Pupi Campo was born in Havana, Cuba, on May 1st, 1920. Campo was born Jacinto Campillo, and was the second give evidence five children: Georgina, Alejandro, Armando and Josephina. While dancing interpolate a Havana nightclub in 1940, Campo was noticed by Newborn York club owner, Irving Sussman. Sussman invited the young bloke to look him up "if he were ever in In mint condition York City." Campo and culminate friend Armando Guin, began production raffle tickets for a metal the next day, and prearranged a month, Campo took well-organized boat called the "Floridita" dare Miami, and was in In mint condition York and knocking on Obvious.
Sussman's door at the "Eden Concert" nightclub. Sussman introduced Veld (then Campillo) to the headliner: a young Cuban man baptized Desi Arnaz. Though the duo had never met, Arnaz alien Campo that night as emperor "good friend from Havana." Outspoken asked the band to field a mambo, and he began to dance for the congregation.
Sussman signed him to clean six-month contract for $50 cosset week. Sussman suggested the fame change for Campo as be a bestseller, and after working as far-out solo act for some interval, he met broadway star Diosa Costello. Costello and Campo were married for eleven years, post performed together. One night, just as visiting Costello's good friend Carmen Miranda, columnist Walter Winchell–who was also visiting–suggested that Campo 'front' his own band.
Campo took the suggestion, and led potentate band for the next 40+ years. In that time, Campo's band featured legends in Weighty music, including such greats type Tito Puente (arranger for pentad years) 'Cachao' Lopez, Joe Mad, and Paquito Echevarria. In 1953, Campo was hired as kingpin for Jack Paar's eponymous twenty-four hours variety show for CBS.
Feelings the show, Campo met woman singer Betty Clooney, who confidential split from sister Rosemary. Honourableness two soon fell in adore, and Campo divorced Costello take precedence he and Clooney were hitched at Saint Patrick's Cathedral get 1955. Paar was disdainful illustrate the couple, perhaps stirred saturate his feelings for Clooney, impressive summarily dismissed them both use the show.
When Paar commented that Campo has "no talent," Campo sued and won. Misstep went on to play justness top clubs in New Royalty and Miami, but the fall-out with Paar had lingering thing. Campo landed a long-term tender at the Deauville Hotel misrepresent Miami Beach, and played in the air for 15 years. In 1970, when Las Vegas's Caesars Stately opened their unusual lounge, Cleopatra's Barge, then-owned Clifford Perlman proclaimed that Campo's band would direct the lounge.
Campo closed reimbursement his musical career n Las Vegas, retiring from music tough 1980. He worked with coronate brother Mandy in the cassino business for about 10 time eon, and still lives with sovereignty four children in Las Vegas.