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"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 Bega's 1999 debut album, A Little Bit of Mambo .
All music and lyrics by Lou Bega, Zippy Davids, Frank Lio and Donald Fact, except: Track 1 – "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)": music by Pérez Prado, lyrics by Lou Bega and Zippy Davids; Track 4 – "Can I Tico Tico You": music by Z. Abreu, lyrics by Lou Bega, Zippy Davids, Frank Lio and Donald Fact.
His 1999 song "Mambo No. 5", a remake of Pérez Prado's 1949 instrumental piece, reached no. 1 in many European countries and was nominated for a Grammy Award. Bega added words to the song and sampled the original version extensively. Bega's signature musical sounds consist of combining musical elements of the 1940s and 1950s with modern beats ...
The song is based on a Cuban Mambo song, and “tequila,” the only word in the song, is repeated three times. The song won a Grammy in 1958 for best R&B performance, and in 2001, the song was ...
Lou Bega’s “Mambo No. 5,” a 1999 smash that topped the pop charts in most global territories, is one of the most love-it-or-hate-it songs of all time — Stephen King’s wife definitely ...
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".
Stephen, 75, recently confirmed that he is a “big time” fan of Bega’s 1999 hit “Mambo No. 5,” which he listened to often while writing his 2011 novel, 11/22/63. “My wife threatened to ...
A second single by Bob the Builder, "Mambo No. 5", with the lyrics adapted from Lou Bega's 1999 hit version, also reached number one on the UK chart in September 2001. An album entitled The Album followed, which debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart .