Latest Release
- APR 11, 2024
- 15 Songs
- Mambo No. 8 (Remastered) - Single · 2010
- Colección Definitiva · 1991
- Colección Definitiva · 1991
- Colección Definitiva · 2020
- Mambo No. 5 (Remastered) - Single · 2014
- Colección Definitiva · 1991
- Jumping at the Woodside (Remastered) - Single · 1955
- Colección Definitiva · 1997
- Mama Yo Quiero (Remastered) - Single · 1962
- Colección Definitiva · 1997
Compilations
- 2024
About 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
- December 11, 1916
- GENRE
- Traditional Pop