Go! Girl! Go!–Cincuenta y Siete
Tongolele in Si, Mi Vida, a musical comedy from Mexico released in 1953. Born as Yolanda Montes, she danced under the stage name “Tongolele,” specializing in exotic Afro-Cubano rhythms considered risque at the time.
Here’s an earlier Tongolele performane from El Rey Del Barrio, 1949.
