King of Mambo | ||||
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Released | 8 July 2002 | |||
Recorded | 1998–2001 | |||
Genre | Latin pop, mambo | |||
Length | 49:46 | |||
Label | BMG | |||
Lou Bega chronology | ||||
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"King of Mambo" is a compilation album by Lou Bega released in 2002. It includes songs from his previous albums "A Little Bit of Mambo'" and "Ladies and Gentlemen". [1]
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Dámaso Pérez Prado 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 "King of the Mambo". In 1955, Prado and his orchestra topped the charts in the US and UK with a mambo cover of Louiguy's "Cherry Pink ". He frequently made brief appearances in films, primarily of the rumberas genre, and his music was featured in films such as La Dolce Vita.
David Lubega Balemezi, better known by his stage name Lou Bega, is a German singer. His 1999 song "Mambo No. 5", a remake of Pérez Prado's 1949 instrumental piece, reached no. 1 in many European countries and was nominated for a Grammy Award. Bega added words to the song and sampled the original version extensively. Bega's musical signature sounds consist of combining musical elements of the 1940s and 1950s with modern beats and grooves.
"Mambo No. 5" is an instrumental mambo and jazz dance song originally composed and recorded by Cuban musician Dámaso Pérez Prado in 1949 and released the next year.
Radio Disney Jams was a series of CD compilations of music that was featured on Radio Disney, a children's radio network.
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Syndicate Music Production was founded in 1993 by the German producer and songwriter Achim Kleist . In 1998, he was joined by partner Wolfgang von Webenau. The company's headquarters and studios are located near Munich (Germany), where productions and compositions for pop, rock, film and advertising are produced. Syndicate Musicproduction's biggest success was with the single "Mambo No.5" by Lou Bega and the follow-up album "A Little Bit Of Mambo". It went on to sell more than 20 million copies.
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Free Again is the fourth album by German singer Lou Bega, released on 21 May 2010 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It has since been released in other countries.
The Latin Bit is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. It is a loose concept album inspired by Latin American music. It features tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec, pianists Sonny Clark and John Adriano Acea, bassist Wendell Marshall and percussionists Willie Bobo, Garvin Masseaux and “Patato” Valdes.
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