Benny Moré
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Bartolomé Maximiliano Moré Gutiérrez, better known as Benny Moré, was a Cuban singer, bandleader and songwriter. Due to his fluid tenor voice and his great expressivity, he was known variously as "El
Benny Moré
Bronze statue of Moré in Cienfuegos' Prado street
Moré and his "Orquesta Gigante" at Radio Progreso in the late 1950s
Moré (right) with La Lupe and Pacho Alonso, c. 1959. All three were signed to the RCA Victor subsidiary Discuba.
Pérez Prado
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Dámaso Pérez Prado 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
Benny Moré
…Sevilla made their cinematic debut in 1946's Carita de cielo, but Moré focused on his music career. In the late 1940s, he sang guaracha-mambos with Pérez Prado, achieving great success. Moré returned to Cuba in 1952 and worked with Bebo Valdés and Ernesto Duarte. In 1953, he formed the Banda Gigante, which…
Pérez Prado in 1954
Perez Prado in 1954