David Luo Bega
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David Lubega (born 13 April 1975), also known as Lou Bega, is a German musician of Italian and Ugandan descent, and is famous for his song "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)". This song is a remake ofthe Perez Prado instrumental from 1949. Bega added his own words to the song and sampled the original version extensively.
Bega's mother is from Calabria (Southern Italy) and his father is Ugandan.His father went to Germany in 1972 to study biology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.[1] Until age six, Bega spent the most time with his mother in Italy. Then they lived permanently inMunich, where Bega attended German primary school. At age 15 he lived in Miami for one-and-a-half years. Bega also lived in Uganda for half a year.[2] Currently he lives in Berlin.
Bega started hismusical career as a rapper. At age of 13, he founded a hip hop group with two other boys. It would be two years before Bega and his friends' first CD would be released in 1990.[1] When Bega lived inMiami he discovered Latin music. After returning to Munich he met his former manager, Goar Biesenkamp, as well as the music producers, "Frank Lio" (Achim Kleist) and "D.Fact" (Wolfgang von Webenau)(Syndicate Musicproduction) with whom he developed the concept for the song "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)". Bega signed a recording contract to the label Lautstark.[3] Lou Bega’s musical signatureconsists of combining musical elements of the 40’s and 50’s with modern beats and grooves.
His first single "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)" became an instant worldwide hit charting at No. 1 in mostEuropean countries including Germany,[4] UK[5] and France[6] and at No. 3 in the United States. In France "Mambo No. 5" spent twenty weeks at #1,[7] which is an unbroken record to date.[citationneeded] It was also used by the British television broadcaster, Channel 4 for their coverage of Test Match cricket between 1999 and 2005. [8]
On 19 July 1999 he released the album A Little Bit of Mambo....
Bega's mother is from Calabria (Southern Italy) and his father is Ugandan.His father went to Germany in 1972 to study biology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.[1] Until age six, Bega spent the most time with his mother in Italy. Then they lived permanently inMunich, where Bega attended German primary school. At age 15 he lived in Miami for one-and-a-half years. Bega also lived in Uganda for half a year.[2] Currently he lives in Berlin.
Bega started hismusical career as a rapper. At age of 13, he founded a hip hop group with two other boys. It would be two years before Bega and his friends' first CD would be released in 1990.[1] When Bega lived inMiami he discovered Latin music. After returning to Munich he met his former manager, Goar Biesenkamp, as well as the music producers, "Frank Lio" (Achim Kleist) and "D.Fact" (Wolfgang von Webenau)(Syndicate Musicproduction) with whom he developed the concept for the song "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)". Bega signed a recording contract to the label Lautstark.[3] Lou Bega’s musical signatureconsists of combining musical elements of the 40’s and 50’s with modern beats and grooves.
His first single "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)" became an instant worldwide hit charting at No. 1 in mostEuropean countries including Germany,[4] UK[5] and France[6] and at No. 3 in the United States. In France "Mambo No. 5" spent twenty weeks at #1,[7] which is an unbroken record to date.[citationneeded] It was also used by the British television broadcaster, Channel 4 for their coverage of Test Match cricket between 1999 and 2005. [8]
On 19 July 1999 he released the album A Little Bit of Mambo....
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