My daddy used to play this on his trumpet. He was BETTER than the original. As I learned piano, he taught me how to back him on this song. It's such a beautiful memory for me! (Dad died in 2010)
1955 I was five years old, and my mother was a fanatic for this song… It was her song. It is a five-year-old child I ended up very much liking it at a very young age. I think the connection she had to the song and how she loved the music and how it was done Made me really pay attention. I am now 73 years old and I love it more than ever. And obviously, it brings back deep loving memories for my mother!
I just googled the #1 Rock and Roll song of 1955 and on one post I found out that this song was the most played song by DJ’s and Jukeboxes on the very Day I was Born June 11,1955 I do remember hearing this song in my early years Yes it brings back many memories
@strick.... a ja jestem rocznik 1953r. Pamiętam uśmiech na twarzy Rodziców, gdy ta melodia leciała w radiu. Ta i wiele innych cudnych utworów. Pozdrawiam z Polski.
In the early 1950s' my Father was still at home. He eventually left his wife (my mother) and 5 kids. All "abondonados" while he went out to enjoy life. But, this song, this musical by Prado and his band always reminds me of my father as he played it offten.. And, what may have been today an awful lot of party with him (he played bongos at home). I'm 65 yrs old now, and I still remain a fan of this music, and whatever brief memories I have of my father "Pop", as we would call him. I hope he's resting well, he passed in his early 40s' from a heart ailment. Dad, a beer on you and Prado. - Rick
Yes I am this old! When I was a wee tyke, maybe three or four years old, my parents had to buy me the 78 RPM of this record. I loved it. It was about that brazen legato trumpet! I still can’t get over it. Overlaid with a groovy rumba beat with calypso style bongos! Midcentury juiciness!
Thank the youtube algorithm! I finally found the name of this!! I'm 37 and grew up with a fondness for the oldies, my parents feed me as much as they could! It's almost like I was there. It's a blissful track! Wonderful!!
This song was very popular for skaters. I was a skater. In the 60s I lived in skates almost year round. Then almost 17 years later I had my second son who had asthma and played trumpet to help him. My greatest joy was hearing him play this at 8 years old... he had a wonderful gift for the trumpet. Soundtrack of my youth 🎼 🖤
Trivia: Did you know this song was the number 1 song for the who year of 1955.The second biggest selling song of 1955 was "Rock around The Clock" by Bill Haley and The Comets.
Michael Lantz I just looked that up on Wikipedia, that’s what brought me here. I was like, I wonder what the top 40 songs were in 1955, this was #1 for the year. 😎
I was 14 when this came out and I loved it. Check out "Mambo No. 5" as well. It's used in episode of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" on Amazon Prime. We had freedom to roam that kids today with helicopter parents couldn't even imagine.
At age 13 my first boyfriend use to call me and he'd play this for me on his trumpet... Such wonderful memories. Now at 73 yrs old I can still hear his rendension of this! 😁
When I was a kid I remember that my mother would play this song over and over. In my mind I could see the smile on her face each time she repeated the song. RIP Mommy. I love and miss you so much.
🥲I was listening to Sirius and heard this song so I looked it up. I haven't heard this since I was a kid. I too remember we all loved this instrumental, especially my mom. I was thinking of a reply and in my mind popped I second that emotion, still listening to Sirius a couple of seconds later Smokey was singing his song. Yep, I Second That Emotion! Coincidence??? I don't think so. Our moms watch out for us.
Me too, my parents played pinochle on the weekends and I was in charge of the record player....we all loved this music and still do....I have 2 of the 45's!!
My mother also loved this song She would dance with the broom or mop. Once she even had me dancing with her. I still smile when remembering how she twirled me around. I LOVED the movie this song is from.
One of the first songs that I memorized on my trumpet. Used to play it at band rehearsal (high school) and catch hell from the teacher, then he asked me to play it again in front of the entire class. I did.
One of my dad's favorite songs. I adore the trumpet in this, it's outstanding. The Latin flavor just makes it better, it's the icing on a tres leches cake !
Me and a sophomore and another senior played this in jazz band. At the the end me and the senior would chase each other on trumpet as high as we could go for the last note. Loved this song to death even though I blacked out a few times at the end
My late father liked this song a lot. They played it in sports arenas when he was young. It is a beautiful song. One of a kind. Unique..It always reminds me of my beloved father. Memories...
that TRUMPET. oh man and slinky Latin beat. the MAMBO! what a BEAUTIFUL recording. I mean INCREDIBLE quality. I do some recording / sound engineering myself and this is a *profoundly* good recording with a complex set of instruments to capture. The top song of 1955.
you have no idea how long I was searching for the name of this song. One of those songs where I've heard it a thousand times but never knew the name until now :)
The first time I heard this instrumental was back in 1978 when we moved to Kansas City Missouri. I was 14 listening to one of local easy listening music stations and this song was frequently played. Thing is that station was automated and there wasn't any DJ announcing the songs and it drove me crazy as a 14 year old boy loving this instrumental and not knowing neither the name nor the musicians.
back then it was real love nowa days dont know what you call it but it aint real love and the music back then was real music too music now its oh yuck i enjoy very much listening to music from back then
Sleeping around with anybody. Gross. Wait'll another AIDS comes out. We're well overdue for a very nasty illness to wipe out millions of people like Spanish flu in 1919.
