Canciones de mi padre

Canciones De Mi Padre
Studio album by Linda Ronstadt
Released November, 1987
Recorded 1987
Genre Mariachi, Latin, Mexican
Length 42:57
Label Elektra/WEA
Producer Peter Asher
Linda Ronstadt chronology
For Sentimental Reasons
(1986)		 Canciones De Mi Padre
(1987)		 Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind
(1989)
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Canciones De Mi Padre (Spanish for "Songs Of My Father", or "My Father's Songs") was American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt's first album of Mexican traditional Mariachi music. This album has never been out of print.

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History

The album was released in late 1987 and quickly became a smash hit. It stands as the biggest selling non-English language album in American record history. The album has been RIAA certified Double-Platinum (for over 2 million US copies sold) and also won Ronstadt the Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album at the 31st Grammy Awards.

These canciones were a big part of Ronstadt's family tradition and musical roots. The title Canciones De Mi Padre refers to a booklet that the University of Arizona published in 1946 by Ronstadt's aunt, Luisa Espinel who had been an international singer in the 1920s.[3] The songs come from Sonora and Ronstadt included her favorites on the album. Also, Ronstadt has credited Mexican singer Lola Beltrán as an influence in her own singing style, and she recalls how a frequent guest to the Ronstadt home, Eduardo "Lalo" Guerrero, father of Chicano music, would often serenade her as child with these songs.[4]

In the accompanying printed material, each song's Spanish lyrics were paired with an English translation and a discussion of the song's background or its significance for Ronstadt (omitted on the CD). Rubén Fuentes served as musical director/bandleader. Follow-up albums include Mas Canciones, Frenesí, and the Rhino Records compilation Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas, which collects songs from the previous three Spanish-language albums.

Track listing

  1. "Por Un Amor" (Gilberto Parra) – 2:56
  2. "Los Laureles" (Lopez) – 2:25
  3. "Hay Unos Ojos" (Rubén Fuentes) – 2:45
  4. "La Cigarra" (Ray Pérez, Soto) – 3:45
  5. "Tu Solo Tu" – 3:09
  6. "Y Andale" – 2:32
  7. "Rogaciano El Huapanguero" (Valeriano Trejo) – 3:00
  8. "La Charreada" (Felipe Bermejo) – 3:49
  9. "Dos Arbolitos" – 2:34
  10. "Corrido De Cananea" – 3:24
  11. "La Barca De Guaymas" – 3:25
  12. "La Calandria" – 3:00
  13. "El Sol Que Tú Eres" (Traditional) – 2:57

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Canciones de mi padre at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  2. ^ Rolling Stone 14 January 1988
  3. ^ "Tucson'sRonstadtFamily". The Arizona Library. http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/ronstadtfamily/music/cancintr.html. Retrieved May 30, 2007. 
  4. ^ "AARP Segunda Juventud Online". Linda Ronstadt, The music legend opens up to AARP Segunda Juventud Online,By Anita Mabante Leach, August 2007. http://www.aarpsegundajuventud.org/english/entertainment/2007-AS/07AS_ronstadt.html. Retrieved September 16, 2007. 
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Different Drum · Greatest Hits · A Retrospective · Greatest Hits, Volume 2 · Round Midnight · Boleros y Rancheros · The Linda Ronstadt Box Set · The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt · Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas  · The Best of Linda Ronstadt: The Capitol Years · Linda Ronstadt Greatest Hits I & II
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