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Noche Bohemia
''Noche Bohemia'' is the debut album by Mexican singer Chavela Vargas, credited on the album as "Chabela Vargas". It was released in 1961 on the Orfeón label. Vargas was accompanied on the recording by guitarist Antonio Bribiesca. ''Noche Bohemia'' was the first of more than 80 records by Vargas. The album included " Macorina" which became one of Vargas' best known songs. Track listing Side A # Simón Blanco ''(Arnaldo Ramirez)'' # Macorina # La China # Verde Luna # Quisera Amarte Menos # Pena Mulata Side B # Aquél Amor (Agustín Lara) # Maringá # Negra María # No Te Importe Saber # Mi Segundo Amor (Cuates Castilla) # La Noche De Mi Mal (José Alfredo Jiménez) References {{Authority control 1961 debut albums Chavela Vargas albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chavela Vargas
Chavela Vargas (; born María Isabel Anita Carmen de Jesús Vargas Lizano; 17 April 1919 – 5 August 2012) was a Costa Rican-born Mexican singer. She gained widespread recognition for her distinctive interpretations of Mexican rancheras. However, her impact extends beyond this genre, encompassing various styles within popular Latin American music. An influential interpreter, Vargas left a legacy on both the Americas and Europe. Renowned for her poignant and captivating performances, she earned the title "la voz áspera de la ternura", translated as 'the rough voice of tenderness'.Boccanera, Jorge, Entrelineas: Dialogos con Jorge Boccanera, ed. Mario José Grabivker (Buenos Aires: Ediciones instituto movilizador fondos cooperativos C.L., 1999) Her accolades include a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic for her contributions to music. Early life and career She was born in Costa Rica, in San Joaquín de Flores, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orfeón (Mexican Record Label)
Orfeón is a record label from Mexico, which has released many recordings for the Latin American market since at least the 1950s.D.A. Henriques dissertation: ''Performing Nationalism: Mariachi, Media and Transformation of a Tradition (1920--1942)'' 0549386165 2006 "In 1947, Baptista and Klinckwort parted ways and out of that split the label Musart was founded (Zolov 1999, 21). Musart would be an important label into the 1950s and in 1957 the Orfeón label was founded by Rogelio Azcárraga Madero, son son of Mexican media mogul Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta" In 1961, after having released Mexican editions of several of their Decca Records singles, the label signed American rockers Bill Haley & His Comets and the band had numerous regional hits on the label, most notably the partial instrumental "Florida Twist" and the Spanish-language "Twist Espanol", during their tenure that lasted until early 1966. The label also sponsored a musical television series, '' Orfeón a Go-Go'' (whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chavela Vargas (album)
''Chavela Vargas'' is the second album by Mexican singer Chavela Vargas. It was released in 1961 on the RCA Victor label. Vargas was accompanied on the recording by the Cuarteto Lara Foster. The album included "La Llorona (; ) is a vengeful ghost in Hispanic American folklore who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children whom she drowned in a jealous rage after discovering her husband was unfaithful to her. Whoever hears her crying either suffer ..." which became one of Vargas' best known songs. In a 2024 ranking of the 600 greatest Latin American albums, ''Chavela Vargas'' was ranked No. 26. Reviewer José Luis Mercado called it "a timeless gem" that "challenges conventional labels" and added that "each note of this album is a reminder of the transformative power of music and the lasting impact of a brave and visionary artist." The album was performed live in October 2023 under the direction of Ernesto Snajer at the Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Bribiesca
Antonio Bribiesca (January 23, 1905 - January 9, 1980) was a Mexican song composer and guitarist, performing in the mariachi and ranchera genres. He is noted for his recordings playing guitar in a supporting role for Chavela Vargas. Early life He was born to Antonio Bribiesca Toledo and María Luisa Castellanos. Bribiesca had lessons in music from an early age, and wrote his first melodies at age nine. His education did not progress beyond high school and he joined the Bohemian music scene in Mexico. Professional life He appeared in several Mexican films – several from 1950 to 1963, mainly as guitar player. Among the few credited references is his participation in the film '' Ahí viene Martín Corona'' in which he accompanied Pedro Infante on guitar singing "Paloma Querida". He also participated in television, in a program sponsored by the La Central matchsticks called "Guitarras". Among his best-known works is “Dos de abril,” as for several years he played this piece to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports, art, and science. They often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, Obituary, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of Subscription business model, subscription revenue, Newsagent's shop, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often Metonymy, metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published Printing, in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also Electronic publishing, published on webs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macorina (song)
"Macorina" is a song written by Costa Rica-born Mexican singer Chavela Vargas and based on a poem by Alfonso Camín. It was first recorded by Vargas in 1961. The song was controversial due to its reference to romantic longing between women and became a "lesbian hymn." La Macorina The song is based on a poem written by Alfonso Camín (1890–1982) about María Calvo Nodarse (1892–1977), a Cuban woman who became known as La Macorina. La Macorina gained fame in Cuba for her beauty, personality, and scandalous lifestyle, which included smoking cigars, driving a red convertible, wearing her hair short, and working as one of the most elegant prostitutes in Havana. Camín's poem, titled "Macorina", was published in 1931. Chavela Vargas Chavela Vargas (1919–2012) was a Costa Rica-born singer who moved to Mexico as a teenager. She sang on the streets and later became a professional singer. In addition to her music, she became known for her lifestyle, which included dressing as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Debut Albums
Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Finnair, Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the Captain (civil aviation), captain and First officer (civil aviation), first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti enters the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
