Perez Prado
Real Name:
Dámaso Pérez Prado
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Cuban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer (born December 11, 1916 in
Matanzas, Cuba - died September 14, 1989 in Mexico City, Mexico). He is often referred to
as the 'King of the Mambo'.
He was born in Matanzas, Cuba, where he studied classical piano in his early childhood, and
later played organ and piano in local clubs. For a time, he was pianist and arranger for La
Sonora Matancera, Cuba's best-known musical group. He also worked with casino orchestras
in Havana for most of the 1940s, gaining the nick-name "El Cara de Foca" ("Seal Face"). In
1948 he moved to Mexico to form his own band and record for RCA Victor. He quickly
specialized in mambos, an upbeat adaptation of the Cuban danzón.
In 1950 arranger Sonny Burke heard "Que rico el mambo" while on vacation in Mexico and
recorded it back in the United States as "Mambo Jambo". The single was a hit, which caused
Prado to launch a US tour. His appearances in 1951 were sell-outs and he began recording US
releases for RCA Victor.
Prado is the composer of such famous pieces as "Mambo No. 5" and "Mambo No. 8." At the
height of the mambo movement, in 1955, Prado hit the American charts at number one with a
cha-cha version of "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" More
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Perez Prado And His Orchestra
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323 Releases
53 Albums
97 Singles & EPs
173 Compilations
724 Appearances
41 Albums
4 Singles & EPs
669 Compilations
9 Mixes
1 Miscellaneous
5 Unofficial
5 Compilations
1225 Credits
1 Remix
9 Vocals
26 Instruments & Performance
1161 Writing & Arrangement
1 Featuring & Presenting
24 Conducting & Leading
2 Production
1 Acting, Literary & Spoken
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Perez Prado
Encores La Voix
FFLP
Mambos - De Son 1953
1029
Selection N°2 Maître
(10", Album)
Plays Mucho La Voix
FFLP
Mambo (10", De Son 1954
1006
Album) Maître
Perez Prado,
Shorty Rogers -
Voodoo Suite
Plus Six All-
Time Greats
RCA Victor,
1955
RCA Victor
Perez Prado And The Cuban Boys -
Royale 18146 1955
Latin Rhythms (10", Album)
Mambo Happy!
RCA Camden 1957
Great Mambos, And Other Latin American Favorites
Bell Records 1958
Mambo En Sax
RCA
1958
Victor
Perez Prado, Miguelito Valdes, Tito
Today's, 1802,
Rodriguez, Jocento Roman, Pupo Reyes 1958
Today's 111-33
- Mambo Jamboree (10", Album)
Perez Prado And Others
Treasure Productions 1959
La Niña Popoff - Volumen V
RCA Victor 1959
Rosemary Clooney / Perez Prado - A Touch Of Tabasco
RCA Victor, RCA Victor 1960
Latino!
RCA Camden 1961
Perez Prado And Armand Torres - Latin Dance Rhythms
Promenade 1961
Beny Moré* Con Perez Prado, Rafael De Paz - El Barbaro Del
Ritmo
RCA
1962
Victor
Now! Twist Goes Latin RCA Victor, RCA LSP-2524,
1962
(LP, Album) Victor LSP 2524
Our Man In Latin
America
RCA
1963
Victor
Beny More Con Las Orquestas De Perez Prado, Mariano
Merceron, Rafael De Paz - Recordando
RCA Camden 1964
Dengue
Orfeon 1964
Perez Prado, Carlos Molina - In Mexico
Spin-O-Rama 1964
A Go Go
Ansonia, Orfeon 1965
Dance Latino
RCA Victor 1965
Perez Prado In Japan
Union Records (3) 1965
Perez Prado's Golden Album
Victor 1965
Acerina - Perez Prado - Mano A Mano (LP, PRV
Primovox 1966
Album) 021
Esta Increible
RCA Victor 1967
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balhoudongotto.rocjo
February 27, 2019
His appearances in 1951 were sell-outs and he began recording US releases for RCA Victor.
Prado is the composer of such famous pieces as "Mambo No. 5" and "Mambo No. 8." At the
height of the mambo movement, in 1955, Prado hit the American charts at number one with a
cha-cha version of "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White"
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Perez Prado - Voodoo Suite
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PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE
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Perez Prado ~ Ti Pi Tin Twist
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ORQ. PEREZ PRADO - NORMA LA DE GUADALAJARA
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Perez Prado - In a little spanish town (1956)
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Perez Prado - Mambo # 5 (VERSION ORIGINAL)
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Pérez Prado y su Orquesta. México 70.
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