| King of Mambo | ||||
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| Released | 8 July 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 1998–2001 | |||
| Genre | Latin pop, mambo | |||
| Length | 49:46 | |||
| Label | BMG | |||
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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.
A Little Bit of Mambo is the debut album by Lou Bega released in 1999, propelled by the success of the single "Mambo No. 5 ".
Tricky may refer to:
Totally Hits 2 is an album in the Totally Hits series. The album contains three Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits: "Maria Maria", "Genie in a Bottle", and "Amazed".
"Tricky, Tricky" is a song released by Lou Bega in 1999 from his debut album A Little Bit of Mambo. It became a modest hit in the USA and in Sweden, though was overshadowed by the smash-hit "Mambo No. 5". The lyrics tell of a woman that likes to spend a lot of money, and how the relationship between her and a man won't work.
"I Got a Girl" is a song by German singer Lou Bega. The single was the successor to his greatest hit "Mambo No. 5" and released as the second single from his debut album, A Little Bit of Mambo (1999). In the song, Bega tells that "he's got girlfriends all over the world." It was certified gold in Sweden.
"Mambo Mambo" is Lou Bega's fourth single from his album A Little Bit of Mambo. It became a hit only on the French singles chart where it peaked at #11 and was certified Silver, and in the Walloon singles chart where it peaked at #25.
"Bachata" is a song by Lou Bega. It was the first single from his third album Lounatic. The song features background vocals by the Ukrainian girl group Alibi. The song is about dancing bachata on a party and the erotic effect of this dance.
Lounatic is the third studio album by Lou Bega, released in 2005. There are two versions of Lounatic: an earlier edition and a newer edition. They have slightly different track lists, each including 2 exclusive tracks, and slight mixing differences on some shared tracks. The single "Conchita" is labeled as "Mambo vs. Mozart" on the earlier track list. The album didn't chart in any official national music chart.
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.
Ernest AnthonyPuente Jr., commonly known as TitoPuente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, timbalero, and record producer. He composed dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz music.
Mambo No. Sex is a 1999 album by German Eurodance band E-Rotic. Its name is a play on the popular song "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega, which was released seven months before this album.
"Mambo Mambo - The Best of Lou Bega" is the second compilation album by Lou Bega released in 2004. It includes songs from his previous albums A Little Bit of Mambo' and "Ladies and Gentlemen".
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.
The VH1: I Love series is a series of compilation albums released by Rhino Records in 2004, and spun off from the VH1 cable channel's series of I Love… programs, beginning with I Love the '70s.
This is the discography of German singer Lou Bega.
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