# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cachao
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:19:43.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cachao"
name: "Cachao"
slug: "cachao"
description: "Israel López Valdés, better known as Cachao, was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga. Throughout his career he also performed and recorded in a variety of music styles ranging from classical music to salsa. An exile in the United States since the 1960s, he only achieved international fame following a career revival in the 1990s."
tagline: "Cuban double bassist and composer (1918–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cachao_(2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1918-09-14"
deathDate: "2008-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.15
  momentum:             1.855199047172195
  historical:           16.253172
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0127996/"
    handle:    "nm0127996"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.israelcachaolopez.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "ازرائيل لوبيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_L%C3%B3pez_(Musiker)"
    title: "Israel López (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachao"
    title: "Cachao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachao_L%C3%B3pez"
    title: "Cachao López"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachao"
    title: "Cachao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachao_L%C3%B3pez"
    title: "Cachao López"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_%C2%AB_Cachao_%C2%BB_L%C3%B3pez"
    title: "Israel « Cachao » López"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachao_L%C3%B3pez"
    title: "Cachao López"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachao"
    title: "Cachao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachao"
    title: "Cachao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachao_L%C3%B3pez"
    title: "Cachao López"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachao_L%C3%B3pez"
    title: "Cachao López"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachao_L%C3%B3pez"
    title: "Cachao López"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachao_L%C3%B3pez"
    title: "Cachao López"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachao_L%C3%B3pez"
    title: "Cachao López"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachao"
    title: "Cachao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%A1%E6%9F%A5%E5%A5%A5"
    title: "卡查奥"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d6060786-dac7-4101-80f1-8a10c81d0a7a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562148"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4458738"
    title: "Rita Cachão"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump