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Malaguea Salerosa
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' also known as ' is a well-known Son Huasteco or Huapango song from Mexico, which has been covered more than 200 times by recording artists.
The song is that of a man telling a woman (from Mlaga, Spain) how beautiful she is, and how he would love to be her man, but that he understands her rejecting him for being too poor.
is attributed to Elpidio RamrezSee and Pedro Galindo,See the "Soundtrack" section of published by Peer International in 1947 (monitored by BMI), although Mexican composer Nicandro CastilloNicandro Castillo (19141990): '"El Hidalguense", "Las Tres Huastecas", "El Cantador", "La Calandria", "Sueo", "El Alegre", "El Huasteco Enamorado", "Fiesta Huasteca", "El Gaviln Tamaulipeco", and "Mi huejutla"' questions the validity of that authorship. As he mentions:
: The issue is controversial because ... [ composer] don Nicandro Castillo wrote that several tunes from la Huasteca which in decades past were known as , composed by Elpidio Ramrez, Roque Ramrez and Pedro Galindo, were actually anonymous songs, as was the case of and , which like or , were in the public domain, written "long before the construction of the Cathedral of Huejutla".{{cite web |first=ngel |last=Trejo |title=El huapango resucit y vive una de sus mejores etapas: Enrique Rivas Paniagua |url=http://www.conaculta.gob.mx/saladeprensa/2003/12ago/nicandro.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040612081256/http://www.conaculta.gob.mx/saladeprensa/2003/12ago/nicandro.htm |publisher=Conaculta |location=Mexico City |language=Spanish |trans-title= |date= |year= |archivedate=2004-06-12 |accessdate= 2009-09-28 |quote= }}
Many have recorded and played this song, in particular Tros huastecos, Mariachis and Bolero Trios. But the most famous version was made by Miguel Aceves Meja with his mariachi. With Huapangos or Son Huastecos, the falsetto technique is used to great effect, as in David Zizar's version. Quite a few versions of the song feature vocal gymnastics by whoever sings them, particularly the stretching of vowels such as the "e" sound in the gentilic 'Malaguea' for as long as the singer can hold the note. Other known mariachi versions of the song were recorded by:
*Antonio Aguilar
*Antonio Aguilar and Joselito
*Ramn Vargas
*Miguel Aceves Meja
*Mariachi Vargas
*David Zizar.
Tros huastecos that have played this song include:
*Los Camperos de Valles
*Trio Chicontepec
*Trio resplandor huasteco
Bolero trio versions were recorded by:
*Los Panchos
*Los Tres Ases
*Rafael Mndez on his album 'Mendez and Almeida Together'
This song became known internationally and has been recorded by such artists as:
* Nancy Ames on her 1969 all Spanish album "This Is The Girl That Is".
* Avenged Sevenfold released a version of the song in 2017 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJBY7iHgXtk Avenged Sevenfold Malaguea Salerosa], adding metal elements to the song.
* Alla Bayanova was recorded in Romania in 70 years on long-playing record. She sang this song in Romanian.
* Ray Boguslav in 1961 on the album 'Curfew shall not ring tonight'[http://www.harbel.one/boguslav/mf359.htm Ray Boguslav Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight MF359]
* Bomba Estreo
* Luiz Bonf on his 1966 album "The Brazilian Scene"
* Bud & Travis on their 1959 album 'Bud and Travis'.
* Los Caballeros
* Tex-mex band Chingn recorded it for the 2004 soundtrack of 'Kill Bill: Volume 2' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiiMAq13-ZI Kill Bill 2 Soundtrack Malaguena Salerosa]. They also performed it live [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCDf3XQKKKA YouTube].
* In the opening title sequence of the movie 'Once Upon a Time in Mexico', Antonio Banderas is seen "playing" on guitar a version of Malaguea Salerosa, recorded by [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDDRP6dLDhk Chingon], members of group Del Castillo of Austin, Texas and director/producer/editor Robert Rodriguez, with orchestral backing.
* Chitozinho & Xoror in 2006 on their album 'Vida Marvada'
* The Italian band El Cuento de la Chica y la Tequila recorded "Malaguea Salerosa" on their 2013 EP 'The Wounded Healer'.
* Carol Cisneros
* Plcido Domingo on his 1999 album , which won a Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgfm9vB_TYc PLACIDO DOMINGO LA MALAGUENA SALEROSA].
* Jos Feliciano (who performed both this song and Malaguea by Ernesto Lecuona.)
* The Iranian singer Googoosh.
* John Gary, American vocalist, sang it on the 1967 albums "Spanish Moonlight" and "Carnegie Hall Concert."
* The Texan folksinger Tish Hinojosa sang it on her 1991 album 'Aquella Noche'
* Harry James on his 1966 album 'The Ballads And The Beat!' (Dot DLP 3669 and DLP 25669).
* Yugoslav and Montenegrin singer Nikola Karovi recorded "Malaguea" in 1964 as a single album, and it sold more than 1 million copies.
* Kathy Kirby, whose 1963 UK hit (#17) "You're the One" set English lyrics, by Marcel Stellman, to the melody of "Malaguea Salerosa".
* The Limeliters on their 1960 album 'The Limeliters'.
* Trini Lopez on his 1964 album 'The Latin Album', however, wasn't released as a single until 1968.
* Helmut Lotti in 2000 on the album 'Latino Classics'.
* Paco de Luca on his 1967 album
* Lydia Mendoza
* Gaby Moreno performed it on A Prairie Home Companion in 2016 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLBlns8wOBA La Malaguea Gaby Moreno | Live from Here with Chris Thile].
* Nana Mouskouri on her 1998 album .
* Estela Nuez on her 1972 album .
* Eddie Palmieri on his 1998 album 'El Rumbero del Piano'.
* recorded it in Polish in 1959
* Anna German, Poland
* Juan Reynoso
* Cowboy music group Riders in the Sky on their 1994 album Cowboys in Love and their 2003 album Riders in the Sky Silver Jubilee
* Popular Filipino singer Victor Wood, who was dubbed during the 1970s as a 'Jukebox King' along with fellow singer Eddie Peregrina made the song popular in the Philippines.
* Romnticos de Cuba, Brazil
* Ronstadt Generaciones y los Tucsonenses
* The French singer Olivia Ruiz in 2003 on her album , and then again on her 2008 Spanish-language album .
* Pablito Ruiz
* Sandler and Young
* The Croatian singer Massimo Savi in 1988 on his album ('Magic Words').
* Trio Los Angeles in 1973, reaching the Dutch pop charts. It was produced by Hans Vermeulen and played by the band Sandy Coast.
* The Tubes performed La Malaguea on their eponymous 1975 album debut.
* Caterina Valente, who also performed Malaguea by Ernesto Lecuona.
* The Iranian singer Viguen who sang La Malaguea in Persian. He has a Spanish version as well.
* James Booker on the posthumous album "Spiders On The Keys: Live At The Maple Leaf".
* Four Jacks a danish vocal quartet, released a cover version in 1960
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