As for acknowledgements, my deepest thanks to Marisa, my companion of more than fifty years (counting years of courtship), aside from being a direct collaborator on this and other music projects. She has made many suggestions, corrected proofs, and in many instances instructed me on proper (hers) or improper (mine) usage of Spanish; to my mother, children and grandchildren who have been robbed of my time by my work on this and other projects. To my secretary Joselin Mercado for her dedication and effort in computerizing this extensive body of work, and to my daughter (also Marisa) for lending a hand when that mysterious device we call a computer misbehaved. And also to Richard K. Spottswood, who with his work Ethnic Music on Records- A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893 to 1942 is responsible for my taking on this project, extensively drawing on his work and experience, and thereby making him an accomplice as well.

And thanks to the long list of collaborators where inevitably there will be omissions, and, in advance, we declare our guilt and ask forgiveness. In the case of artists and composers included in this work, these friends have collaborated with personal interviews or correspondence, in many instances revising and correcting their own discographies and even by sending recordings or photos we didn't previously have. We also acknowledge and thank collectionsists who have filled in information on records of their respective record libraries, and supplied us with photos and information on performers. Still others have collaborated by obtaining addresses or by taking and/or bringing back information from Cuba or other countries, sometimes at difficult moments. The previously mentioned record labels also made available pertinent data from their archives, and in some cases, generously gave us recordings in order to complete our study, or allowed us to use photos from album covers.

To all, especially the Unknown Collaborator, whose name eludes us and to whom we again ask forgiveness, many thanks.

A. Dr. Olavo Alen y todos sus colaboradores del Centro de Investigaciones de la Música Cubana (CIDMUC). Xiomara Alfaro y su esposo Rafael Benítez. Fernando Alvarez. Nedda Anhalt. Pablo Aponte (Disco Hits). Alberto Armenteros (QEPD). Mariano Artau. Mike Avalos. Raúl Azpiazu.

B. Vicente Báez. Renée Barrios. Maestro Juan Luis Barry. Bruce Bastin (Harlequin Records). Mario Bauzá (QEPD). Prof. Ted Beardsley. Israel Berríos. Prof. Vernon W. Boggs (QEPD). Natalia Bolívar. Alain Boulanger. Dr. Miguel Bretos. Elena Burke.

C. Gustavo Cabarrouy. Rudy Calzado. Cándido Camero. Humberto Cané (QEPD). Ing. Marcos Canihuante. Pablo Cano. Mercy Cantillo. María Castañeda, vda. de Berto González. Manuel José Castillo. Jesús Caunedo. John Cawley. Dr. Mario y Silvia Ceballos Araujo. Silvio Cebrián. Nat Chediak. Johnny Clark. Mario Clavel. Humberto Cobo. Bobby Collazo. Humberto Corredor (Sellos Caiman, Cobo y otros). Jesús Coya. José Curbelo.

D. Paquito D'Rivera. Emilita Dago. Ing. Guillermo Dávalos. Ovidio Dávila (QEPD). Miguel De Grandy (QEPD). Sergio De Karlo. Rodolfo de la Fuente. Maestro Aurelio de la Vega. Esperanza B. de Varona. Juan del Collado. Eusebio S. Delfín (QEPD). Carlos y Elena Díaz. Servando Díaz. Barbarito Diez. Carmen Delia Dipiní. Claudia Dipkin (BMG Records Archive). Manolo Domínguez (Sello Nube Negra). Orestes Duarte. Rosita Duchesne. Dr. Pablo Dueñas. Juan Dzazópulos.

E. Domingo Echevarría. Jesús Elizondo (QEPD). Sarita Escarpenter. Félix "El Gallego" Escobar. René Espí, hijo. Julián Espinal "Potemkin" (QEPD). Hall Estrada (QEPD).

F. Maestro José Luis Fajardo. Alvaro Farfán (BMG, Int.). Fina Farrés. Mario Fernández Porta. Prof. Oscar Fernández de la Vega. Ing. Papo Fernández. Mo Fini (Sello Tumi). Harold Flakser. Jesús M. Flores.

G. David García. Germán García. Luis García. Vicente García. José Gemeil. Leslie Gerber (Parnassus Records). Blanca Rosa Gil. Radamés Giro (Edit. Letras Cubanas). José Giudice. Nilo Gómez (Modiner Records). Pedro Gómez. Venancio Gómez. Benito González. Elmer González. Manny González (Revista Vista). Orlando y Mara González. Jesús Gorís. René Grullón. Marcelino y Julia Guerra. Michael Guimerá (QEPD). Julio Gutiérrez.

H. Trío Hermanas Lago. Eduardo Hernández. Serlando Hernández. Terry Hinte (Fantasy Records).

I. Arístides Incháustegui. Marion Inclán y su esposo, John A. Weller. Felino Izquierdo.

J. Jaime Jaramillo. Jorge Javariz. Felipe Jiménez.

L. Carlos E. Landaeta ("Pan con queso"). Zoila Lapique. Pepe Lara. Alberto Laveaga. Roberto Ledesma. Dra. María Teresa Linares. Lic. Luciano Londoño. Maestro Israel López ("Cachao"). Miguel López. Oscar López. Prof. Rafael López Valdés. Egon Ludwig.

M. Arturo Machado. Pedro Machado. Lic. Pedro Malavet Vega. Gilbert Mamery. Rudy e Ivette Mangual (Revista Latin Beat). Leo Marini (QEPD). Dr. Manuel Márquez Sterling. Rogelio Martínez. Antonio Massísimo. Tina McCarthy (Sony Records). Ing. Roberto McSwiney. Henry Medina. Ignacio Mena (Disco Hits Records). Maestro Miguelito Miranda. Antonio Molina. Fernando Montilla (Montilla Records). Bernadette Moore (BMG Int.). Robin Moore. Juan Mora Bosch. Jacobo Morales. Fernando Mulens. Prof. Raúl Murciano, Jr.

N. Dinorah Nápoles. Alberto Naranjo. William Navarrete.

O. Osvaldo Oganes. Francisco Ojeda. Julio Oñate. Armando Oréfiche (QEPD). Adriana Orejuela. Helio Orovio. Ignacio Orozco. Tito Ortiz. Moncho Osorio. Pedro P. Ossorio.

P. César Pagano. Awilda Palau. Eddy Palmer. Edouard Pecourt. Ofelia Peláez. Lou Pérez. Mercedes Pérez Glass (Discos Ansonia). María Elena Piedra (Revista Vista). Percy Pinedo. Luisito Plá. César Portillo de la Luz. Armando R. Pous Escalante. Alexander y Olga Prilutchi. Jordi Pujol (Tumbao Records).

Q. José Quesada. Marcelle Quilleveré.

R. María de los Angeles Rabí. Emilio Ramil. Dr. Héctor Ramírez Bedoya. Ariel Ramos. Josean Ramos. Juan J. Reinosa (QEPD). María Remolá. Rafael Rentas. Hernán Restrepo Duque (QEPD). Dr. Raúl Reyes Roqué. Jaime Rico Salazar. Ricardo Risetti. Luis William Rivera. Rolando y Zoraida Rivero (DOREMI Records). Vilma Rizo. Erundina Rocha (QEPD). Jorge Rodríguez Zaragoza. José Enrique Rodríguez. Luisa María Rodríguez ("La India de Oriente"). Arq. Raúl Rodríguez y su esposa Ninón. Carlos Rom. Dr. Leo Rosa. Carmelina Rosell. Rosendo Rosell.

S. Galo Sabat. Julia Sabat. Jack Sagué. Arturo Saif (West Side Records). Max Salazar. Zachary Salem (Alma Criolla Records). Mateo San Martin (Sello Kubaney). José Sánchez. Bob Sancho. Estelita Santaló. Ing. Sergio Santana. Luis Santí. Antonio Santiago Pérez. Orestes Santos. Morton J. Savada. Fernando Senra (Meca Records). Ismael Serrano. Charlie Sierra. David Soffa. Ned Soublette. Dick Spottswood. Chris Strachwitz (Arhoolie Records). Humerto Suárez (QEPD).

T. Luis Tamayo. Juan Bruno Tarraza. Jaime Torres. René Touzet.

U. Conchita Utrera.

V. Bebo Valdés. Eliseo Valdés. Enrique José Varona. Héctor Varona (West Side Records). Lesbia Varona (Biblioteca Univ. de Miami). Pedro Vargas (QEPD). Javier Vázquez. Agustiné Vélez. Mandy Visozo. Ripa Vuorimies.

Y. Yayo el Indio (QEPD).