Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!

For the 2013 film, see Cha cha cha (film).

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
Film poster
Directed by	Fred F. Sears
Written by	Robert E. Kent
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	Damaso Perez Prado Helen Grayco Stephen Dunne
Cinematography	Benjamin Kline
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Production company	Clover Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 2, 1956 (1956-10-02)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! is a 1956 American musical film starring Dámaso Pérez Prado, Stephen Dunne, the Mary Kaye Trio, Helen Grayco, Luis Arcaraz and his Orchestra, Lucerto Bárcenas, and Manny López and his Orchestra. It was produced by Sam Katzman for Columbia Pictures and directed by Fred F. Sears and was their immediate follow-up to Rock Around the Clock (actress Alix Talton appeared in both films). Filming started 14 May 1956.

It was also known as Cha Cha Cha.

Plot

An American record executive (Stephen Dunne) travels to Cuba to find some talent for his record label.

Cast

• Stephen Dunne as Bill Haven
• Damaso Perez Prado as Himself
• Helen Grayco as Herself
• Mary Kaye as Herself
• Alix Talton as Debbie Farmer
• Jose Gonzales-Gonzales as Pedro Fernandez
• Sylvia Lewis as Nita Munay
• Bernie Lowe as Himself
• Dante DiPaolo as Elvarez
• Ruben Rodriguez as Timbale Player

Soundtrack

• Year 'Round Love
  
  • Written by Rose Marie McCoy, and Charles Singleton
    
• Crazy Crazy
  
  • Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
    
• Mambo No. 8
  
  • Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
    
• Que Rico El Mambo
  
  • Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
    
• Voodoo Suite
  
  • Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
    
• La niña Popoff
  
  • Written by Dámaso Pérez Prado, Albrecht Marcuse and Aguste G. Schmutz
    
• Cuban Rock and Roll
  
  • Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado
    
• El Marinero
  
  • Written by Ricardo Rico
    
• The Lonesome Road
  
  • Music by Nathaniel Shilkret
    
  • Lyrics by Gene Austin
    
  • Performed by the Mary Kaye Trio
    
• Get Happy
  
  • Music by Harold Arlen
    
  • Lyrics by Ted Koehler
    
  • Performed by the Mary Kaye Trio
    
• Lilly's Lament
  
  • Written by Frances Maurine Barris, Robert Wells, Jack Allison and Loyce Whiteman
    
  • Performed by Helen Grayco
    
• Save Your Sorrow
  
  • Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva
    
  • Music by Al Sherman
    
• Despacho
  
• Diosa
  
  • Written by Manny Lopez and Jorge Hernández
    
• Mi musica es para ti
  
  • Written by René Touzet
    
• Gelatina
  
  • Written by Carlos Molina and Alvaro Escobar
    
• Lucero
  
  • Written by Carlos Molina and Alvaro Escobar
    
• Theme from Picnic
  
  • Music by George Duning

External links

• Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! at the TCM Movie Database
• Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! at IMDb
• Review of film at Variety