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Los Zafiros

Emulating American doo wop teams like the Platters and Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers while incorporating bossa nova and calypso rhythms demonstrated a distinctive and successful combination for the Cuban quartet los Zafiros. Documenting between 1962 and 1967, los Zafiros (translated as “the Sapphires”) obtained relative popularity in Cuba and …

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