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states that "It is strictly prohibited to alter the words or music of the National Anthem and to execute it totally or partially in compositions or arrangements. Likewise, it is prohibited to sing or play the National Anthem for purposes of commercial advertising or of a similar nature." (Translated
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theater in Mexico City became enraged when Pérez Prado decided to work with another businessman who paid him more, prompting the first businessman to report him to the migration authorities as Pérez Prado lacked a work permit. Pérez Prado, who had just finished recording the soundtrack for the movie
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to live with his wife and two children, son Dámaso Pérez Salinas (known as Pérez Prado Jr.) and daughter María Engracia. While his career in the US had declined, his popularity in Latin America was still strong, and he toured and continued to record material released in Mexico, Central and South
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Volume 1 - Page 559 Ned Sublette - 2007 "If the film composers' harmonies were impressionist, with their elevenths and thirteenths, Pérez Prado's mambo was expressionist, with minor seconds, piano clusters, and much chromaticism. The recordings were good, with the percussion
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Page 209 Josephine Powell - 2007 "San Francisco reported that three thousand five hundred people followed Pérez Prado into Sweets Ballroom. The navy barracks at Oaknoll, Oakland, were ten miles from Sweets Ballroom. The dancehall, styled like a huge Quonset, was
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Louis A. Pérez Jr. - 2012 "The origins of the new Cuban dance were variously attributed to Orestes López, Antonio Arcaño, Arsenio Rodríguez, and Israel “Cachao” López, but it was pianist Dámaso Pérez Prado's arrangements of the mambo, presented in a big, brassy
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did in 1937—Pérez Prado has been recognized as a key figure in the refinement and popularization of mambo and Cuban dance music in general across the world in the 1950s. His success came from his adaptation of the fast mambo rhythm to the American-style
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America, as well as Japan, where he was still revered as one of the reigning giants of the music industry. Prado was a regular performer on Mexican radio and television; a live concert recording from his 1973 tour was released by RCA in Japan on
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in 1946, including "Trompetiana", a self-penned mambo and one of the first examples arranged for big band. He then moved to Mexico where he developed this particular genre in multiple forms, including bolero-mambo (with
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In 1953, during the height of his popularity in Mexico, Pérez Prado was unexpectedly deported from that country and wouldn't be able to return until 1964. A
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In the decade after his death, the popularity of Pérez Prado's music was on the rise again. CD reissues of his RCA recordings continue to sell steadily. "
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in the US, which led to a prolific career in the 1950s. His number 1 hit "Cherry Pink" was followed by other charting singles, such as a cover of "
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heavily features the music of Pérez Prado, as it is the favorite choice of Ice T's character in the film. The soundtrack to the 1999 movie
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In 1949, Pérez Prado moved to Mexico where he formed his own band and signed a recording contract with the International division of
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Pérez Prado's mambo records and the joyous dancing they caused, are described in a later chapter of Jack Kerouac's seminal novel
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communities during the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s. He also performed in films in the United States and Europe, as well as in
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By 1960, Pérez Prado's popularity in the United States began to wane, with the new decade giving way to new rhythms, such as
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can be seen dancing to "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)". In 1958, one of Pérez Prado's own compositions, "
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He also worked with a variety of musicians who would go on to have successful careers. In 1946, he worked with
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and recycled Latin-style anthologies. After returning to Mexico, he had a final hit there with the self-penned
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featured two of his performances, "Mambo No. 8" and "The Peanut Vendor". The soundtrack to the 2004 movie
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on September 12, 1987, when he played to a packed house. This was also the year of his final recording.
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in 2001) and "Mambo No. 8". The mambo craze peaked in the US in 1955, when Pérez Prado hit the American
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Persistent ill health plagued him for the next two years, and he died of complications from a stroke in
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in 1980. He died there in 1989. His son, Pérez Jr., continues to direct the Pérez Prado Orchestra in
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for most of the 1940s. He was nicknamed "El Cara de Foca" ("Seal Face") by his peers at the time.
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Pérez Prado's popularity in the United States matched the peak of the first wave of interest in
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before being deported. His eleven-year exile came to an end after Mexican singer and actress
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Pérez Prado and his Orchestra performed at the famed tenth Cavalcade of Jazz concert held at
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Pérez Prado's song "La Chunga" has been used as the theme music for several versions of
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signed Pérez Prado to RCA Victor in the US and produced his best-selling recording of "
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featured Pérez Prado's "Qué rico el mambo", more commonly known as "Mambo Jambo".
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in 1995 and reached number 1 in the Irish singles chart, following its use in the
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among Mexicans is that he was deported for having done a mambo arrangement of the
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heard "Qué rico el mambo" while on vacation in Mexico and recorded it back in the
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and piano in local clubs. For a time, he was pianist and arranger for the
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counterpoints, and most of all, his trademark grunts (he actually says "
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In the early 1970s, Pérez Prado retired to his spacious apartment off
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Joel Whitburn, "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums" (1991), p. 208.
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In 1981, Pérez Prado was featured in a musical revue entitled
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Pérez Prado began his career as pianist and arranger for the
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chose to feature "Patricia" twice in his 1960 masterpiece,
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chart, where in its first week had the song at #2 behind
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In 1999, Pérez Prado was posthumously inducted into the
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Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo
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Pérez Prado is the composer of such famous pieces as "
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On Becoming Cuban: Identity, Nationality, and Culture
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Chart Log Of American/British Top 20 Hits, 1955-1973
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proved to be a worldwide success with hits such as "
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His final appearance in the US was in 152:Musician, arranger, bandleader, composer 1770: 1720:de Fontenay, Sounni (7 December 1998). 1566: 1318: 1275:His stage name was simply Pérez Prado ( 522:to allow Pérez Prado back into Mexico. 14: 2145: 1836:. "A Brief History of Mambo Time," in 1749:. Snpp.com. 1994-09-10. Archived from 1377:Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture 673:International Latin Music Hall of Fame 1900: 1459:"Dilo (Ugh!) - Pérez Prado Orchestra" 1359: 1357: 1279: 938:Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) 796:Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) 678: 604:Although he did not create the genre— 397:Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) 363:in Los Angeles which was produced by 206:Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) 91:"Prez" Prado, "The King of the Mambo" 1554:. 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Index

Perez Prado
Spanish name
surname
Pérez Prado in 1954
Matanzas
Cuba
Mexico City
Mexico
Mambo
RCA Victor
mambo
big band
danzón-mambo
Mambo No. 5
Louiguy
Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)
brief appearances
rumberas
La Dolce Vita
Sonora Matancera
Matanzas
Havana
María Luisa Landín
Benny Moré
RCA Victor
Guaglione
Patricia
pachanga
boogaloo
naturalized citizen

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