Well, it might be a bit of a stretch, and it might have been a bit of a fad, but it also flavored the beverage. Mambo. A lively mix born of a Latin dance of Cuban descent in the 30s and introduced by Perez Prado to an American audience in the 40s. It found it’s way into the popular music culture from big band to jazz and R&B. This week’s show samples some of the performances that were totally infected by its rhythm. We’ll hear from Mickey Baker, Wynonie Harris, and Tiny Grimes on the R&B side as well as the bandleaders who brassed it up including Perez Prado, Desi Arnaz, and Xavier Cugat.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Wynonie Harris	All She Wants to do is Mambo	Lovin' Machine
2	Perez Prado	Mambo #5	Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo
3	The Andrews Sisters	The Mambo Man	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4]
4	Tito Puente	Cuban Pete	Mambo Kings
5	Tiny Grimes	Showboat Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
6	Xavier Cugat	Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)	The Original Mambo King [Disc 2]
7	Desi Arnaz	Holiday In Havana	The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
8	Desi Arnaz;Amanda Lane	Cuban Pete	The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
9	J.J. Jones	After Hours Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
10	Mickey Baker	Guitar Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
11	Ruth Brown	Mambo Baby	Miss Rhythm Greatest Hits And More Disc 2
12	Joe Liggins & His Orchestra	They Were Doing the Mambo	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
13	Cherokee & Band	Mambo Blues	Rumba Gone Mambo
14	The Treniers	Who Put The 'Ungh' In The Mambo	You're Killin' Me
15	Don Swan	El Cumbanchero [Guaracha-Fast Rhumba]	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever
16	Fay Simmons	Big Joe Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
17	Big Maybelle	New Kind Of Mambo	The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
18	Earl Bostic	Mambostic	Earl Bostic Flamingo
19	Cozy Cole	Cozy's Mambo 1	Rumba Gone Mambo
20	Jack Costanzo	Peter Gunn Mambo	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever
21	Bill Doggett	Real Gone Mambo (Si Si Nova)	Rumba Gone Mambo
22	Esther Sutherland	Clock Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
23	Xavier Cugat	Cuban Mambo	Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo
24	Link Wray & The Wraymen	Rumble Mambo	Walkin' With Link
25	Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban	Patricia	Mambo Sinuendo
26	Yma Sumac	Taki Rari	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever
27	Billy May	Hernando's Hideaway	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever
28	The Manhattan Transfer	The Speak Up Mambo (Cuentame)	Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1]
29	Young-Holt Trio	Wack Wack	Big Noise: A Mambo Inn Compilation
30	Tito Puente	Hong Kong Mambo	Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo
31	Wynonie Harris	Good Mambo Tonight	Lovin' Machine
32	Sonny Rollins	Mambo Bounce	Best of Sonny Rollins, the (Riverside)
33	J.J. Jones	Night Train Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
34	Norton Buffalo & The Knockouts	Harmonica Mambo	King of the Highway