# Mongo Santamaria | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/mongo-santamaria
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/mongo-santamaria/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 08:23 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/mongo-santamaria
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/mongo-santamaria/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/mongo-santamaria/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Mongo Santamaria
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `mongo-santamaria`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 08:23 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-15b1727c3de96ecf
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 1
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 478
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 7
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Me And You Baby
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Mongo Santamaria was born Ramón Santamaría in Havana, Cuba in 1922. He started playing bongos early and left Cuba for the United States in 1950, eventually settling in New York City where he worked in small clubs. In 1963 he signed with Fantasy Records and released the album 'Watermelon Man,' which became a commercial success. His music mixed Latin rhythms with jazz and R&B, built around congas, bongos, and timbales....

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Me And You Baby — https://lyroverse.com/mongo-santamaria/me-and-you-baby