List of top-ten songs for the 1940s in Mexico
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This is a list of the year-end top 10 songs of the 1940s in Mexico, as published in the book "El Sound Track de la vida cotidiana", by Fernando Mejía Barquera.[1]
1944
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hoja seca" | Roque Carbajo | Salvador García |
| 2 | "Toda una vida" | Oswaldo Farrés | Julio Flores |
| 3 | "Amar y vivir" | Consuelo Velázquez | Fernando Fernández |
| 4 | "Canción mexicana" | Lalo Guerrero | Lucha Reyes |
| 5 | "Vive como quieras" | Antonio Núñez | Aurora Núñez |
| 6 | "Noche" | Gabriel Ruiz & Ricardo López Méndez | María Luisa Landín |
| 7 | "Cartas marcadas" | Chucho Monge | Various artists |
| 8 | "Dos almas" | Miguel Prado & Ernesto Cortázar | Various artists |
| 9 | "El herradero" | Pedro Galindo | Lucha Reyes |
| 10 | "La tequilera" | Alfredo D'Orsay | Lucha Reyes |
1945
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hilos de plata" | Alberto Domínguez | Las Hermanas Águila |
| 2 | "Palabras de mujer" | Agustín Lara | Pedro Vargas |
| 3 | "Como el besar" | Juan Bruno Tarraza | Various artists |
| 4 | "¿Por qué eres así?" | Teddy Fregoso | Various artists |
| 5 | "Pelea de gallos" | Juan S. Garrido | Various artists |
| 6 | "Noche azul" | Agustín Lara | Various artists |
| 7 | "Cuando quiere un mexicano" | Manuel Esperón | Jorge Negrete |
| 8 | "Un gran amor" | Gonzalo Curiel | Various artists |
| 9 | "Somos diferentes" | Pablo Beltrán Ruiz | Nestor Mesta Chayres |
| 10 | "Volvamos a empezar" | Miguel Angel Valladares | Various artists |
1946
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Ahora y siempre" | José de Jesús Morales | Various artists |
| 2 | "Humo en los ojos" | Agustín Lara | Various artists |
| 3 | "Traicionera" | Gonzalo Curiel | Fernando Fernández |
| 4 | "Triste pensamiento" | Chucho Rodríguez | Various artists |
| 5 | "Juntos" | Alberto Domínguez | Various artists |
| 6 | "La barca de oro" | Public domain | Luis Pérez Meza |
| 7 | "De corazón a corazón" | Gabriel Ruiz & Ricardo López Méndez | Various artists |
| 8 | "Esta noche ha pasado" | Manuel Sabre Marroquín | Various artists |
| 9 | "Lágrimas de sangre" | Agustín Lara | Various artists |
| 10 | "La Raspa" | Public domain | Various artists |
1948
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Verdad amarga" | Consuelo Velázquez | Various artists |
| 2 | "¿Por qué has tardado tanto?" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Various artists |
| 3 | "Rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Various artists |
| 4 | "Madrid" | Agustín Lara | Ana María González |
| 5 | "Me acuerdo de ti" | Gonzalo Curiel | Various artists |
| 6 | "¿Hasta cuándo, mi vida?" | Chucho Rodríguez | Various artists |
| 7 | "Convencida" | Abel Domínguez | Various artists |
| 8 | "Dos gardenias" | Isolina Carrillo | Various artists |
| 9 | "Arrullo de mar" | Salvador Rangel | Various artists |
| 10 | "Un poquito de tu amor" | Julio Gutiérrez | Various artists |
1949
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Sin ti" | Pepe Guízar | Los Panchos |
| 2 | "Bonita" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 3 | "Rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Various artists |
| 4 | "Amorcito corazón" | Manuel Esperón | Pedro Infante |
| 5 | "Tú, solo tú" | Felipe Valdés Leal | Pedro Infante |
| 6 | "Malos pensamientos" | Alberto Domínguez | María Luisa Landín/Chelo Silva |
| 7 | "Mi corazón abrió la puerta" | Gabriel Ruiz | Various artists |
| 8 | "Falsos juramentos" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Pedro Vargas |
| 9 | "Verdad amarga" | Consuelo Velázquez | Various artists |
| 10 | "El abandonado" | Public domain | Various artists |
References
- ^ Mejía Barquera, Fernando (June 2006). El Sound Track de la vida cotidiana: Radio y música popular en México D.F. Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales UNAM. pp. 196–198.