Perez PRADO
Damaso Pérez Prado was born December 11, 1916 in Matanzas in Cuba and died September 14, 1989 in Mexico City in Mexico. It was nicknamed the King of Mambo. As a child he learned to play classical piano with Rafael Somavilla. In 1942, he moved to Havana where he played piano in nightclubs and in different orchestras: Orquesta Cubaney, Orquesta de Paulina Alvarez and most famous orchestra of Cuba, Orquesta Casino de la Playa. In 1947 he recorded "Que Rico el Mambo" and toured in Argentina and Venezuela. In 1948, his music is inspired by the Stan Kenton Jazz and Cuban record companies no longer want to Register. He left Mexico City, Mexico where he engages in singing Benny Moré. It is taken as an actor for films. It consists of pieces so that in the end it gives them more names, but numbers (and Mambo # 5 Mambo # 8 are the best known). On 12 December 1949, released a 78 rpm with "Que Rico El Mambo" on one side and "Mambo # 5" the other. This disc will trigger Mambomania (called Mambo Craze in the U.S.). In 1955, its version cha-cha-cha of "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" reached number one on Billboard for 10 weeks, the U.S. charts. This title was written in 1950 by the French Louiguy (composer of "La Vie en Rose" for Edith Piaf), under the title "Cherry Pink and Apple White" (lyrics by Jacques Larue, and sung by Andre Claveau, then become a classic musette, taken in 1964 by Petula Clark and many others. In the movie "Underwater! "Jane Russell is seen dancing to" Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White ". In 1958, "Patricia" was a worldwide hit (number one) which will be a 1960 musical film "La Dolce Vita (the Sweet life)" by Federico Fellini. Google machine translation: Perez PRADO's original bio |
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| Perez PRADO Arr : Naohiro IWAI Publisher : Robert Martin Genre : Orchestra Group : Marching band |
Set Wind Band (PRAD03676-BA) : € 75,91 Full score (PRAD03676-CO) : € 26,38 |
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| Perez PRADO Arr : TOIMA Publisher : Robert Martin Genre : Orchestra Group : Marching band |
Set Wind Band (PRAD03592-BA) : € 75,91 | ||
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| Perez PRADO Arr : Giancarlo GAZZANI Publisher : Scomegna Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Rock, latino, jazz |
Set Wind Band (SC-SCO389-BA) : € 140,88 Full score (SC-SCO389-CO) : € 30,44 |
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| Perez PRADO Arr : Fernando FRANCIA Publisher : Scomegna Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Pop music |
Set Wind Band (SC-SCO200-BA) : € 80,67 Full score (SC-SCO200-CO) : € 17,45 |
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| Perez PRADO Arr : PETER KLEINE SCHAARS Publisher : Molenaar Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (MOL012576030-BA) : € 69,48 | ||
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| Perez PRADO Arr : Willy HAUTVAST Publisher : Molenaar Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (MOL011277040-BA) : € 80,41 | ||
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| Perez PRADO Arr : John MOSS Publisher : Hal Leonard Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (HL08724690-BA) : € 53,81 | ||
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| Perez PRADO Arr : Jerry NOWAK Publisher : Hal Leonard Genre : Orchestra Group : Big band Style & options : Big-Bands |
Set Wind Band (HL07470588-BA) : € 49,89 | ||
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| Perez PRADO Arr : Jay BOCOOK Publisher : Hal Leonard Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (HL04000761-BA) : € 71,74 | ||
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| Perez PRADO Arr : Jay BOCOOK Publisher : Hal Leonard Genre : Orchestra Group : Marching band |
Set Wind Band (HL03744561-BA) : € 71,74 | ||
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| Perez PRADO Arr : Naohiro IWAI Publisher : De Haske Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (HDH950633.01-BA) : € 120,64 Full score (HDH950633.01-CO) : € 34,47 |
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| Perez PRADO Publisher : Marc Reift Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (EMR1650-BA) : € 125,55 | ||
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| Perez PRADO Arr : Naohiro IWAI Publisher : De Haske Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (DH0950633010-BA) : € 112,79 | ||