Perez Prado
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.
10 de Coleccion
Perez Prado
Sony BMG Latin, 2007
1 CD
Latin
Perez Prado
Collectables Records, 2006
1 CD
The Best of Perez Prado: The Original Mambo No. 5
Perez Prado
RCA (USA), 2006
1 CD
Lo Esencial Perez Prado
Perez Prado
Sony Discos Inc., 2005
1 CD
Mambo Party
Perez Prado
BMG Special Products, 2004
1 CD
Mambooo...!
Perez Prado
BCI Music (Brentwood Communication), 2003
1 CD
I Grandi Successi Originali
Perez Prado
BMG (Italy), 2001
1 CD
El Rey del Mambo (Musica Latina)
Perez Prado
Musica Latina, 1999
1 CD
