Lou Bega

We all witnessed a summer in which the entire soul of she planet was and still is fascinated by Latin music, performed by the Creole boys and girls, like Jennifer Lopez or Ricky Martin, who turned upside down charts in the whole world. And also, this summer, we all were let ourselves carried by the "mambo" rhythms of the refrain :" A little bit of Sandra in the sun, /A little bit of Mary all night long, /A little bit of Jessica, here I am, / A little bit of you makes me your man; "refrain which become she first reason of the high spirits. With the succes ful song " Mambo Number 5" a new, " Latin Star" appeared on the stage of the international music: "Ladies and Gentelmen : Lou Bega "-the singer I like the most.

Lou Bega is 24 years old and he was born in Munich - Germany. Until he established himself is his native town, he travelled through Italy, Africa and Miami. He is the man who loves the adventures of life, like me: for this reason and for his beautiful songs I love him very much.

He has always liked to write songs, without thinking seriously at a musical career: until last year when he tried to produce an album: "A little Bit of Mambo ".He wrote the lyrics and the music and - at once... he had a fantastic luck with his first concert stuck, written for this album "Mambo number 5".

Lou Bega thinks that his song and generally the Latin music represent an international language, something modern with a grain of reality, and for this reason he climbed in the highest position of the top. He says about his music: " When you listen to it, you can't help dancing. Pure and simple, you become contaminated by the high spirits."

He is a cosmopolitan, in every country he goes : London, Florida or Spain he feels like home. He thinks that everywhere you go you must be at your ease. So he says that "Mambo Number 5" has become number 1 in many countries because, in music, the differences between people don't exist: "we all react the same way - we want to dance, to enjoy ourselves and to feel good. That shows me we are all the same and only music has the power to reveal this thing".

The song " Mambo Number 5" represents Lou Bega's great hit. The number "five" from the title symbolizes the five continents: America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa; so " Mambo Number 5" is addressing to the whole world ; and with a little luck, the song climbed to the top 10 songs from all countries of the world. His hit is being played many times on TV at the request of the viewers.

With this song Lou Bega become a great star, a new "profession" for him , which takes a lot sacrifices but which has a lot of satisfactions.

Pia Alexandra
National College "I.C. Bratianu", Pitesti, Romania
Teacher: Otilia Eremia <otilia@conicb.edu.eu.org>