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Also known as Perez Prado, Dámaso Pérez Prado

Cuban bandleader, pianist, composer and arranger (1917–1989)

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José Dámaso Pérez Prado, known as Pérez Prado, was a Cuban composer, pianist, conductor, and singer. Born in Matanzas, Matanzas Province, in 1916, he worked primarily in the mambo genre. His career began in 1933, and he recorded for RCA Records and Philips Records. He played the piano and used his voice as an instrument.

Pérez Prado received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died of a stroke in Mexico City in 1989. His copyright was represented by Broadcast Music, Inc. He is associated with tags including latin, cuban, instrumental, and jazz. He is referenced in 481 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, TMDb, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
3

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Film & TV

Acting · Matanzas, Cuba

Dámaso Pérez Prado (December 11, 1916 – September 14, 1989) was a Cuban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer, who also made brief appearances in films. He is often referred to as the King of the Mambo.He became known and professionally billed as Pérez Prado, his paternal and maternal surnames respectively.

Known for

  • Cachitos de hierro y cromo — Self (archive footage)2013
  • El sexo de los pobres1983
  • A Fuego Lento1980
  • Tivoli — Self1975
  • Stripping and Dying — Nick1968
  • El dengue del amor1965
  • Locos por la televisión — Self1958
  • Música y dinero1958
  • Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! — Perez Prado1956
  • Underwater! — Perez Prado1955

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Cuba
Active from
1916
Active to
1989

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
124,858
Total plays
916,271

Tags

mambolatincubaninstrumentaljazz

Pérez Prado (Dámaso Pérez Prado, December 11, 1916 – September 14, 1989) was a Cuban bandleader, musician (singer, organist and pianist), and composer. He is often referred to as the "King of the Mambo". Pérez was actually his surname, he became known by the paternal and maternal surnames "Pérez Prado." His orchestra was the most popular in mambo. His son, Pérez Prado, Jr., continues to direct the Pérez Prado Orchestra in Mexico City to this day. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/P%C3%A9rez+Pr

via Last.fm · Pérez Prado

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Pérez
Gender
male
Citizenship
Cuba
Place of birth
Matanzas Province
Place of death
Mexico City
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
Spanish
Native language
Spanish
Genre
mambo
Instrument
voice
Record label
Philips Records
Image
Perez prado (cropped).jpg
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date of birth
1916-12-11
date of death
1989-09-14
cause of death
stroke
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1933-00-00
pseudonym
Pérez Prado
birth name
José Dámaso Pérez Prado
name in native language
Dámaso Pérez Prado
copyright representative
Broadcast Music, Inc.
Commons category
Pérez Prado
Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Pérez Prado, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Gallery (2)