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Pérez Prado, 1916-1989

LC control no.nr 90012422
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Personal name headingPérez Prado, 1916-1989
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Variant(s)Prado, Pérez, 1916-1989
Prado, Prez, 1916-1989
Pérez Prado, Dámaso, 1916-1989
Birth date19161211
Death date19890914
Place of birthMatanzas (Cuba)
Place of deathMexico City (Mexico)
Field of activityMambos (Music)
Profession or occupationComposers Arrangers (Musicians)
Bandleader
Found inPure 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)