Dámaso Pérez Prado, a pianist and arranger from Matanzas, Cuba, established his residence in Havana at the beginning of the 1940s and began to work at night clubs and orchestras, such as Paulina Alvarez's and Casino de La Playa. In 1949 he traveled to Mexico looking for job opportunities and achieved great success with a new style, to which he assigned a name that had been already used by Antonio Arcaño, the mambo.Díaz Ayala, Cristóbal: Música cubana, del Areyto a la Nueva Trova, Ediciones Universal, Miami Florida, 1993. p. 194.
Dámaso Pérez Prado a pianist and arranger from Matanzas Cuba established his residence in Havana at the beginning of the 1940s and began to work at night clubs and orchestras such as Paulina Alvarez's and Casino de La Playa In 1949 he traveled to Mexico looking for job opportunities and achieved great success with a new style to which he assigned a name that had been already used by Antonio Arcaño the mamboDíaz Ayala Cristóbal Música cubana del Areyto a la Nueva Trova Ediciones Universal Miami Florida 1993 p 194