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Dámaso Pérez Prado(1916-1989)

  • Actor
  • Composer
  • Music Department
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Dámaso Pérez Prado
Pop orchestra leader responsible for the mambo craze that swept America during the early 1950s. Numerous hit recordings included, among others, "Patricia", "Mambo Jambo" and "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White". Would often interject his musical numbers with his signature grunt of "Dilo!".
BornDecember 11, 1916
DiedSeptember 14, 1989(72)
BornDecember 11, 1916
DiedSeptember 14, 1989(72)
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Known for

Promo Poster
Space Cowboys
6.5
  • Soundtrack(as Pérez Prado, "Patricia")
  • 2000
Jude Law and Forest Whitaker in Repo Men (2010)
Repo Men
6.3
  • Soundtrack(as Perez Prado, "Sway (Mucho Mambo)")
  • 2010
Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, and Paul Bettany in Iron Man 3 (2013)
Iron Man 3
7.1
  • Soundtrack(as Perez Prado, "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)" aka Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of Monika))
  • 2013
La Dolce Vita (1960)
La Dolce Vita
8.0
  • Soundtrack("Patricia")
  • 1960

Credits

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Actor



  • Desnudarse y morir (1968)
    Desnudarse y morir
    • Nick
    • 1968
  • El dengue del amor (1965)
    El dengue del amor
    6.0
    • 1965
  • Premier Orfeon
    TV Series
    • 1964
  • L'urlo dei bolidi (1961)
    L'urlo dei bolidi
    • (as Perez Prado)
    • 1961
  • Mary Kaye, Manny Lopez, Dámaso Pérez Prado, Manny Lopez Orchestra, Norman Kaye, Perez Prado Orchestra, Frank Ross, and The Mary Kaye Trio in Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956)
    Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
    5.3
    • Perez Prado
    • 1956
  • Jane Russell in Underwater! (1955)
    Underwater!
    5.3
    • Perez Prado (as Perez Prado)
    • 1955
  • De ranchero a empresario (1954)
    De ranchero a empresario
    5.4
    • 1954
  • Sindicato de telemirones (1954)
    Sindicato de telemirones
    6.3
    • 1954
  • Manos de seda (1951)
    Manos de seda
    6.2
    • Damaso (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Serenata en Acapulco (1951)
    Serenata en Acapulco
    6.5
    • Pérez Prado (as Pérez Prado)
    • 1951
  • Al son del mambo (1950)
    Al son del mambo
    7.1
    • Damaso Perez Prado (as Perez Prado)
    • 1950
  • Perdida (1950)
    Perdida
    6.8
    • (uncredited)
    • 1950

Composer



  • A Giant Fork in 4 teeth (2006)
    4 teeth
    Short
    • Composer (as Perez Prado)
    • 2006
  • 4 dientes
    Short
    • Composer (as Pérez Prado)
    • 2006
  • Besame mucho
    Short
    • Composer (as Pérez Prado)
    • 1998
  • Lucas
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1995
  • Edgardo Nieva in Gatica, the Monkey (1993)
    Gatica, the Monkey
    7.2
    • Composer
    • 1993
  • La ley del mambo
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1991
  • Nur Fliegen ist schwerer
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1985
  • 5 Flaschen für Angelika
    6.4
    • Composer (as Perez Prado)
    • 1981
  • A fuego lento (1980)
    A fuego lento
    4.8
    • Composer
    • 1980
  • Las d'Aida
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1968
  • Hasta la victoria siempre (1967)
    Hasta la victoria siempre
    6.8
    Short
    • Composer (as Pérez Prado)
    • 1967
  • Patricia mía (1961)
    Patricia mía
    • Composer
    • 1961
  • Kai Fischer in Mädchen für die Mambo-Bar (1959)
    Mädchen für die Mambo-Bar
    6.2
    • Composer (as Perez Prado)
    • 1959
  • Leo Marini and Amelia Vargas in ¡Qué rico el mambo! (1952)
    ¡Qué rico el mambo!
    6.0
    • Composer
    • 1952
  • Las zapatillas coloradas
    6.6
    • Composer
    • 1952

Music Department



  • Stéphane Roux in Bénis (2019)
    Bénis
    Short
    • Music Department
    • 2019
  • El sexo de los pobres (1983)
    El sexo de los pobres
    5.3
    • orchestra (as Dámaso Pérez Prado y su Orquesta)
    • 1983
  • Desnudarse y morir (1968)
    Desnudarse y morir
    • composer: songs "Desnudarse y morir", "Irma", "No llores", "Kitty", "Balacera"
    • 1968
  • Locos por la televisión (1958)
    Locos por la televisión
    5.4
    • orchestra
    • 1958
  • Música y dinero (1958)
    Música y dinero
    5.5
    • orchestra
    • 1958
  • Cantando nace el amor (1954)
    Cantando nace el amor
    6.6
    • music performers (as Orquestra de Perez Prado)
    • 1954
  • Amor perdido (1951)
    Amor perdido
    6.4
    • orchestra
    • 1951
  • Victims of Sin (1951)
    Victims of Sin
    7.5
    • musician (as Perez Prado y Su Orquestra)
    • 1951
  • Pecado de ser pobre (1950)
    Pecado de ser pobre
    7.2
    • music arranger (as D. Perez Prado)
    • 1950
  • The Adventuress (1950)
    The Adventuress
    7.4
    • music arranger (as Pérez Prado)
    • 1950
  • Perdida (1950)
    Perdida
    6.8
    • music arranger
    • orchestra
    • 1950
  • Pobre corazón (1950)
    Pobre corazón
    4.6
    • music arranger
    • 1950

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • D. Perez Prado y su Orquesta
  • Born
    • December 11, 1916
    • Matanzas, Cuba
  • Died
    • September 14, 1989
    • Mexico City, Mexico(cerebral hemorrhage)
  • Spouses
      María del Carmen Josefina Linares1979 - ? (divorced)
  • Other works
    CD (w/Perez Prado Orchestra): "Mambo Happy" (Columbia)

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Had the original hit version of "Mambo #5" on RCA in 1955, some four decades before it became a 1999 hit all over again (this time with lyrics) for Lou Bega. Prado's signature grunts may still be heard on the Bega recording.
  • Nicknames
    • The Mambo King
    • Prez

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