Oodles of Doodles XXVI

Today's doodle is a self portait of the artist. You can clearly see the signature of Xavier Cugat from the LP Waltzes-But By Cugat! (Columbia CS 8059). This great caricature is our first doodle done by the artist himself. I'm sure there are others out there, but this is the first for us. Cugat spent some time as a cartoonist for the LA Times and drew caricatures for Life magazine during his career, so it's no surprise that he chose to caricature himself on many album sleeves.

Bonus note: Did you know Cugat's fourth and final wife was Charo!