I've said it before: Ricky Ricardo was the father of World Beat. Or at least Desi Arnaz was. The Cuban bandleader brought exotic sounds into a huge percentage of American homes via his role on I Love Lucy.
But Ricky wasn't alone. There were lots of cool international sounds -- both foreign and domestic -- flittering about the pop charts of the 1950s and early '60s.
Here are some of my favorites.
Dig the Japanese go-go girls helping Kyu Sakamoto with his hit "Sukiyaki."
Here's the great South African singer Miriam Makeba, who brought her country's music to the U.S. a quarter century before Paul Simon's Graceland.
Blame it on the bosa nova. I knew "The Girl from Ipamena" was sexy before I even knew what sex was.
Were Art & Dottie Todd the spiritual forefathers of Stereolab?
And we love Ricky
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