(CBS 11) - Todays' Friday Fun Song has its roots going back 70 years to 1949 when Cuban musician/performer Perez Prado recorded this song originally. Lou Bega (born David Lubega on April 13, 1975) is ...

Somewhere, Rosemary Clooney is smiling at what she’s seeing and hearing. Nikki Vianna, the enchanting singer behind the catchy single “Done,” released “Mambo” today (Jan. 31). A spiritual successor to ...

“They were doin’ the mambo. What the heck is a mambo?” came across the space of my office. I listen to “oldies” to open up the right side of my mind for creativity as I write. Those lyrics and the ...

The Latin Jazz Collective is a new project conceived by Lary Barilleau, a Seattle based percussionist, composer and award winning educator. Carmen's Mambo features the original music of Grammy ...

Lou Bega knows exactly why “Mambo No. 5” has endured. “There’s two levels. The superficial level that we all enjoy. We dance to it—it’s joyful,” Bega says of his 1999 megahit documenting a series of ...

Multi-instrumental wizard Roger Glenn played flute with vibraphone star Cal Tjader and vibes with flute great Herbie Mann. He made his recording debut with Mary Lou Williams and contributed to classic ...