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Dámaso Pérez Prado
Matanzas, Cuba
Dámaso Pérez Prado (December 11, 1916 – September 14, 1989) was a Cuban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer, who also made brief appearances in films. He is often r…
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Dámaso Pérez Prado (December 11, 1916 – September 14, 1989) was a Cuban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer, who also made brief appearances in films. He is often referred to as the King of the Mambo.He became known and professionally billed as Pérez Prado, his paternal and maternal surnames respectively.
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2025
CITY THE ANIMATION
TV show Music
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2022
Nemanja Radulović & Electro Street at the Jacquemart-André Museum Paris sur Mesure
Movie Original Music Composer
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2013
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1986
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
Movie Music
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1983
El sexo de los pobres
Movie
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1980
A Fuego Lento
Movie
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1975
Tivoli
Movie Self
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1968
Stripping and Dying
Movie Nick
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1965
El dengue del amor
Movie
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1961
Punto y banca
Movie Music
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1958
Locos por la televisión
Movie Self
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1958
Música y dinero
Movie
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1956
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
Movie Perez Prado
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1955
Underwater!
Movie Perez Prado
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1954
De ranchero a empresario
Movie
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1952
Las zapatillas coloradas
Movie Music
More credits
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1952
¡Qué rico el mambo!
Movie Music
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1952
Dancing, salón de baile
Movie Dámaso Pérez Prado (uncredited)
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1951
From Can-Can to Mambo
Movie
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1951
Lost Love
Movie Dámaso Pérez Prado
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1951
Serenata en Acapulco
Movie
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1951
Victims of Sin
Movie
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1950
El pecado de ser pobre
Movie Self
- 1950
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1950
Perdida
Movie Music Arranger
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV show Self
