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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".
Francisco Pérez de Prado y Cuesta was born in Aranda de Duero on 8 December 1677. [1] He was appointed Bishop of Teruel on 14 August 1732 and consecrated as a bishop on 7 December 1732. [ 1 ] On 26 July 1746 Ferdinand VI of Spain appointed him Grand Inquisitor of Spain (and thus head of the Spanish Inquisition ), and he received his commission ...
The surname, written in Spanish orthography as Pérez, is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Pedro" ("Pero" in archaic spanish).Its translation to english is Peter. At the same time, the name Pedro derives from the Latin name Petrus, [1] meaning "rock or stone". [2]
The album includes Prado's Mambo No. 5. In December 1950, Bob Goddard in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat described the album as "scorching" and concluded: "It's utterly impossible to sit still while any of this is going on." [1] In a 2024 ranking of the 600 greatest Latin American albums, Pérez Prado Plays Mucho Mambo for Dancing was ranked No ...
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About the origin of the last name, there are two known possible origins to the Prado surname (Italian and/or Spanish): The first one indicates the origin of the last name comes from Spain when the son of a noblewoman took the last name after the prado, Spanish word for field, where he was born. The last name is also said to have an Italian ...
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