Mambo No. 5

"Mambo No. 5"
Song by Pérez Prado
Released1950
Recorded1949
GenreMambo, jive dance
Length3:42[citation needed]
Songwriter(s)Dámaso Pérez Prado

"Mambo No. 5" is an instrumental mambo and jazz dance song originally composed and recorded by Cuban musician Dámaso Pérez Prado in 1949 and released the next year.[1]

German singer Lou Bega sampled the original for a new song released under the same name on Bega's 1999 debut album, A Little Bit of Mambo.[2]

  1. ^ "ESTILO MUSICAL Mambo" (in Spanish). American Sabor. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Mambo No. 5 - Perez Prado and his Orchestra". Internet Archive. 1950.