Songs Written by Perez PradoTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography
Dámaso Pérez Prado (December 11, 1916 – September 14, 1989) was a Cuban bandleader, pianist, composer and arranger who popularized the mambo in the 1950s. 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". In 1955, Pérez Prado and his orchestra topped the charts in the US and UK with a mambo cover of Louiguy's "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom... [more on Wikipedia]
Top songs: #1: Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit of...) - #2: Patricia - #3: Mambo No. 5 - #4: Mambo Jambo - #5: 7-11 (Mambo No. 5)
