Lou Bega

Just like the Afro-Cuban and mambo music that inspires his music, Lou Bega (David Loubega) is really a hybrid, blessed and elevated in Germany because the son of the Sicilian mom and Ugandan father. He sang and danced as a kid, paid attention to R&B and reggae as an adolescent, and is at a rap group, but a vacation to Miami as an 18-year-old acquainted him using the songs from the mambo kings from the ’30s and ’40s. Fascinated with mambo’s noises and stylish styles, Bega came back to Germany and made his own edition from the music. The effect was the one “Mambo No. 5,” an cartoon revise of Pérez Prado’s primary that went dual platinum in Germany in the summertime of 1999 and shortly became a worldwide hit. It visited number one in a number of countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Britain. Within the U.S., it reached number 3 in the Billboard Scorching 100. Afterwards that calendar year, Bega’s full-length debut, A small amount of Mambo, met equivalent success. Following albums, including Females & Gentlemen (2001), Lounatic (2006), and Free of charge Once again (2010), didn’t fare almost as well on the commercial level. Regardless of the drop in reputation, Bega continuing to tour frequently. His fifth record, A small amount of 80s, highlighted addresses of Sade’s “Steady Operator,” Lifestyle Club’s “Karma Chameleon,” and Dexys Midnight Athletes’ “Seriously Eileen.”