Artist Info: Diablito

Diablito was an obscure one-off project from the people that brought you the Chubby Checker hits. The single "The Jungle / Merengue Potatoes" was written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, and released on the Parkway label, in 1960 according to Discogs but 1962 seems more likely. Nothing is known about who performs on the record, it may have been Appell's band The Applejacks.

David Leon Appell was an American producer, arranger, bandleader, publisher, songwriter and guitarist (born in Philadelphia [read more...]