| "The Peanut Vendor (El manisero)" | ||||
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| Single by Don Azpiazú and His Havana Casino Orchestra | ||||
| B-side | "True Love (Amor sincero)" | |||
| Released | September 1930 | |||
| Recorded | May 13, 1930 | |||
| Genre | Son-pregón | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Moisés Simons | |||
| Producer(s) | Theodore F. Therrien | |||
| Don Azpiazú and His Havana Casino Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
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"El manisero", known in English as "The Peanut Vendor", is a Cuban son-pregón (street vendor's cry) composed by Moisés Simons. The song has been recorded more than 200 times,[1][2] Sales of its sheet music topped 1 million, and it also was the first million-selling 78 rpm recording of Cuban music in the U.S.<[3]
"The Peanut Vendor" was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 and was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2005.[4] It also has appeared in more than a half-dozen films, from the 1930s through the 2020s.
- ^ Listed in Díaz Ayala, Cristóbal 1988. Si te quieres por el pico divertir: historia del pregón musical latinoamericano. Cubanacan, San Juan P.R. p317–322. [fairly complete up to 1988]
- ^ "The Peanut Vendor". secondhandsongs.com. SecondHandSongs. 2025. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ "Discography of American Historical Recordings: Anotonio Machin". adp.library.ucsb.edu. University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
- ^ Hess, Carol. "El Manisero" (PDF). loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 9, 2025.