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"Cielito Lindo" is a Mexican folk song or copla popularized in 1882 by Mexican author Quirino Mendoza y Cortés (c. 1862 – 1957). [1] It is roughly translated as "Lovely Sweet One". Although the word cielo means "sky" or "heaven", it is also a term of endearment comparable to "sweetheart" or "honey".
"You, Me, and Us" is a popular song published in 1956, with music based on the Mexican traditional folk song, "Cielito Lindo". [1] The song is credited to John Jerome for both words and music, but undoubtedly only the lyrics were actually his creation. A recording made by Alma Cogan was popular in 1957.
There are several different choruses for this song. One of the most popular in the United States of America is sung to the tune of the traditional Mexican song, "Cielito Lindo" and usually goes like this: I-Yi-Yi-Yi, In China, they never eat chili So here comes another verse worse than the other verse So waltz me around again, Willie. [2]
Bust of composer Quirino Mendoza y Cortés with plaque showing measures of "Cielito Lindo" and its lyrics. Quirino Mendoza y Cortés (May 10, 1862 – 1957) was a Mexican composer of the famous traditional songs "Cielito Lindo" and "Jesusita en Chihuahua". He was born in Santiago Tulyehualco, Xochimilco, Mexico City in 1862. [1]
It was released as a single on EMI's Columbia label, catalogue number DB 4750, in October 1961; the label text states "Theme from the BBC T.V. Series" as it was used as the theme song to the series Stranger on the Shore. The UK B-side was "Take My Lips" whereas the US flipside was "Cielito Lindo".
The third song, "Cielito Lindo", has been sung by a plethora of artists dating back to the early 1900s. [5] The fourth track, "La Tequilera", was previously sung by Lucha Villa on her 1967 album that bears the same name. [ 6 ]
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In a career that spanned over seven decades, Guízar trained early as an opera singer and traveled to New York City in 1929 to record the songs of Agustín Lara.. In addition, Guízar performed both operatic and Mexican popular songs at Carnegie Hall, but he succeeded with his arrangements of popular Mexican and Spanish melodies such as Cielito Lindo, La Cucaracha (The Cockroach), Granada, and ...