Victor matrix CU-270. ¿Que es amor? / Abel Del Rivero ; Pérez Prado Orchestra

TitleSource
¿Que es amor? (Primary title)Disc label (BHC verso)
Bolero (Title descriptor)Disc label (BHC verso)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Juan Ramón Balseiro (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label (BHC).
PersonnelNotes
Abel Del Rivero (vocalist)
Pérez Prado Orchestra (Musical group)
Pérez Prado (leader)
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Marketing Genre: Spanish (Mexico)
  • Language: Spanish
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
This master derives from an instantaneous disc believed to have been recorded in Cuba. Victor ledgers available to the ADP list only this re-recording of the master. It was made in Victor's Studio 6 in New York, New York on 4/21/1949.
It is not known whether dub take 1R or 1AR is the issued take.
Source(s): Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
before 4/21/1949 Cuba [city unknown] Unknown Master
before 4/21/1949 Cuba [city unknown] [Unknown]1R Master Victor 23-1278 10-in. Issued from dub D9XB-1335, made 4/21/1949.

¿Que es amor? / Abel Del Rivero ; Pérez Prado Orchestra

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¿Que es amor? / Abel Del Rivero ; Pérez Prado Orchestra - Victor 23-1278 - Take [Unknown]1R - before 4/21/1949
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © 1949 Sony Music Entertainment.
before 4/21/1949 Cuba [city unknown] [Unknown]1AR Unknown Dub D9XB-1335 made 4/21/1949.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix CU-270. ¿Que es amor? / Abel Del Rivero ; Pérez Prado Orchestra," accessed December 17, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300013670/CU-270-Que_es_amor.

Victor matrix CU-270. ¿Que es amor? / Abel Del Rivero ; Pérez Prado Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 17, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300013670/CU-270-Que_es_amor.

"Victor matrix CU-270. ¿Que es amor? / Abel Del Rivero ; Pérez Prado Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 17 December 2025.

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