Jump to content

Acércate Más (Come Closer to Me)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the current revision of this page, as edited by Citation bot (talk | contribs) at 02:45, 17 August 2023 (Add: date, website. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Spinixster | Category:1946 songs | #UCB_Category 82/137). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.

(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
"Come Closer to Me"
Single by Nat King Cole
from the album Cole Español
Released1958
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Osvaldo Farrés, Al Stewart[1]
"Come Closer to Me"
Single by Ben E. King
from the album Spanish Harlem
Released1961
Songwriter(s)Osvaldo Farrés, Al Stewart

"Acércate Más" is a 1946 hit song by Osvaldo Farrés.

The song was translated into English as "Come Closer to Me," in the film Easy to Wed by Carlos Ramírez.[2]

The song was covered by Nat King Cole in 1958, in both English and Spanish. This version peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] In 2013, a posthumous duet was created with his daughter Natalie Cole

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Nat "King" Cole* - Come Closer to Me (Acercate Mas) / Nothing in the World". Discogs. 1958.
  2. ^ Boze Hadleigh Mexico's Most Wanted TM: The Top 10 Book of Chicano Culture, 2007 "“COME CLOSER TO ME” For once, the English title's translation was close to the Spanish: the 1946 “Acercate Mas” (come closer) by Osvaldo Farres became “Come Closer to Me,” sung in the film Easy to Wed by Carlos Ramirez. The song ..."
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 181.