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Ravel's Boléro, Lamoureux Orchestra, directed by Ravel himself, first part Ravel's Boléro, Lamoureux Orchestra, directed by Ravel himself, 1930 12" shellac disc label [1] Boléro is a 1928 work for large orchestra by French composer Maurice Ravel. It is one of Ravel's most famous compositions. [2]
"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 ...
An accompanying music video for "No Sé Tú" was directed by Pedro Torres and filmed in Miami; it features Miguel and an orchestra performing in front of a building. [32] [33] The video premiered on 16 February on the Mexican variety show Siempre en Domingo. [14] At the 1993 annual Premios Eres, it won Best Video. [34]
The bolero-son: long-time favourite dance music in Cuba, captured abroad under the misnomer 'rumba'. The bolero-mambo in which slow and beautiful lyrics were added to the sophisticated big-band arrangements of the mambo. The bolero-cha, 1950s derivative with a chachachá rhythm. The bachata, a Dominican derivative developed in the 1960s.
"Dos cruces" is famous Spanish bolero composed by Carmelo Larrea in 1952. [1] The song earned Larrea his second golden record in 1954. [2] Originally entitled "Soledad" (Solitude), it was first recorded by Jorge Gallarzo. [3]
Tito Guizar sang the song in the Roy Rogers film The Gay Ranchero (1948), while Ezio Pinza performed a version mixing Lara's and Gilbert's lyrics in Mr. Imperium (1951), with Lana Turner and the Guadalajara Trio. [21] Gene Autry sang the song in the film The Big Sombrero (1949). The song is used in soundtrack of the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite.
The English version of the song was written in 1931 but did not become a major hit till ten years later when recorded by the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra. The recording was made on March 19, 1941 with vocals by Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly [1] and released by Decca Records as catalog number 3698. The flip side was "Maria Elena."
The first song that he recorded under the band's new name which became a "hit" was "Bésame La Bembita" (Kiss My Big Lips). In 1952, he was honored for having developed his own unique singing style (early in his career he had been heavily influenced, as had so many other singers, by the Cuban vocalist Miguelito Valdés ) by the "Century ...