This week we listen to some Afro-Cuban mambo from its beginnings in the 1940’s, through its high point in the 1960’s, to the present day. Like the words bongo and… Next we hear Pérez Prado’s biggest ...

Rhythm Planet explores the world of Afro-Cuban mambo from its beginnings in the 1940’s, through its high point in the 1960’s, to the present day. Next we hear Pérez Prado’s biggest hit, “Mambo #5.” ...

"We were listening to Perez Prado's library of music and I heard 'Mambo No. 8,' and we're always trying to push the boundaries of what we're doing," Alex said in a statement. The siblings are known ...

From Cuba to the Catskills, the mid-20th century saw the rise of an improbable partnership between American Jews and the mambo. And with its popularity, a Yiddish-inspired term entered the lexicon to ...

Lou Bega knows exactly why “Mambo No. 5” has endured. “There’s two levels. The superficial level that we all enjoy. We dance to it—it’s joyful,” Bega says of his 1999 megahit documenting a series of ...