Perez Prado
Dámaso Pérez Prado (born December 11, 1916 in Matanzas , Cuba , † September 14, 1989 in Mexico City ) was a Cuban musician ( piano , organ ) and composer who was known as the "King of Mambo ".
Life
Pérez Prado's mother was a teacher. He learned to play classical music on the piano in early childhood . He later played the organ and piano in local clubs. In the 1940s he worked mainly in Havana and belonged to the Orquesta Casino de la Playa ; In 1946 he founded his own band. In 1948 he moved to Mexico , where he spent most of his career. He specialized in mambo, and with his characteristic riffs of a five-part trumpet setting and strong counterpoints from the four-part saxophone setting , he made a significant contribution to popularizing the mambo. From 1954 Prado worked in the USA. He died at the age of 72 in his adopted home Mexico City.
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Prado became known as the "King of Mambo" and composed well-known pieces such as " Mambo # 5 " and "Mambo # 8". During the heyday of the mambo, he was number one in the US charts for ten weeks with the piece “ Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White ” composed by the French Louiguy . He also took first places in the charts of Germany , Great Britain and Australia . Prado first played this title in 1951 for the film "Underwater", in which Jane Russell dances to "Cherry Pink". In 1958 Pérez Prado landed with his own composition "Patricia" back on the first place in the German and US charts; in Great Britain the record took eighth place. This piece is played in the strip scene in Federico Fellini's film “ La Dolce Vita ”. Pérez Prado brought jazz musicians like Bud Shank , Bob Cooper , Maynard Ferguson and Shorty Rogers into his big band . He has also appeared in feature films in Mexico, the United States, and Europe. The Pérez Prado orchestra is continued today by his son.
In 1999 Lou Bega released an internationally successful cover version of “ Mambo # 5 ”.
Discography
Albums
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| 1959 | "Prez" | - | - |
US22 (3 weeks) US |
First published: 1957
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
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Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
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| 1955 | Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White |
DE2 (10 months) DE |
UK1 (17 weeks) UK |
US1 (26 weeks) US |
Pérez "Prez" Prado and His Orchestra
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| 1958 | Patricia |
DE1  (8 months)DE |
UK8 (16 weeks) UK |
US1 (21 weeks)US |
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| Guaglione | - |
UK2 (22 weeks)UK |
US53 (9 weeks) US |
Pérez "Prez" Prado & His Orchestra
chart entry in UK only in 1994 |
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| Paris | - | - |
US95 (1 week) US |
Pérez "Prez" Prado & His Orchestra
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| 1962 | Patricia - twist | - | - |
US65 (5 weeks) US |
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literature
- Jürgen Wölfer , Lexikon des Jazz Wien 1999 ISBN 3-85445-164-4 (2nd edition).
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- ↑ 88 notes pour piano solo , Jean-Pierre Thiollet , Neva Editions, 2015, pp. 248-249. ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0
- ^ A b Günter Ehnert (Ed.): Hit balance sheet. German chart singles 1956–1980 . Taurus Press, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 162.
- ↑ Dafydd Rees, Barry Lazell, Roger Osborne: 40 Years Of NME Charts . Boxtree Verlag, London 1992, ISBN 1-85283-746-2 , p. 23 f.
- ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls / Wisconsin 1994, ISBN 0-89820-139-X , p. 470.
- ↑ Stephen Nugent, Annie Fowler, Pete Fowler (eds.): Chart Log Of American / British Top 20 Hits 1955–1974 . In: Charlie Gillett, Simon Frith (Eds.): Rock File 4 . Panther Books, Frogmore / St. Albans 1976, ISBN 0-586-04370-5 , p. 276.
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Billboard 200
- ↑ a b Gold / Platinum databases: UK US
- ↑ a b US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
- ^ Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 445 .
Web links
- Pérez Prado on Allmusic (English)
- Pérez Prado at Discogs (English)
- Pérez Prado and His Orchestra at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Prado, Perez |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prado, Dámaso Pérez (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban musician (piano, organ) and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Matanzas , Cuba |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1989 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |