Who played the peanut vendor?
Recordings by bandleader-movie idol Xavier Cugat put a glitzier sheen on the humble peanut vendor and Dámaso Pérez Prado, known as the “Mambo King,” recorded several versions of “El manisero” in the 1940s, showcasing the strident brass characteristic of the genre he did so much to popularize. Who created the Peanut Vendor 1933? “The Peanut…