Dámaso Pérez Prado (December 11, 1916 – September 14, 1989) was a Cuban bandleader, pianist, composer and arranger who popularized the mambo in the 1950s.
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Universally known as the King of the Mambo, Pérez Prado was the single most important musician involved in the hugely popular Latin dance craze of the 1940s.
Perez Prado
Cuban pianist and composer
Dámaso Pérez Prado was a Cuban bandleader, pianist, composer and arranger who popularized the mambo in the 1950s. His big band adaptation of the danzón-mambo proved to be a worldwide success with hits such as "Mambo No. 5", earning him the... Wikipedia
Born: December 11, 1916, Matanzas, Cuba
Died: September 14, 1989 (age 72 years), Mexico City, Mexico
Music group: La Sonora Matancera (1936 – 1939)
Spouse: María Engracia Salinas (m. 1951–1976)
Songs
Mambo No 5
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
Que Rico Mambo
Patricia
Mambo del Politecnico
Norma la de Guadalajara
Guaglione
Mala mujer
En el mar
Mambo Lupita
Mambo Número 8
Mambo Nº 5
Mambo del Ruletero
Mambo No.8
Sway
La Cocaleca
Skokiaan
Popurrí Pérez Prado - Juan Gabriel
Ay! Cosita Linda
Mambo à la Kenton
Mambo en Sax
Pugilato
Mambo No. 8
Pachito E'ché
El Pachuco Bailarin
Mambo Cha Cha Cha
Quizas, Quizas, Quizas
La Chula Linda
Mambo Jambo
Mambo No. 5
Quemame los ojos
Que linda
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Pérez Prado was a Cuban bandleader, musician, and composer. He is commonly referred to as the “King of the Mambo“. In Mambo his ...
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Includes 18 of all the best known Prado tracks like "Mambo No.5" (the original) and "Guagline" (from the old Guiness ad).
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Perez Prado is Pantaleon Perez Prado, the younger brother of the “King of Mambo” who came to Europe in the 50s and recorded several albums with Unifunk. “Circle ...
Cuban naturalized Mexican, bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer (born December 11, 1916 in Matanzas, Cuba - died September 14, 1989 in Mexico ...
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In the early 1940s, Perez Prado created his own new rhythm to traditional Cuban dances like the conga and rumba, which he used to spice up the sound of his ...
Aug 20, 2020 · The Texas Medical Center Orchestra performs Popurrí Pérez Prado, by composer Dámaso Pérez ...
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