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"Patricia" is a popular song by Pérez Prado with lyrics by Bob Marcucci, published in 1958. The song is best known in an instrumental version by Prado's orchestra that became the last record to ascend to No.1 on the Billboard Jockeys and Top 100 charts, both of which gave way the next week to the then newly-introduced Billboard Hot 100 chart. [1]
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".
In the United Kingdom, two versions went to number one in 1955. The first was the rendition by Prado, which reached number one for two weeks. [6] Less than a month later, the take by the British trumpeter Eddie Calvert reached number one for four weeks. [6] Al Hirt included it on his 1965 album, They're Playing Our Song. [7]
The best-known version of "Guaglione" was recorded by the Cuban bandleader Perez Prado in 1958 as an uptempo mambo tune. As a mambo, the track rose to fame in 1994 and 1995 after it was used for the Guinness advert " Anticipation ", which led to the song being released as a single, reaching number one in Ireland and number two in the United ...
"Mambo No. 5" is an instrumental mambo and jazz dance song originally composed and recorded by Cuban musician Dámaso Pérez Prado in 1949 and released the next year. [1] German singer Lou Bega sampled the original for a new song released under the same name on his 1999 debut album, A Little Bit of Mambo. [2]
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"Anabacoa" is a guaracha composed by Puerto Rican trumpeter Juanchín Ramírez which has become a Latin music standard. Its most famous recording was made in Mexico in 1949 by Beny Moré backed by Pérez Prado and his orchestra.
Mambo is a genre of Cuban dance music pioneered by the charanga Arcaño y sus Maravillas in the late 1930s and later popularized in the big band style by Pérez Prado.It originated as a syncopated form of the danzón, known as danzón-mambo, with a final, improvised section, which incorporated the guajeos typical of son cubano (also known as montunos).