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- 27 OCT 2023
- 20 Songs
- King of Mambo · 2004
- Musical Moments to Remember: Mambo Cubano-Mexicano — Pérez Prado (2019 Remaster) · 2019
- Reign of the Mambo King · 1954
- Double Contendo · 2006
- Benny Moré Con Pérez Prado · 2001
- Benny Moré Con Pérez Prado · 1980
- Benny Moré Con Pérez Prado · 1999
- Musical Moments to Remember: Mambo Cubano-Mexicano — Pérez Prado (2019 Remaster) · 2019
- Benny Moré Con Pérez Prado · 2000
- Benny Moré Con Pérez Prado · 1999
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- These indelible orchestrations cemented his title as mambo king.
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 de diciembre de 1916
- GENRE
- Salsa and Tropical