Israel "Cachao" López (September 14, 1918 – March 22, 2008), often known just as "Cachao" (pronounced kah-CHOW) was a Cuban mambo musician, bassist and composer, who has helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States of America in the early 1950s. He was born in Havana, Cuba. 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 desc...
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Date of birth:
- 1918
Date of death:
- Mar 22, 2008 (age 90 years)
Also known as:
- Israel López,
- Cachao Lopez,
- Cachao,
- Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente,
- Cachao y su Orquesta,
- Cachao (Israel Lopez),
- Cachao Israel Lopez
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