The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal was all over the news in 1998. Billboard reports “Mambo No. 5” reached the peak of its popularity in 1999. Someone called “Monica” is mentioned in the chorus of the song.

Lou Bega knows exactly why “Mambo No. 5” has endured. “There’s two levels. The superficial level that we all enjoy. We dance to it—it’s joyful,” Bega says of his 1999 megahit documenting a series of ...

A LITTLE BIT OF MAMBO Forget those other Latin superstars trying to muscle their way onto the charts, what you really want is pop appeal on the scale that Lou Bega offers on A Little Bit of Mambo.

The Mambo king discusses his new 80's album and his relationship with his 1999 smash hit. By Jason Lipshutz Editor “Make it known that I’m still alive!” says Lou Bega, as a message to everyone in the ...

Lou Bega tells Billboard that, thus far this year, he has not spent much time reflecting on the 20th anniversary of "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)," which became an international smash in 1999 and… ...

The most popular song of 1999 was a catchy dance number called Mambo No. 5. But the true story behind the hit single is a tragic one. It was the year Britney Spears, in her twin pigtails and baby ...

His song Mambo No5 was a sensation ­worldwide – yet for Lou Bega there was more than a little bit of sadness in his life as he topped every chart. The singer today tells how his dad predicted he would ...

The 1999 hit with a lot of names and a little bit of "mambo" is easy to remember, but whatever happened to its hat-wearing crooner, Lou Bega? FOX411 caught up with the "Mambo No. 5" singer to ...