Chico Arnéz (real name John Claude Davies) was a

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

-based Latin

bandleader A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a rock or pop band or jazz quartet. The term is most commonly used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or ...

of the 1960s and 1970s. Arnez also played

bongo drum Bongos ( es, bongó) are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed hand drums of different sizes. They are struck with both hands, most commonly in an eight-stroke pattern called ''martillo'' (hammer). The ...

s and authored a textbook on bongo playing (1959). Arnéz was born in England. He married Margaret Ketchell, with whom he had two children. He managed the singer Blanche Finlay.

Discography

*''Sound of Chico Arnez'' *''From Chico With Love'' *''Chico'' *''Non Stop'' Dance Party'' *''This is Chico, This is Keely'' *''Unknown Soldier Worships''

References

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