Dámaso Pérez Prado

(1916-1989)

Cuban bandleader, pianist, composer and arranger

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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 White)". He frequently made brief appearances in films, primarily of the rumberas genre, and his music was featured in films such as La Dolce Vita.

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Born	José Dámaso Pérez Prado 11 December 1916 Matanzas, Cuba
Died	14 September 1989 (aged 72) Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Zodiac	Sagittarius
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