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ALBUMRecordando A Pérez Prado, Vol. 1Dámaso Pérez Prado & Miguelito Valdez
Albums by Dámaso Pérez Prado
ALBUMKitch Kasserole - Latin LoungeDámaso Pérez Prado
ALBUMLatin Dance RhythmsDámaso Pérez Prado & Armand Torres
ALBUMPerez Prado Top MamboDámaso Pérez Prado
ALBUMOro MolidoDámaso Pérez Prado
ALBUMAlgo DesconocidoDámaso Pérez Prado
ALBUMLas 15 Consagradas de Perez PradoDámaso Pérez Prado
ALBUMLas Chicas de Perez PradoDámaso Pérez Prado
ALBUMPérez Prado a Go GoDámaso Pérez Prado
ALBUMMacarenaDámaso Pérez Prado
ALBUMPérez Prados's RockamboDámaso Pérez Prado
Dámaso Pérez Prado's Popular Music Videos
Patricia (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, August 17, 1958)
Dámaso Pérez Prado & Perez Prado's Band
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Dámaso Pérez Prado Essentials
These indelible orchestrations cemented his title as mambo king.
Artist Biography
Universally known as the King of the Mambo, Cuban-born Pérez Prado was the single most important musician involved in the hugely popular Latin dance craze, helping to develop a bright, swinging style with massive appeal for dancers of all backgrounds and classes. Prado played the piano, but was often more in his element as the focal point of the audience's excitement; he leaped, kicked, danced, shouted, grunted, and exhorted his musicians with a dynamic stage presence that put many more sedate conductors and bandleaders to shame. Prado brought mambo all the way into the pop mainstream, inspiring countless imitators. ~ Steve Huey
Hometown
Mantanzas, Cuba
Genre
Música tropical