The rest of Bega's album, A Little Bit of Mambo, follows pretty much the same recipe as 'Mambo No. charts was the fact that no American commercial single was ever issued. 5' - the only thing that kept it from reaching the top of the U.S. Out of left field came German-born, Italian/Ugandan Lou Bega, scoring an international chart-topping single with his infectious 'Mambo No.