"Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes!" is a song written for the 1941 Mexican film ¡Ay Jalisco, no te rajes!, composed by Manuel Esperón with lyrics by Ernesto Cortázar. It is one of their most popular songs and has been covered by many artists. The melody of the song was used for the title song of the Disney film The Three Caballeros.
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The song has been covered by many different artists including Vicente Fernández[1] , Alejandro Fernández, Plácido Domingo[2] , Lola Beltrán[3] , Juan Diego Flórez, and Julio Iglesias[4] . Senator Ted Kennedy sang the song in Texas while campaigning for Barack Obama during the 2008 Presidential Elections.[5]
After the international success of Saludos Amigos, the Walt Disney Company set out to make a sequel, titled The Three Caballeros. While Mexico was not a featured country in Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, made extensive use of the country and Walt Disney personally asked Manuel Esperón to collaborate on the Mexican portions of the film. The title song of the film used the same melody as Esperón's song "Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes!",[6] with new English lyrics written for it by Ray Gilbert.[7] While these lyrics were not a translation of Ernesto Cortázar's Spanish lyrics nor were they similar to them in any way, the line "Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes!" is used once in them.
On the official soundtrack of "The Three Caballeros", the song was sung by Ray Gilbert with Charles Wolcott and his Orchestra.
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters recorded a version of "The Three Caballeros" which reached #8 in the 1945 charts.[8]