"Papa Loves Mambo" is a popular song written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, and Bix Reichner and released in 1954.
[1] The best-known version was recorded by Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres's orchestra in New York City on August 31, 1954.
4 on the Billboard chart in January 1955.
[2] The recording was part of a wave of popular mambo music in the U.S. alongside songs like "They Were Doin' the Mambo" and "Mambo Italiano".
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