Latin Oldies but Goodies

El Charro de America

 I enjoy all music styles but I must admit some of my very favorites are of days gone by.  These beautiful music I speak of is never going away.

Some examples are: Ella, En Mi Viejo San Juan, Cancion Mixteca, Uste, etc., etc.  My mother and father’s favorites were Historia de Un Amor, Cien Anos, and Tampico Hermoso.  Some of their favorite recording artists were Jorge Negrete, Pedro Infante, Lola Beltran, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Libertad La Marque, Agustin Lara, etc.

·       Pedro Infante nació el 18 de noviembre de 1917 en Mazatlán, Sinaloa — murió el 15 de abril de 1957 en Mérida, Yucatán, fue el actor y cantante mexicano más famoso, carismático y publicitado de la época de oro del cine mexicano, así como uno de los más grandes representantes de la música ranchera. 

·       A partir de 1939 apareció en más de 60 películas, y desde 1943 grabó aproximadamente 310 canciones. Por su actuación en la película Tizoc (1956), fue acreedor al oso de plata del festival internacional de cine de Berlín al mejor actor principal, y al premio globo de oro a la mejor película extranjera, otorgado por la prensa extranjera acreditada en Hollywood, premio que ya no tuvo la oportunidad de recibir. Los mariachis de antaño lo recuerdan porque siempre tuvo mucho cariño por sus músicos, sus mariachis.

I enjoy Trio music like Los Panchos, Los Dandys, I also appreciate the Merengue, Salsa, Bachata, Corridos Nortenos, Polkas, Huapangos, Cumbias, Rock, Baladas, y Boleros.  I am in the planning process of starting a Podcast for Spanish music.  I can picture a romantic half hour once weekly, and a separate half hour also once weekly with just a mix of music from our younger years.  Stay tuned for additional information.

Once music gets into our blood, you are stuck for life.  At about twenty years of age I got real lucky and was hired at a (24/7) Spanish Language Broadcasting Radio Station in central California.  I started out as a copy person translating Associated Press news into Spanish for Broadcast, and eventually worked my way to reading the news on the air, with my own air time on the weekends.  I’ve been involved in the music business in one way or another ever since.

My music involvement has been from owning music stores, to promoting recording artists in concerts and dance venues, to owning a multi-system wedding Disc Jockey service.  All my entrepreneurial efforts have been successful, but all businesses reach a point of saturation or completion.  My longest effort was the multi-system wedding Disc Jockey service.  I owned it and successfully operated the enterprise for 22 years before I sold it.

My life like everyone else’s life has had ups and downs, but you have to remember that you can’t enjoy the highs if you never have experienced lows. Having gone this far in life, I wouldn’t change anything if I could.  The best is yet to come…..