Marian Allen X is for Xavier Cugat Posted on April 27, 2012 Long before there was Santana, there was Xavier Cugat. Born in Spain in 1900, raised in Cuba, he was a violin prodigy, winning first chair in an orchestra in Havana when he was only 12. Opera superstar Enrico Caruso brought Cugat to the USA a… Read More Share this:EmailWhatsAppTwitterPinterestMastodonLinkedInMoreRedditTumblrPrintPocketLike this:Like Loading...