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Mambo No. 5
1949 instrumental mambo song by Dámaso Pérez Prado
1949 instrumental mambo song by Dámaso Pérez Prado
"Mambo No. 5" is an instrumental mambo and jazz dance song originally composed and recorded by Cuban musician Dámaso Pérez Prado in 1949 and released the next year. German singer Lou Bega sampled the original for a new song released under the same name on his 1999 debut album, A Little Bit of Mambo. In 2026, Pérez Prado's original recording of the song was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for its "cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation's recorded sound heritage."
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