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Ernesto Lecuona

Cuban composer and pianist, born August 6, 1895 in Guanabacoa, Havana, Cuba, and died in November 29, 1963 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Lecuona was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997. He was brother of [a=Ernestina Lecuona]. The songs "Tabu" and "Babalu" were not written by him, but by his cousin [a=Margarita Lecuona].