Cachao López
Musical Artist
1918 – 2008
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Who was Cachao López?
Israel "Cachao" López, often known as Cachao, was a Cuban musician and composer who helped popularize mambo in the United States in the early 1950s.
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, won several Grammy Awards, and has been described as "the inventor of the mambo". He is considered a master of descarga.
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- Born
- Sep 14, 1918
Havana - Also known as
- Israel López
- Cachao Lopez
- Cachao
- Cachao y su Orquesta
- Cachao (Israel Lopez)
- Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente
- Cachao Israel Lopez
- Israel \"Cachao\" López
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Cuba
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 22, 2008
Coral Gables
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on July 23, 2013
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