Perez Prado

Perez Prado

male, deceased (1989)
Dámaso Pérez Prado was a Cuban/Mexican bandleader and composer. He is commonly referred to as the "King of the Mambo". Prado was born in Ma...
Xavier Cugat

Xavier Cugat

male, deceased (1990)
Francesc d'Asís Xavier Cugat Mingall de Bru i Deulofeu was a Catalan-Cuban bandleader whom many consider to have had more to do with the infusion o...
Willie Bobo

Willie Bobo

male, deceased (1983)
Willie Bobo was the stage name of William Correa, an American jazz percussionist. His son, Eric Bobo (Eric Correa), is a percussionist with crew...

Benny Moré

male, deceased (1963)
Beny (sometimes Benny) Moré is considered by many fans of Cuban music as the greatest Cuban singer of all time. He was gifted with an innate m...

Cachao López

male, 91 years old
Israel "Cachao" López, often known just as "Cachao" (pronounced kah-CHOW) is a Cuban mambo musician and composer, who has helped bring mambo music t...
Professor Longhair

Professor Longhair

male, deceased (1980)
Professor Longhair (born Henry Roeland Byrd, also known as Roy "Bald Head" Byrd and as Fess) (December 19, 1918 - January 30, 1980) was a legendary...
Barry Rogers

Barry Rogers

male
Barron W. Rogers (born in The Bronx on May 22, 1935; died 1991) was a salsa musician and jazz fusion trombonist best known as Barry Rogers. Barron...

Tego Calderón

male, 37 years old
Tegui Calderón Rosario is a Puerto Rican rapper. He is best known as Tego Calderon. He not only records hip hop music but also mambo, salsa (e.g. "...
Tito Rodríguez

Tito Rodríguez

male, deceased (1973)
Pablo Rodríguez Lozada, better known as Tito Rodríguez born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, was a popular 1950s and 1960s singer and bandleader. He is kn...
Mickey Baker

Mickey Baker

male, 84 years old
Mickey (McHouston) "Guitar" Baker (born October 15 1925 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American guitarist. He was half of the pop duo Mickey &...