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Procuro Olvidarte
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Wikipedia article
'"Procuro olvidarte" ("I try to forget you")' is the name of the song that was the first international hit of the Nicaraguan singer and composer Hernaldo Ziga, the song was composed by Manuel Alejandro and Ana Magdalena, as the interpreter recognizes "based on a loving episode that I lived in those days",CD "Hernaldo Ziga, El Origen", 2001 BGM Centroamrica S.A. and because of his state of mind, he says, it was impossible for him to write it. This song put him in the international musical map, in a little time it reached the top of popularity and sales of Spanish language.
The song was included in the album: "Hernaldo, El Original" (Hernaldo, The Original) released in 1980, this album launched his international career, it was multi-platinum in the most part of Ibero-American countries, from it are these classic hits: "Procuro olvidarte" (I try to forget you), "Ven con el alma desnuda" (Come with the naked soul), "Un pasajero" (A passenger), "Insoportablemente bella" (Unbearable beautiful) or "Ese beso que me has dado" (That kiss that you have given me).
"Procuro olvidarte" and the other songs transform him in an international orbit interpreter.
On April 23, 2013, the song was performed as a duet by Hernaldo Ziga (in Spanish) and Michael Bolton (in English adapted by Desmond Child) during the first edition of the "Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame", as a tribute to song's composer, Manuel Alejandro.
This song, due to its firm and rolling success, has been object of multiple later versions in the voice of other great artists, as:
Michael Bolton and Hernaldo Ziga, Raphael, Alejandro Fernndez in his 2009 album Dos Mundos: Evolucin, Roco Jurado, Pandora, Ricardo Montaner, Simone, Isabel Pantoja, Jos Luis Rodrguez "El Puma" and Ral di Blasio, Ray Conniff, Juan Bau, K-Paz de la Sierra, Los Nocheros, Bertn Osborne, Jos Vlez, Mayte Martin and Tete Montoli, Tania Libertad, Sab, Falete, Bambino, Grupo Cali, Industria del Amor, Karina, La Apuesta, Los Forasteros, Mara Dolores Pradera, Sergio Vargas, Wlter Romero, Javiera y Los Imposibles, Jos el Francs, Adrin, Arte y Comps, Grupo Algodn, Jean Carlos, Jos Manuel Soto, Juan Camacho, La Tota Santilln, Mike Rodrguez, Oneil, Pecos Kanvas, Raulin Rosendo, Santaella, Sebastin, Sergio Torres, Virginia Innocenti, Mara del Monte, Ornella Vanoni (as "Perduto", 1992), a Salsa version was recorded and released in October 2015 by Los Angeles-based Orquesta Bonk.
In 2018, the song was covered by Spanish singers Eva Amaral and Najwa Nimri and used as part of the soundtrack in the film "Quin te cantar?" (Who will sing you?) by Carlos VermutArchived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/qwBKialNav4 Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190301114422/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwBKialNav4&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]:
References
Category:Spanish-language songs
Category:Nicaraguan songs
Category:Jos Luis Rodrguez (singer) songs
Category:Ricardo Montaner songs
Category:Songs written by Manuel Alejandro
Category:1980 songs
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