Artist: Lydia Mendoza
Author: Agustin Lara
Label: Bluebird
Year: 1936
In the same San Antonio hotel Robert Johnson first recorded that same year.
Covers:
Xavier Cugat [vocal by Desi Arnaz, his debut]
Agustin Lara [author (see footnote)]
Luz Casal [in Almodovar film Tacones Legatos]
Super Seven [feat. Freddy Fender, Flaco Jimenez and members of Los Lobos, inspired by Lydia Mendoza's version]
Agustin Lara was the Mexican Hoagy Carmichael; he also wrote Granada and Solamente Un Vez, which became famous in the States as You Belong To My Heart. In 1966 he obtained Spanish nationality (Franco was a fan). He also wrote an Amor De Mis Amores that had nothing in common with Piaf's La Foule (see: Que Nadie Sepa Mi Sufrir).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)