Mambo (1938 song)

"Mambo" is a 1938 danzón nuevo ritmo by Arcaño y sus Maravillas. It was composed by the band's cellist/multi-instrumentalist Orestes López.{{cite book|last1=Roy|first1=Maya|title=Músicas cubanas|date=2003|publisher=Akal|location=Tres Cantos, Spain|page=249|language=Spanish}} The piece includes a final section with syncopated montunos which would give rise to the mambo music genre popularized by Dámaso Pérez Prado and others.