PEREZ
Pérez Prado was a bandleader from Cuba who earned for himself the
nickname “King of the Mambo”. He was the son of Sara Prado and Pablo
Pérez, so his stage name was a melding of his paternal and maternal
family names.
The form of music and dance known as mambo developed in Cuba. “Mambo”
means “conversation with the gods” in Kikongo, a language spoken by
slaves taken to Cuba from Central Africa.
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