[1][2] It is one of his many compositions dedicated to a Cuban venue where he frequently played as part of the charanga Arcaño y sus Maravillas.
[3] Their long sets required them to have a vast repertoire, so Cachao and Orestes would compose new danzones regularly, totalling thousands over the years.
[2][6] The song was copyrighted in the United States on 23 March 1964,[7][8] shortly after Cachao arrived in the country from Madrid, where he had originally gone into exile.
During the sessions, guitarist and producer Ry Cooder asked Rubén González to play his favorite tunes on piano.
In the album's liner notes, however, the composition is misattributed to Cachao's brother and Cachaíto's father, Orestes López.