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Magical Mambos (126)

This week, on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, it’s Magical Mambos! Another deep dive into the wild and wonderful mambo music that came out during the height of the mambo craze of the 1950s. We’ll hear from Cal Tjader, Joe Loco, Tito Rodríguez, and many more.

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Marvelous Mambos (1092)

On The Atomic Age Cocktail Party this week, it’s Marvelous Mambos! It’s another look at the mambo craze of the 1950s and its influence in the decade that followed. We’ll hear from Tito Rodriguez, Billy May and His Rico Mambo Orchestra, Cal Tjader's Modern Mambo Quintet, and many more.

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More! More! More! Mambo! (1054)

This time, on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, it’s More! More! More! Mambo! Another deep dive into the mambo craze of the 1950s and early 1960s. We’ll feature tunes from The Woody Herman Big Band, Tito Puente, Pérez Prado, Belmonte and His Afro Latin Seven, and more.

Mambo Mania (1008)

This time on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, it's Mambo Mania! We look at the mambo craze of the 1950s. We start with the mambo kings of the era and then work our way to some of the stranger mambo records that came out.

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