The Wikipedia link you posted about "Malaguena" mentioned Dick Dale and his "Misirlou"...my first and always guitar hero and my favorite Dick Dale tune. Thanks for the memories...I'll be playing Dick Dale from my iTunes library this morning. :D Here is the earliest "Misirlou" video I know of, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8 . Forty-plus years later this Nissan commercial appeared, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGjTM7Lb6-Q but this, the intro to the "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5OHrQYwRac is truer to/or might be the first release in Dale's 1962 album, "Surfer's Choice".
And, yes, I remember Charo. Primarily from the Jerry Lewis MDA telethons, appearances on the old variety shows and "Laugh In".
Maybe someday I'll tackle "Misirlou" and "Maleguena"..."Misirlou" first. ;)
"Cuchi cuchi!" :D
"It takes a lot of devotion and work, or maybe I should say play, because if you love it, that's what it amounts to. I haven't found any shortcuts, and I've been looking for a long time."
-- Chet Atkins
-- Chet Atkins