to visit the famed Coconut Grove or be part of the action with Ricky Ricardo's Band, you need to order this CD. Even if you find that the music is just a throw-back to the days when people in limos were movie stars (and not two girls from Encino using daddy's credit card), it is still a hilarious and joyour romp threw yesteryear.

Fix a highball, add a slice of pineapple, play this CD, and enjoy life.

MAMBO!....This will really get you moving
MAMBO FEVER is one of my favorites in the ULTRA-LOUNGE series. Most of these tunes are hot, hot, hot. You get 2 songs by Yma Sumac which alone are (almost) worth the CD's price. You get a lot of good organ instrumentation, too. I am not in any sense a big fan of Mambo--I just happened to buy this CD on a whim, and was very pleasantly surprised. P.S.: When Yma cuts loose with her other-worldly high notes, keep the dogs out of the room!