Dámaso Pérez Prado, the original Mambo King, served time as an arranger and pianist in several Havana-based bands in the 1930s. By the '40s, the traditional Cuban danzon style was evolving into newer, African-inspired sounds like the cha-cha and the mambo. With an irresistible syncopated rhythm and sensual, brass-heavy melodies, mambo dovetailed nicely with the popular swing music of the day. Prado began to plant the mambo seeds farther away from home, and by the '50s, the mambo craze had taken hold in the U.S. While Prado was not the first musician to play this music, he wrote and/or recorded some of the biggest mambo hits of the era. Though the craze eventually faded, Prado performed and recorded until his death in 1989.

Listen to Perez Prado at Finetune.

• (2009)  Serie Nostalgia
• (2007)  10 De Colección
• (2006)  The Best Of Perez Prado: The Original Mambo #5
• (2001)  Lo Mejor De ...
• (1999)  Cuban Originals
• (1999)  Lo Mejor De Lo Mejor
• (1999)  Epoca De Oro
• (1998)  Coleccion Original
• (1995)  El Rey Del Mambo
• (1955)  Voodoo Suite
• (0000)  Yiri Yiri Bon

• Mambo # 5
• Que Rico Mambo
• Patricia
• Virgen De La Macarena
• Mambo Jambo (Que rico el mambo)

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• Ray Barretto
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• Xavier Cugat
• Tito Puente
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• Roberto Menescal
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• Compay Segundo
• Ibrahim Ferrer
• Eddie Santiago
• Jerry Rivera
• Marc Anthony
• Daniel Santos
• Los Panchos
• Los Tres Ases
• Ilegales

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• Dr_ummm on 2008-12-05 19:32:13.743:
  since I was a child I have an admirer of this great and remarable musician ,I love his music a lot .