Bésame Mucho
| "Bésame Mucho" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Language | Spanish |
| Songwriter(s) | Consuelo Velázquez |
"Bésame Mucho" ("Kiss me a lot") is a song written in 1940 by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez.[1] A famous version is sung by Trio Los Panchos.
It is one of the most famous boleros, and was recognized in 1999 as the most sung and recorded Mexican song in the world.
The song appeared in the film Follow the Boys (5 May 1944) when it was played by Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra[2] and in Cowboy and the Senorita (13 May 1944) with vocal by Dale Evans.[3]
Inspiration
According to Velázquez herself, she wrote this song even though she had never been kissed yet at the time, and kissing, as she heard, was considered a sin.[4][5]
She was inspired by the piano piece "Quejas, o la Maja y el Ruiseñor", from the 1911 suite Goyescas by Spanish composer Enrique Granados, which he later also included as "Aria of the Nightingale" in his 1916 opera of the same name.[1]
In politics
In Brazil in 1990, an affair between the Minister of Economics Zélia Cardoso de Mello and the minister of Justice Bernardo Cabral was revealed when the two danced cheek to cheek to "Bésame Mucho."[6] A few days later, the presidential band was to introduce Cardoso de Mello with a military march. Instead, the director of the band had them play "Bésame Mucho." He was placed under house arrest for 3 days for insubordination.[7]
Notable versions
- Kitty Kallen and Jimmy Dorsey (reached number one in the United States in 1944).
- Andy Russell (reached No. 8 in the USA in 1944)[8]
- Pedro Vargas (inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001).[9]
- Plácido Domingo (received a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Pop Performance in 1983)[10]
- Cesária Évora (Évora sang in Kriolu, a Creole language mixing Portuguese with the west African dialects of her enslaved ancestors. This was one of the few songs she sang in a different language)
- Zoé (received a Latin Grammy nomination for Record of the Year in 2012)[11]
- The Beatles (recorded in 1962, and included in The Beatles' Anthology 1)[12]
References
- 1 2 Fox, Margalit (January 30, 2005). "Consuelo Velázquez Dies; Wrote 'Bésame Mucho'". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ↑ "Bésame Mucho Consuelito Velazquez News Feature". YouTube. 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
- ↑ Burton, Tony. "Did You Know? Consuelo Velázquez and "Bésame mucho". : Mexico Culture & Arts". Mexconnected.com. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
- ↑ "Headliners; Internal Affair". New York Times. New York. 21 Oct 1990. Retrieved 20 Dec 2014.
- ↑ "Band Hits Sour Note". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, CA. 6 Nov 1990. Retrieved 20 Dec 2014.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 476. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ↑ "Latin GRAMMY Hall Of Fame". Latin Grammy Award. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. 2001. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Complete List of the Nominees for 26th Annual Grammy Music Awards". Schenectady Gazette. The Daily Gazette Company. January 9, 1984. p. 49. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ↑ "JUAN LUIS GUERRA LEADS LATIN GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS WITH SIX". Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. September 25, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ↑ "A 50 años del Bésame mucho de los Beatles". BBC. July 9, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
External links
- "Bésame Mucho chord arrangement for guitar". jazzguitar.be.
