The song was originally released by Pérez Prado.

As Studio 54 symbolized the disco-driven ’70s, the Palladium defined the mambo craze of the 1950s. Primarily a Latin club, the Palladium was the hottest nightspot in the city, attracting mambo lovers ...

Shimmering in the Anacostia Community Museum's collection are the ruffled sleeves of Washington, DC’s “Original Mambo King,” Roland Kavé. The musician and dance instructor introduced mambo to his ...

OffBeat contributing writer John Radanovich will have a release party for his new book, Pérez Prado: King of the Mambo on Thursday June 18 at The Broadside (600 N Broad St), featuring special musical ...

From 1974 to the early 1980s, disco ruled the clubs. But in the late 1940s and 1950s, the dance that was significantly more pervasive and influential was the mambo. From the start, the mambo's ...

While major labels search for the next "Despacito," Daptone Records is reviving the sounds of 1950s Cuba. By Jessica Lipsky Daptone Records, a Brooklyn-based label critical in revitalizing soul and ...

Pedro “Cuban Pete” Aguilar, one of the leading mambo dancers of the 1950s who performed for presidents and other world leaders and was featured in Life magazine, has died. He was 81. The mambo legend ...

Many music fans enjoy a time-machine fantasy where they are transported back to a famous dance club of the past. For some, it's Studio 54 or the Fillmore, but for me, the first choice would be New ...