Perez Prado

Perez Prado & His Orchestra – ”Prez” (Remastered) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:36 minutes | 874 MB | Genre: Afro-Cuban Jazz, Latin Jazz, Cha-Cha, Mambo
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

Dámaso Pérez Prado (Spanish: [ˈpeɾes ˈpɾaðo]; December 11, 1916 – September 14, 1989) was a Cuban bandleader, pianist and composer who popularized the mambo in the late 1940s. He frequently made brief appearances in films, primarily of the rumberas genre. The success of his orchestra and hits such as “Mambo No. 5” earned him the nickname “King of the Mambo”. His stage name was simply Pérez Prado, although his brother Pantaleón also used the same name in the 1970s, which led to confusion.Pérez Prado became a naturalized citizen of Mexico in 1980, where he died in 1989. His son, Pérez Jr., continues to direct the Pérez Prado Orchestra in Mexico City to this day.

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Perez Prado – Leyenda Mexicana (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 42:44 minutes | 497 MB | Genre: Mambo, Latin Jazz
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uban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer (born December 11, 1916 in Matanzas, Cuba – died September 14, 1989 in Mexico City, Mexico). He is often referred to as the ‘King of the Mambo’.
He was born in Matanzas, Cuba, where he studied classical piano in his early childhood, and later played organ and piano in local clubs. For a time, he was pianist and arranger for La Sonora Matancera, Cuba’s best-known musical group. He also worked with casino orchestras in Havana for most of the 1940s, gaining the nick-name “El Cara de Foca” (“Seal Face”). In 1948 he moved to Mexico to form his own band and record for RCA Victor. He quickly specialized in mambos, an upbeat adaptation of the Cuban danzón.
In 1950 arranger Sonny Burke heard “Que rico el mambo” while on vacation in Mexico and recorded it back in the United States as “Mambo Jambo”. The single was a hit, which caused Prado to launch a US tour. His appearances in 1951 were sell-outs and he began recording US releases for RCA Victor.
Prado is the composer of such famous pieces as “Mambo No. 5” and “Mambo No. 8.” At the height of the mambo movement, in 1955, Prado hit the American charts at number one with a cha-cha version of “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White”

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Perez Prado – Mambo By The King (1956/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 24:20 minutes | 495 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Pérez Prado (Spanish: Pérez Prado, [ˈpeɾes ˈpɾaðo]; December 11, 1916 — September 14, 1989) was a Cuban musician, composer, and orchestra leader who played a major role in popularizing mambo in the United States of America in the 1950s. He is often called the “King of mambo”

Perhaps his most famous compositions as a composer are “Mambo No. 5” (later twice at the top of the British chart: in 1999 performed by Lou Begi and in 2001 performed by the animated character Bob the Builder) and “Mambo No. 8”.

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