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 ...

The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal was all over the news in 1998. Billboard reports “Mambo No. 5” reached the peak of its popularity in 1999. Someone called “Monica” is mentioned in the chorus of the song.

The music for Bega’s “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of)” was originally composed by Cuban musician Dámaso Pérez Prado as an instrumental mambo and jazz dance song in 1949, which he later released in 1950.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mambo Number 5, a deep voice introduces the late ’90s hit against a growing rhythm. “Mambo No. 5” arrived in 1999, ushering in the new millennium with its buoyant Latin ...

It was the year Britney Spears, in her twin pigtails and baby voice, had her first hit single in … Baby One More Time. It was the year Cher asked us all to Believe, the year Shania Twain wasn’t ...

Lou Bega tells Billboard that, thus far this year, he has not spent much time reflecting on the 20th anniversary of "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)," which became an international smash in 1999 and… ...

'Mambo No. 5' will forever be one of the most enduring one-hit wonders of modern music - but it seems that some of us were more enamoured with Lou Bega's 1999 hit than others. Stephen King is one of ...

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One; the founder of Velvet Underground, a man whose musical influence reached all corners of the world. The other; the singer of a catchy, one hit wonder, ‘Mambo No.5’. But Lou Bega, singer of the ...

The Mambo king discusses his new 80's album and his relationship with his 1999 smash hit. By Jason Lipshutz Editor “Make it known that I’m still alive!” says Lou Bega, as a message to everyone in the ...

'R.I.P Lou Reed the genius who took walks on the wild side,' Bega wrote in a post on his Facebook page on Monday. 'P.S: I have been receiving tons of condolences because of a journalist confusing our ...