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A version of the Cuban bolero is danced throughout the Latin dance world (supervised by the World Dance Council) under the misnomer "rumba", often spelled "rhumba". This came about in the early 1930s when a simple overall term was needed to market Cuban music to audiences unfamiliar with the various Cuban musical terms.
"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.
This resulted in massive sales, generated an estimated $1 million in royalties, and briefly made Ravel the best-selling classical composer 40 years after his death. [34] The French film Les Uns et les Autres was also distributed under the name Boléro, [35] and features a bolero dance sequence [36] by Jorge Donn [37] at the end.
Bolero is a Spanish dance in 3/4 time popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It originated from the seguidilla sometime between 1750 and 1772, [ 2 ] and it became very popular in Madrid, La Mancha, Andalusia and Murcia in the 1780s.
This recording reached number 15 on the Billboard magazine best-seller chart [6] and number six on the UK chart. The single was released with the B-side "Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket" ( Jule Styne , Bob Hilliard ) in the US, while the British version was backed by "Pretty as a Picture" (Johnny Anz).
The song has experienced popular acclaim, especially with the version recorded by Mexican singer Luis Miguel on his album Romance released in 1991. This version peaked at the top of the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart in the United States, and the album was deemed responsible for reviving the bolero genre.
Julio Brito [1] [2] was a Cuban musician, composer, orchestra conductor and singer. He achieved great popularity both in his native Cuba and internationally, thanks to compositions such as the guajira "El amor de mi bohío" or the world famous bolero "Mira que eres linda", interpreted by numerous artists around the world, even today.
1996: Cake covered the English version on their album Fashion Nugget; 2000: Mari Wilson sang it for the titles of the television series Coupling. 2008: Halie Loren released a version on her album They Oughta Write a Song, using the English and Spanish lyrics. 2010: Gaby Moreno released a single simply titled "Quizás."