Mambo del taco nazo perez prado biography
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Perez Prado
Died Sept. 14, 1989 of stroke in Colonia del Valle , Mexico
Damaso Perez Prado was known as the "King of the Mambo" in the 1940s and '50s.
Historians consider Perez Prado one of the founders of mambo, a bouncy blend of tropical music that became popular after the war in such cities as Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. Popular songs of the idiom included "Cherry Pink," "Patricia" and "Mambo No. 8."
(The mambo "Cherry Pink and Apple-Blossom White" was the No. 1 record in the country for 10 weeks in 1955, a record surpassed only by Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" the following year.)
Others of his hugely popular songs included "Que Rico Mambo" (How Magnificent Mambo), "Rico, Caliente y Sabroso" (Delicious, Hot and Tasty), "Norma la de Guadalajara" (Norma, the Woman from Guadalajara) and "Mambo del Taconazo" (Foot-Stomping Mambo).
Perez Prado's music was featured in Federico Fellini's historic film "La Dol
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Perez Prado; ‘Mambo King’ of 1940s, ‘50s
Damaso Perez Prado, known as the “King of the Mambo” in the 1940s and ‘50s, died Thursday after suffering a stroke, his son said in Mexico City on Friday. He was 72.
The flamboyant, mustachioed Perez Prado died at home in the Mexico City suburb of Colonia sektion Valle after being in a coma for eight days, said Gerardo Perez Salinas.
Newspapers throughout Mexico wrote copiously of the death of Perez Prado, who was born Dec. 11, 1916, in Matanzas, Cuba, and studied classical music as a youth. He moved to Mexico after World War II, but had been in ill health since last year, his son said. He suffered a stroke in July and doctors amputated a leg.
Hit Songs
Historians consider Perez Prado one of the founders of mambo, a bouncy blend of tropical music that became popular after the war in such cities as Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. Popular songs of the idiom included “Cherry Pink,” “Patricia” and “Mambo No. 8.”
(The mambo “Cherry Pink/Apple
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Pérez Prado
Cuban bandleader and mambo musician (1916–1989)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Prado.
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| Birth name | Dámaso Pérez Prado |
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| Born | (1916-12-11)December 11, 1916 Matanzas, Cuba |
| Died | September 14, 1989(1989-09-14) (aged 72) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Genres | Mambo |
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| Years active | 1933–1987 |
| Labels | RCA Victor, His Master's Voice |
Musical artist
Dámaso Pérez Prado (December 11, 1916 – September 14, 1989)[nb 1] was a Cuban bandleader, pianist, composer and arranger who popularized the mambo in the 1950s.[2] 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 "The King of the Mambo".[1][3&