In just one year Jos Alfredo conquered success, fame and fortune. The microphones where left open, and RIvera COnde heard the song and, after hanging up the phone, exclaimed: Boys, we record this one. With this group he began his artistic career and during these years he wrote, in a any scrap that was at hand, his first songs.įortune came one night at the begging of 1951, when Andrs Huesca, a singer-songwriter of the Ranchero genre, was dining at the restaurant and Jos Alfredo sang his new song Yo impressed, Huesca memorized it and added it to his repertoire.Ī few days later, during the recording of an album at RCA Victor, while Mariano Rivera Conde, then artistic director of the label, attended a telephone call, Huesca and his band rehearsed Yo, with the intention of singing it that very night at a private party. Little by little they became known in the area, delivering serenades, and performing at parties and family gatherings. Together with Jorge Ponce, the owners son, and the brothers Enrique and Valentin Ferrusca he formed the Jos Alfredo and the Rebels quartet. The precarious economic situation provoked the dissolution of the family and Jos Alfredo was forced to leave his studies after completing primary school and realize various jobs to support himself.Ĭlose to 20 years old, he would play football as a goal keeper for the Oviedo team, from where he jumped, albeit for a short time, to the first division team Marte. His songs are considered part of the Mexican musical heritage and comparable, for instance, to w read more.Ī sensible man, who enjoyed the pleasures of literature and music, he organized evenings where musicians, poets and politicians would gather. Tania and Plácido turn the humble huapango into high art.His songs are considered part of the Mexican musical heritage and comparable, for instance, to what Woody Guthrie meant to American folk music.
There is also a wonderful live performance on Youtube of Plácido singing the song in his exquisite tenor voice, supported my mariachi and orchestra. There is a wonderful live performance on Youtube of Tania Libertad singing this song in a very different style in her clear, beautiful high soprano voice, with great passion. I have picked one so that at least you can hear his distinctive voice singing the song. There are several recordings of José Alfredo singing the song on Youtube. Tania Libertad has a beautiful recording of it under the second title, as also does Plácido Domingo. José Alfredo Jiménez, the composer, seems to have recorded this same song under two different titles on different recordings, the title given above and the title, "Cuando Sale la Luna".
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