The Mamboniks Follows Mambo-Obsessed Jewish Youths in 1950s Miami Beach

As millions of young people across the country became transfixed by Elvis Presley’s hip shaking, a subculture of young, Jewish, New York-to-Miami Beach transplants looked past the blues and country-tinged sounds coming out of the American South, leaning instead toward the tropical beat of pre-revolution Cuba. This is the story pf the Mamboniks.