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Roberto Sánchez-Ocampo (August 19, 1945 – January 4, 2010), better known by his stage names Sandro or Sandro de América, was an Argentine singer and actor. He is considered a pioneer of Argentine rock for being one of the first rock artists to sing in Spanish in Latin America.
Mas Canciones (correct form: Más canciones; [1] Spanish for "more songs") is an album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt, released in late 1991.. A significant hit in the U.S. for a non-English language album, it peaked at number 88 on the Billboard album chart, and reached number 16 on the Top Latin Albums chart.
Seis canciones castellanas is a collection of 6 songs for voice and piano by Spanish Basque composer Jesús Guridi. They were inspired by traditional songs collected by Cesáreo Garda in Candeleda in 1936 for the movie La malquerida (based on the 1913 play of the same title by Jacinto Benavente ).
"America the Beautiful" is a patriotic American song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey, [ 1 ] though the two never met.
Music journalists and musicologists define Latin music as musical styles from Spanish-speaking areas of Latin America and from Spain. [10] [11] Music from Brazil is usually included in the genre and music from Portugal is occasionally included. [8] [12] Either definition of "Latin music" may be used for inclusion in this list.
Homecoming is the second studio album by America, released on November 15, 1972, through Warner Bros. Records.Acoustic guitar-based, with a more pronounced electric guitar and keyboard section than their first album, their second effort helped continue the band's success, and includes one of their best known hits, "Ventura Highway".
The Washington Post considered Soy Loco por Ti America to be "as sensuous and as rhythmically enticing an example of Gil's 'Tropicalism' as you're likely to find." [ 2 ] The Boston Globe praised the "raw sound, pointed lyrics and very sophisticated stylistic blends."
Campanas de America (lit. 'Bells of America') is a twelve-piece musical ensemble mariachi band founded in 1978 in San Antonio, Texas . The band name is a pun on the name of Belle Ortiz, the wife of the band's musical director and manager Juan Ortiz and herself an advocate and pioneer of mariachi music education in the U.S. [ 1 ] They have ...