Perfidia

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Perfidia (Spanish for "perfidy") is a popular Mexican song about love and betrayal written by Alberto Domínguez (1913–1975). Aside from the original Spanish, other renditions exist including English and instrumental versions. The English lyric is by Milton Leeds. The song was published in 1939 and became a hit for Xavier Cugat in 1940.

Perfidia has been recorded by many artists, including Glenn Miller, Nana Mouskouri, King Tubby, Phyllis Dillon, The Ventures, Linda Ronstadt, Nat King Cole, The Four Aces, Perez Prado, and Ben E. King. An English arrangement of Perfidia is also the signature song of the Princeton Nassoons, Princeton University's oldest a cappella group.

Perfidia is also the title of a 1939 movie made in Mexico. [1]

[edit] See also

• Bolero