CIELITO LINDO, EL
Created on 19/02/2004Latest update on 18/01/2025
Artist: Jesús Abrego & Leopoldo Picazo
Author: Pablo Santos Mosqueda
Label: Victor (Mexico)
Year: 1905
B-side of Adelita (see there). Ranchera song written in 1882. Sometimes considered to be older, with roots in Andalusia and even credited to Sebastián Yradier (1809-1865), composer of La Paloma and El Arreglito (see there), making it 'dominio publico'. American adaptations (1935) credit Jerry Castillo and G. Fernandez. This first(?) El Cielito Lindo, recorded in Mexico City by Jesús Abrego y Leopold Picazo, was credited to Pablo Santos who was 34 in 1905.
Covers:
- 1900s:
Rafael Herrera Robinson [for Edison; along with Abrego y Picazo a Mexican 78RPM recording pioneer]
- 1919:
Trio Gonzales [B-side of Adelita (see there) and also for Victor]
- 1921:
- 1923:
- 1924:
- 1930:
Roberto Rodriguez & Clemente Mendoza [reissued on the Arhoolie CD Norteño & Tejano Accordion Pioneers]
- 1935:
- 1935:
Al Jolson [in film Go Into Your Dance]
- 1936:
- 1937:
- 1938:
Xavier Cugat [vocal: Carmen Castillo & Chucho Aguilar]
- 1939:
- 1939:
Albert de Booy [as Aubade Voor Nina]
- 1939:
Ramblers [odem]
- 1940:
Wilf Carter [as Beautiful Girl Of The Prairie]
- 1941:
- 1941:
- 1941:
- 1941:
Carmen Miranda [as I, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)]
- 1942:
Andrews Sisters [idem]
- 1945:
- 1946:
- 1957:
Alma Cogan [as You, Me And Us]
- 1957:
- 1957:
Petula Clark [as I, Yi, Yi, Yi]
- 1960:
- 1963:
- 1967:
Strangers [as Ai... Ai... Ai...]
- 1972:
Jack de Nijs [as Ay Ay Waar Blijft Maria]
- 1972:
Rita Hovink [as I, Yi, Yi, Yi]
- 1975:
- 1975:
Lange JoJo [in medley Super Ambiance]
- 1980:
- 1980s:
Marlets [as Bier Geld En Vrouwen]
- 1990:
- 1993:
- 1995:
Lobos [on Papa's Dream, with Lalo Guerrero]
- 1998:
- 2000:
- 2001:
