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.

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 ...

Off Bega’s debut album, A Little Bit of Mambo, the song topped the charts across Europe and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold 3.3 million copies in the U.S., and was nominated for a ...

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… ...

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 ...

Look, writing can be a lonely, isolating process, but that’s no excuse to torture your loved ones while you’re at it. If anyone should innately understand this it’s Stephen King, who wrote Misery ...

“Mambo No. 5,” by the way, dates back to 1949; it was originally written by Cuban bandleader, musician, and composer Damaso Perez Prado, AKA “The King of Mambo.” Lou Bega’s version popularized it for ...

Rhythm Planet explores the world of Afro-Cuban mambo from its beginnings in the 1940’s, through its high point in the 1960’s, to the present day. Next we hear Pérez Prado’s biggest hit, “Mambo #5.” ...

The shirt is up for grabs on eBay with bids starting at £350 and all money goes to charity EBBSFLEET UNITED have handed the number five shirt to star Yado Mambo in reference to the song “Mambo No5” by ...