Cannibal & the Headhunters
[3] They were among the 1960s Mexican-American musicians and singers who pioneered the "East Side Sound" of Los Angeles, a musical phenomenon that attracted international attention.Barely out of high school, they came from Ramona Gardens and Estrada Courts Housing Projects of East Los Angeles, inspired by the African American doo-wop groups in their neighborhoods.This group toured, recorded, and performed together for 18 months, when Frankie "Cannibal" Garcia hired two new background singers, Eddie Serrano and George Ochoa, as the new Headhunters.Their version of "Land of a Thousand Dances" was a remake of the original Chris Kenner tune,[3] arranged and produced by Max Uballez with Frankie Garcia, and engineered by Bruce Morgan.[citation needed] On May 7, 1965, Cannibal and the Headhunters performed in a concert for WVOK with the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Righteous Brothers, and Marty Robbins in Birmingham, Alabama at Legion Field.