"Coffee Rumba" (コーヒー・ルンバ, Kōhī Runba) is a song by Japanese singer Sachiko Nishida, released as the double A-side of her second single "Yokubō no Blues" by Polydor Records in August 1961.
[1] Originally written by José Manzo Perroni, "Moliendo Café" was first adapted in Japanese by Seiji Nakazawa and recorded by Sachiko Nishida in 1961.
The song was re-released as a CD maxi-single by Polydor on March 7, 2001 to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
[4][5] "Coffee Rumba" was covered by Yōko Oginome (under the pseudonym "YO+CO") as her 25th single, released on May 8, 1992 by Victor Entertainment.
[8] In 1993, "Coffee Rumba" replaced "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" as the insert song in "Binbō-ka no Hitobito" (貧乏家の人々, "The Poor People"), a recurring sketch segment in the Fuji TV variety show Tonneruzu no Minasan no Okage desu (とんねるずのみなさんのおかげです, The Tunnels' Thanks to Everyone).