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Pérez Prado

1916 - 1989

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Dámaso Pérez Prado (December 11, 1916 – September 14, 1989) was a Cuban bandleader, pianist, composer and arranger who popularized the mambo in the 1950s. His big band adaptation of the danzón-mambo proved to be a worldwide success with hits such as "Mambo No. 5", earning him the nickname "The King of the Mambo". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pérez Prado has received more than 579,708 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Pérez Prado is the 379th most popular singer (down from 305th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Cuba (down from 29th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Cuban Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Pérez Prado ranks 379 out of 4,381. Before him are Arsen Dedić, Ricky Nelson, Bill Withers, Anne-Marie David, Serge Reggiani, and Ruslana. After him are Jackie Jackson, Gazebo, Seal, Ahmet Kaya, Jessye Norman, and Cissy Houston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Pérez Prado ranks 78. Before him are Zein Al-Sharaf Talal, Giorgio Bassani, Archduke Felix of Austria, Pietro Rava, Mika Špiljak, and Walt Whitman Rostow. After him are Ray Conniff, Vladimir Demikhov, José Manuel Moreno, Ramón José Velásquez, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, and Shirley Jackson. Among people deceased in 1989, Pérez Prado ranks 79. Before him are Lucille Ball, Princess Deokhye, Boris Skossyreff, Robert Mapplethorpe, Arseny Tarkovsky, and Kateb Yacine. After him are Hassan Fathy, Hans Hartung, Cesare Zavattini, Hibari Misora, Albert Bormann, and Vasile Milea.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Pérez Prado ranks 33 out of 300. Before him are Alberto Juantorena (1950), Aleida March (1936), Wifredo Lam (1902), Vilma Espín (1930), Omara Portuondo (1930), and Ramón Grau (1881). After him are Tomás Estrada Palma (1835), Huber Matos (1918), Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Nicolás Guillén (1902), Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (1942), and Ana de Armas (1988).

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Among SINGERS In Cuba

Among singers born in Cuba, Pérez Prado ranks 5. Before him are Gloria Estefan (1957), Celia Cruz (1925), Ibrahim Ferrer (1927), and Omara Portuondo (1930). After him are Rita Marley (1946), Silvio Rodríguez (1946), Camila Cabello (1997), Mongo Santamaría (1917), Pablo Milanés (1943), Benny Moré (1919), and Laurel Aitken (1927).

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