Don Swan
Don Swan
Top Songs
| 1 | Tico Tico | ||
| 2 | Rock and Roll Cha Cha Cha | ||
| 3 | (The Chi Chi) Cha Cha Cha | ||
| 4 | Chatter Cha Cha | ||
| 5 | Rico Vacilon |
Albums
Sep 2023 • 11 songs
Sep 2015 • 1 song
Jan 1959 • 12 songs
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Biography
More on the kitschy easy listening side than the smooth, cool Latin recordings of Cal Tjader, Don Swan was nonetheless one of the better white musicians to make inroads into Latin jazz during the '50s. Swan was born Wilbur Clyde Schwandt in Manitowoc, WI, on June 28, 1904; he studied composition at the University of Chicago and became an arranger for various big bands, even working with comedian Bob Hope's touring show. In 1940, he was hired as an arranger for Xavier Cugat's orchestra, a post he would hold off and on for the next 20 years. Swan's resulting experience and famil...