LC control no. | nr 90012422 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Pérez Prado, 1916-1989 |
Variant(s) | Prado, Pérez, 1916-1989 Prado, Prez, 1916-1989 Pérez Prado, Dámaso, 1916-1989 |
Birth date | 19161211 |
Death date | 19890914 |
Place of birth | Matanzas (Cuba) |
Place of death | Mexico City (Mexico) |
Field of activity | Mambos (Music) |
Profession or occupation | Composers Arrangers (Musicians) Bandleader |
Found in | Pure gold [SR] c1976: label (Perez Prado [bandleader]) Damaso Pérez Prado y su orquestra, p1986. Guinness encyc. of pop. music, c1992 (Prado, Perez; b. Damaso Perez Prado, Dec. 11, 1916, Matanzas, Cuba, d. Sept. 14, 1989, Mexico City, Mexico) Salsa. Vol. III [SR] 198-?: container (Pérez Prado) All music guide WWW site, Dec. 2, 2005 (Pérez Prado; b. Dámaso Pérez Prado, Dec. 11, 1916, Matanzas, Cuba, d. Sept. 14, 1989, Mexico City, Mexico; his earliest recordings were issued under the name D. Pérez Prado, but the "D." was dropped on his American releases and he legally shortened his name in 1955; known as the King of the Mambo) Wikipedia WWW site, Dec. 2, 2005 (Dámaso Pérez Prado; b. Dec. 11, 1916, Matanzas, Cuba, d. Sept. 14, 1989, Mexico City; Cuban bandleader and composer; aka the Mambo King) Mambo mania, 1955 (Perez "Prez" Prado and his orchestra) |