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Chakachas

Jungle Fever

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The Chakachas were a Belgian based group of Latin soul studio musicians. Also known as ‘Les Chakachas’ or ‘Los Chakachas’, they were formed by band leader Gaston Bogaert, ex-Los Juano Boengs and The Continentals, percussion (conga and tumba); Tito Puente’s singer wife Kari Kenton, vocals and maracas; Vic Ingeveldt (a Dutchman from Liege), saxophone; Charlie Lots, trumpet; Christian Marc, piano; Henri Breyre, guitar and backing vocals; and Bill Raymond, bass guitar. All were native to Schaarbeek (a district of Brussels), or nearby Charleroi, Willebroek and Liege. They started out in the late 1950s, and had a Belgian #1 in 1958 with “Eso es el amor”, which was sung in Spanish. In 1959 they recorded “Rebecca” (a.k.a. “Rebekka”) which featured in the film The Battle of... Read on...

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More songs by Chakachas (See Charts): Twist Twist, and Eso Es El Amor.

Popular in Jungle (See Charts): Concrete Jungle, Jungle Love, Corridors, Jungle Jezebel, Eso Es El Amor, We Should Be Sleeping, Jungle Fire, Jungle Fever, Jungle Fever, and Twist Twist.

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