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Date of Birth
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14-September-1918
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Place of Birth
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Havana
(Cuba, Cuba Island)
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Nationality
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Cuba
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Also know as
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Israel López, Cachao Lopez, Cachao, Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente, Cachao y su Orquesta, Cachao (Israel Lopez), Cachao Israel Lopez, Israel "Cachao" López
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Profession
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Composer, Musician
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Israel López, often known as Cachao, was a Cuban musician and composer who created and helped popularize mambo in the United States and across the globe, in the early 1950s.
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, won several Grammy Awards, and has been described as "the inventor of the mambo". He is considered a master of descarga.
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