Exitos Musicales

Roberto Inglez and his Orchestra “The Melody Maker”, Part 2

Who was ROBERTO INGLEZ ?
Now that we know who ROBERTO INGLEZ is after our show of last month (Part 1), we are able to pay more attention to the impressive period of over 8 years (1946-1954) which this orchestra conductor and pianist experienced. In the periods in which he was ‘free’ from the Savoy hotel in London, he went on tour to mostly Brazil and Portugal. In Brazil wages were payed which were unprecedented for that time, for big names from America as well. Meanwhile at least once a month a record was released and the sales figures were enormous. Although the records were for sale in the Netherlands, you had to search for it and the music magazines didn’t pay a lot of attention to it. Most records were sambas, biguines and mostly melodies of famous films, and popular dances also stood on the repertoire. Thanks to the elaborate information on CDs of almost all his material, which were released in England around the year 2000, a lot became known about Roberto. He married a Chilean and settled in Chili. Since then, for his main audience it became quieter around this special orchestra conductor who varnished the South American music in a ‘civilised’ manner.

The Playlist:

1. Tico Tico, samba Parlophone F 2207 from The Savoy Hotel, Ldn. A.Oliveira/E.Drake/Z.Abreu 1-5-1947
2. The melody maker, Parlophone R 3275 from The Savoy Hotel, Ldn. Signature tune of ROBERTO INGLEZ Noel Gay 1-4-1950
3. Un meneito na má, Recorded Prod. Home Prog. 3 and His Rumba Band (Jesús Guerra Zayas) 16-1-1953
4. Por tu voz, Recorded Prod. Home Prog. 3 and His Rumba Band (Ramón Cabrera) 16-1-1953
5. Las Muchachas de la Plaza de España – con Roberto Inglez – (Joe Marchione) Odeón MSOE 31.049 (1954)
6. Bésame mucho, bolero Gatica- Lucho – con Roberto Inglez – Odeón MSOE 31.049 (1954) Consuelo Velásquez
7. Camondongo, Recorded Prod. Home Prog. 1 and His Rumba Band 9-1-1953
8. Maringá, Recorded Prod. Home Prog. 2 and His Rumba Band Joubert de Caraballo 9-1-1953
9. Cuban mambo, Private Record Levy’s 1 and His Orchestra Xavier Cugat 30-5-1951
10. Film de comedia, samba-cançao CEDAR RVCD 148 Dalva de Oliveira Dalva de Oliveira, vocal (Ataúlfo Alves) 10-10-1953
11. Encontrei afinal, samba-cançao CEDAR RVCD 148 Dalva de Oliveira Dalva de Oliveira, vocal (Hianto de Almeida/Haroldo de Almeida) 1-1-1953
12. Delicado, baiâo Parlophone R 3550 from The Savoy Hotel, Ldn. Azevedo/Lawrence 1-7-1952
13. La raspa, raspa Parlophone R 3227 from The Savoy Hotel, Ldn. (The dancing game) Thomsa/Soomey 1-10-1949
14. Anna (El negro zumbón), son-bolero Parlophone R 3731 and His Orchestra Giordano Vatro 1-8-1953
15. Copacabana, samba-cançao Parlophone R 3144 from The Savoy Hotel, Ldn. Guy Lorraine A.Stillman/J.De Barro/A.Ribeir 1-11-1948
16. Coímbra, biguine Parlophone R 3376 from The Savoy Hotel, Ldn. Raúl Ferrao 1-4-1951
17. A place in the sun, biguine Parlophone R 3461 from The Savoy Hotel, Ldn. “A Place In The Sun” (Franz Waxman) 1-12-1951
18. The song of Delilah, Parlophone R 3361 from The Savoy Hotel, Ldn. “Samson And Delilah” Young 1-2-1951
19. The Harry Lime theme, biguine Parlophone R 3242 from The Savoy Hotel, Ldn. Film: “The Third Man Anton Karas 1-12-1949 78
20. Peanut vendor, son Parlophone R 3163 from The Savoy Hotel, Ldn. Simón/Gilbert/Sunshine/Wolfe 1-1-1949 78