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"Flores negras" ("Black Flowers") is a bolero song written and composed by Cuban musician Sergio De Karlo and published in 1937. [1] It was introduced by Mexican tenor Pedro Vargas in the 1937 film Los chicos de la prensa. [2]
Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition. Unrelated to the older Spanish dance of the same name, bolero is characterized by sophisticated lyrics dealing with love. It has been called the "quintessential Latin American romantic song of the twentieth century". [1]
Two songs composed by Gutiérrez, "Inolvidable" and "Llanto de Luna" ("Crying Moon"), were highly successful boleros in Latin America. [4] In 1992, a compilation album including an instrumental version of the song performed by Gutiérrez was released. [5] Musically "Inolvidable" is a bolero. [6]
In 1963, Guillot was given the Golden Palm Award as "best bolero singer of Latin America." She received the award in Hollywood, California. She received the award in Hollywood, California. Guillot sang in 1964 at New York's famed Carnegie Hall , becoming the first Latin artist to sing there.
"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 ...
Angélique Kidjo performed an adaptation of Bolero in the song "Lonlon" for her 2007 album Djin Djin. Sigge Eklund played the song repeatedly in his episode of the Swedish radio programme Sommar (radio program) because his grandfather – actor Bengt Eklund, whom the programme is about, liked this orchestra piece in particular. [46]
Bolero (Spanish dance), a 3 4 dance that originated in Spain in the late 18th century; Boléro, an 1834 piano work; Boléro, a 1928 orchestral work by Maurice Ravel, commissioned by the dancer Ida Rubinstein, on which various performances have been based, including:
Roberto Angleró Pepín (September 12, 1929 – April 28, 2018) was a Puerto Rican music composer and singer, notable for writing various hit songs in the bolero, salsa and Afro-Puerto Rican music genres.