Papa Loves Mambo

"Papa Loves Mambo"
Single by Perry Como
B-side"The Things I Didn't Do"
ReleasedSeptember 1954
RecordedAugust 31, 1954
GenrePop
Length2:38
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Al Hoffman
Dick Manning
Bix Reichner
Producer(s)Joe Reisman
Perry Como singles chronology
"Hit and Run Affair"
(1954) 		"Papa Loves Mambo"
(1954) 		"(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays"
(1954)

"Papa Loves Mambo" is a popular song written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, and Bix Reichner and released in 1954.[1]

The best-known version was recorded by Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres's orchestra in New York City on August 31, 1954. The U.S. release peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard chart in January 1955.[2] The recording was part of a wave of popular mambo music in the U.S. alongside songs like "They Were Doin' the Mambo" and "Mambo Italiano".[3][4]

  1. ^ Hoffmann, Al; Manning, Dick; Reichner, Bix; Como, Perry (1954). Papa loves Mambo: as performed by Perry Como. Roba Digital Sheets. ISBN 978-3-8418-0046-6.
  2. ^ Macfarlane, Malcolm; Crossland, Ken (2015-05-07). Perry Como: A Biography and Complete Career Record. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0024-6.
  3. ^ Tyler, Don (2008). Music of the Postwar Era. Internet Archive. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-313-34191-5.
  4. ^ None (2003). Inside Cuba : the history, culture, and politics of an outlaw nation. New York : Marlowe & Co. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-56924-484-5.