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"Bésame Mucho" (Spanish: [ˈbesame ˈmutʃo]; "Kiss Me A Lot") is a bolero song written in 1932 by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez. [2] It is one of the most popular songs of the 20th century and one of the most important songs in the history of Latin music. It was recognized in 1999 as the most recorded and covered song in Spanish of ...
In 1954 Rodolfo Biagi recorded a Tango instrumental version of the song. "Heavenly Night" is an English version, with the melody adapted by Sebastian Yradier and Neil Wilson. Bing Crosby recorded it for his album El Señor Bing [5] and many other singers. Alma Cogan's 1957 hit "You, Me, and Us" used the tune from "Cielito Lindo", with English ...
"Granada" is a song written in 1932 by Mexican composer Agustín Lara. The song is about the Spanish city of Granada and has become a standard in music repertoire.. The most popular versions are the original with Spanish lyrics by Lara (often sung operatically); a version with English lyrics by Australian lyricist Dorothy Dodd; and instrumental versions in jazz, pop, easy listening, flamenco ...
1996: Cake covered the English version on their album Fashion Nugget; 2000: Mari Wilson sang it for the titles of the television series Coupling. 2008: Halie Loren released a version on her album They Oughta Write a Song, using the English and Spanish lyrics. 2010: Gaby Moreno released a single simply titled "Quizás."
The music is in cut time, originally written in C major. [2] The lyrics were reportedly written by Lecuona while away from Cuba and is about the homesickness he was experiencing. [3] The term "Siboney" refers to one of the indigenous tribes that inhabited Cuba before the arrival of the Spanish colonists and acts as a symbol for the island.
The latter also recorded the song in Spanish, English, French ("Où est passée ma bohême?"; Where Is My Bohemian?), Portuguese ("Inesquecivel boemia") and Italian ("Quando si ama davvero"). The recording by Jimmy Dorsey featured vocals by Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell [19] and was released by Decca Records as catalog number 3657.
"María Elena" is a 1932 popular song written by Lorenzo Barcelata (Spanish words and music). It was published by Peer International Corporation of Mexico. [ 1 ] The English lyrics are by Bob Russell .
" Hasta Siempre, Comandante," ("Until Forever, Commander" in English) or simply " Hasta Siempre ", is a 1965 song by Cuban composer Carlos Puebla. The song's lyrics are a reply to revolutionary Che Guevara's farewell letter when he left Cuba, in order to foster revolution in the Congo and later Bolivia, [1] where he was captured and killed.