Puerto Rico's Bobby (Felix) Capo emigrated to New York in the forties and joined Xavier Cugat's Orchestra. In 1955 Bobby recorded "Me Lo Dijo Adela" (Otilio Portal) translated as "Say It To Me Sweetly".

In 1955 Georgia Gibbs (Frieda Lipschitz) released "Sweet And Gentle" (Thorn - Portal) with Hugo Peretti's Orchestra. The single peaked at number twelve on Billboard and higher on Cash Box. The track is on Georgia's LP "Song Favorites Of Georgia Gibbs".