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Mambo King Pe´rez Prado changes name

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Order Number	00076692
Title	Mambo King Pe´rez Prado changes name
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 12972
Date	1955
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;25 x 20 cm.
Description	Photograph caption reads, "Perez Prado, who jazzed up the rhumba and invented the mambo, today took steps to try to keep his brother from cashing in on his fame as the Mambo King. In Cuba, he was born Damaso Perez Prado but in Superior Judge Arnold Praeger's court, he dropped the first name so that from now on he will be legally just 'Perez Prado,' which he has used professionally for 20 years anyway. The name-change was obtained, according to his attorney, Morton E. Feiler, so that there would no longer be any doubt as to who is the Perez Prado. The brother, Pantalone Perez Prado, is now touring Europe with an orchestra, billing himself as Perez Prado, the attorney claimed. He said legal steps were to be taken to try to stop him." Photograph dated September 22, 1955.
Subject	Pe´rez Prado,--1916-1989. Band directors--Cuba. Musicians--Cuba. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection