Definition of The Peanut Vendor
"El manisero", known in English as "The Peanut Vendor", is a Cuban son-pregón (street vendor's cry) composed by Moisés Simons. The song has been recorded more than 200 times, Sales of its sheet music topped 1 million, and it also was the first million-selling 78 rpm recording of Cuban music in the U.S.
"The Peanut Vendor" was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 and was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2005. It also has appeared in more than a half-dozen films, from the 1930s through the 2020s.
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What is The Peanut Vendor?
"El manisero", known in English as "The Peanut Vendor", is a Cuban son-pregón (street vendor's cry) composed by Moisés Simons.