Expand your music taste with me! Today, we a learning about El Manisero by Don Azpiazú & His Havana Casino Orchestra Written by: Moisés Simón Label: RCA Victor "Ma-ni!" is the cry that opens the song that kicked off the worldwide "rumba craze" in the early 1930s. Cuban starlet Rita Montaner recorded the first version, in 1928, but the one that took the world by storm was by Don Azpiazú & His Havana Casino Orchestra, with vocals by Antonio Machín. They cut it in May 1930, just after arriving in New York. There it became the biggest-selling song of 1931, and was also a hit in Japan and Europe. Excerpt from book: 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die & 10,001 You Must Download By: Robert Dimery #1001songsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie #ElManisero #DonAzpiazu #havanaCasinoOrchestra #Music1929 #MoisesSimon #RCAVictor #ritamontaner #rumba #MusicHistory #MusicTrivia #MusicTok #RobertDimery #MusicFacts #WorldwideMusic #historyofmusic