Search - Artist/Band: Lou Bega

• Name: Lou Bega
• Birthday: 04/13/1975
• Birth Place: Munich, Germany
• Decades Active: 1990,2000
• Genre: Rock
• Styles: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Cuban Traditions, Latin Pop, Mambo, Club/Dance
• Moods: Bright, Carefree, Energetic, Party/Celebratory, Playful, Campy, Confident, Freewheeling, Happy, Summery, Amiable/Good-Natured, Rousing, Stylish, Exuberant, Fun

Title	Release
The Best of Lou Bega	07/25/2006
Lounatic	05/10/2005
Mambo Mambo: The Best of Lou Bega	10/05/2004
King of Mambo	07/22/2003
Ladies & Gentlemen	07/03/2001
Mambo No. 5 [CD/Cassette Single]	11/02/1999
Mambo No. 5 [Import Single]	09/20/1999
A Little Bit of Mambo	08/24/1999

Like the Afro-Cuban and mambo music that inspires his music, Lou Bega is a hybrid, born and raised in Germany as the son of a Sicillian mother and Ugandan father. He sang and danced as a child and listened to R&B and reggae as a teenager, but a trip to Miami as an 18-year old acquainted him with the songs of the mambo kings of the '30s and '40s. Fascinated by mambo's sounds and stylish fashions, Bega returned to Germany and created his own version of the music. The result was the single Mambo No. 5, which went double platinum in Germany in the summer of 1999 and soon became a global hit. Later that year, Bega's full-length debut A Little Bit Of Mambo met similar success. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide