“San Francisco Independent” columnist Jack Rosenbaum, in 1995, said Joaquin Garay later moved to Los Angeles.

Garay recorded at least one album in the mid-1940s, apparently for sale at the “Copa,” which gives a few details about the career of the entertainer. Liner notes from the 78-RPM album, “A Night at Joaquin Garay’s Copacabana,” read:
“Located on fabulous Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, city of cable cars and night clubs, is colorful COPACABANA. Called ‘COPA’ for short, folks find the singing of a favorite son, and the rhythms of a favorite maestro, very much to their liking, anent the fact that over a half million minimum charges have passed through the Copa bookkeeping records since 1941 — the year COPACOBANA was born.

“That favorite son, is of course, Joaquin Garay... .”

“Joaquin came to San Francisco from native Mexico at the age of eleven months. His life has been filled with music and excitement. Motion pictures, the stage, vaudeville and radio have been his respective oyster. As owner of COPACABANA, he presides over the floor show functions and dominates the scene with a personality so vibrant, so heartwarming, that many of his patrons average three nights weekly in the Copa. They seem never to capture quite enough of his enthusiasm and down-to-earth showmanship.”

Joaquin Garay had been a well-known radio personality in San Francisco and starred on KFRC's broadcast "Feminine Fancies" in the 1940s. He also helped the war effort in San Francisco by entertaining at USO functions.

Hear a portion of Joaquin Garay's recording of the tango "Adios Muchachos," better known as "I Get Ideas," from the album "A Night at Joaquin Garay's Copacabana,"

A filmography of Walt Disney motion pictures lists Joaquin Garay as the voice of “Panchito” in the 1945 film “The Three Caballeros.”

The Motion Picture Guide also lists these films attributed to Joaquin Garay:

Crisis (1950)
Saddle Tramp (1950)
Fast Company (1953)
Latin Lovers (1953)