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The success of the Spanish version of the song prompted its translation in the United States, where lyricists Albert Gamse and Jack Sherr published "Yours". This song became popular due to the recordings by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Vera Lynn , and Dick Contino .
Guadalajara" is a well-known mariachi song written and composed by Pepe Guízar in 1937. [1] [2] Guízar wrote the song in honor of his hometown, the city of the same name and state capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco.
Malagueña" (Spanish pronunciation: [malaˈɣeɲa], from Málaga) is a song by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona. It was originally the sixth movement of Lecuona's Suite Andalucía (1933), to which he added lyrics in Spanish.
Within the song, he included some poems by Shamloo and Rumi. Limerick songs are often set to the tune of "Cielito Lindo". Deanna Durbin, a Canadian-American singer and actress from the 1930s and 1940s, recorded a version of the song in Spanish. A 4 4 adaptation was used in the finale of Shostakovich's 6th Symphony [citation needed]
According to Continente Multicultural and Vulture magazines, "Spanish Bombs" is a pop rock and punk rock song. [3] [4] AllMusic's Donald A. Guarisco described it as a "rousing rocker" with a combination of power chords, quickly-strummed acoustic riffs, and "simple but catchy verses and chorus". [5]
Siete Canciones populares Españolas ("Seven Spanish Folksongs") is a 1914 set of traditional Spanish songs arranged for soprano and piano by the composer Manuel de Falla. Besides being Falla's most-arranged composition and one of his most popular, it is one of the most frequently performed sets of Spanish-language art songs .
"The Breeze and I" is a popular song. The original music (instrumental only) entitled Andalucía, was written by the Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona as part of his Suite Andalucía in 1928. Emilio de Torre added Spanish lyrics, and English lyrics were added in 1940 by Al Stillman. The best-known version of the song is that by Jimmy Dorsey in 1940.
La Paloma", "The Dove" in English, is a popular Spanish song that has been produced and reinterpreted in diverse cultures, settings, arrangements, and recordings over the last 140 years. The song was written by the Spanish Basque composer Sebastián Iradier (later Yradier) around 1860 after a visit to Cuba.