The crowd sourced encyclopedia's article on the song, read directly for this entry. Its strength is a well referenced composition and recording history spanning Cuba and the United States. Its limit is that it is not independently peer reviewed, so it is cited here for corroborated production detail rather than for the academic reading of the song's religious meaning, which the Prado essay supplies instead.
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Wikipedia's article on the song is a continuously revised, community edited tertiary encyclopedia entry with no named author or peer review process, hence the lower tier, though useful for its documented composition and performance history. NotesRead directly. Cited for the song written by Margarita Lecuona, first published in the United States in 1939 by Peer International with an English translation by Sydney King Russell in 1941, first recorded in 1938 by Orquesta Casino de la Playa, made a Latin American standard by Miguelito Valdes, and popularized on American network television as the signature song of Desi Arnaz's character Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy. The lyrics, originally Spanish creole, depict someone wondering what to do with a statue of the orisha Babalu-Aye after a Santeria rite has been invoked, calling for seventeen candles arranged in a cross plus a cigar and aguardiente as offerings to him.
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PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babal%C3%BA
Source Typereference
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)
This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Musical Works, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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