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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".
For the monthly number-one songs of the decade, see List of number-one songs from the 1950s (Mexico). This is a list of the 10 most popular songs in Mexico for each year between 1950 and 1960, as published in the book "El Sound Track de la vida cotidiana", by Fernando Mejía Barquera. [1]
La Cucaracha ("The Cockroach") is a popular folk song about a cockroach who cannot walk. The song's origins are Spanish, [1] but it became popular in the 1910s during the Mexican Revolution. [2] The modern song has been adapted using the Mexican corrido genre. [2] The song's melody is widely known [2] and there are many alternative stanzas. [2]
The following article lists the monthly number-one songs on the Mexican Selecciones Musicales chart from January 1950 to December 1960. The source for these charts is the book Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión by Roberto Ayala, who was the director of the Selecciones Musicales magazine.
The song is a typical ranchera, with mariachi choruses and lyrics dealing with life in a traditional Mexican ranch.The American arrangement of the song was copyrighted as a "rumba", [10] a term largely used in the US to denote Americanized Afro-Cuban and Latin ballroom music According to the book The Course of Mexican Music,
Pedro had written the ballad — a mix of the age-old corrido (Mexican folk) style with new-age flair — in his bedroom one evening while writing songs for the foursome’s latest record ...
"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 ...
The Spanish lyrics use the image of a migrating swallow to evoke sentiments of longing for the homeland. It became the signature song of the exiled Mexicans. The song was recorded in 1906 [2] by Señor Francisco. [3] [4] A guitar instrumental was recorded by Chet Atkins in 1955. The song has also been recorded by Caterina Valente (1959) Nat ...