Pérez Prado
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 nickname "King of the Mambo". In 1955, Prado and his orchestra topped the charts in the US and UK with a mambo cover of Louiguy's "Cherry Pink ". He frequently made brief appearances in films, primarily of the rumberas genre, and his music was featured in films such as La Dolce Vita.
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Male
Full Name
José Dámaso Pérez Prado
Date of Birth
December 11st, 1916
Age
109
Birth Place
Cuba, Matanzas Province
Date of Death
September 14th, 1989
Died Aged
72
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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