Latest Release
- 27 OCT 2023
- 20 Songs
- Boogaloo Assassins! Latin Soul Classics · 2003
- A Touch of Tabasco · 2019
- Gozando el rico mambo · 1992
- Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (Remastered) - Single · 1960
- Reign of the Mambo King · 1954
- Easy Listening in the 60's · 1954
- Adiós, Pampa Mía · 2013
- Dirty Dancing (Original Sondtrack) · 1960
- The Prez: The Best of Perez Prado · 1954
- The Prez: The Best of Perez Prado · 1955
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- These indelible orchestrations cemented his title as mambo king.
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About Dámaso Pérez Prado
Universally known as the King of the Mambo, Cuban-born Pérez Prado was the single most important musician involved in the hugely popular Latin dance craze, helping to develop a bright, swinging style with massive appeal for dancers of all backgrounds and classes. Prado played the piano, but was often more in his element as the focal point of the audience's excitement; he leaped, kicked, danced, shouted, grunted, and exhorted his musicians with a dynamic stage presence that put many more sedate conductors and bandleaders to shame. Prado brought mambo all the way into the pop mainstream, inspiring countless imitators. ~ Steve Huey
- HOMETOWN
- Mantanzas, Cuba
- BORN
- 11. Dezember 1916
- GENRE
- Salsa and Tropical