Acércate Más (Come Closer to Me)
| "Come Closer to Me" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Nat King Cole | |
| Released | 1958 |
| Songwriter(s) | Osvaldo Farrés, Al Stewart[1] |
| "Come Closer to Me" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Ben E King | |
| from the album Spanish Harlem | |
| Released | 1961 |
| Songwriter(s) | Osvaldo Farrés, Al Stewart[2] |
"Acércate Más" is a 1946 hit song by Osvaldo Farrés. It was translated into English as "Come Closer to Me," in the film Easy to Wed by Carlos Ramírez (singer),[3] and covered by Nat King Cole (1958, in both English and Spanish; 2013, posthumous duet with Daughter Natalie Cole), Pilita Corrales (1959), Perry Como, Ben E. King (1961), Walter Laird, Fred Bongusto and others.
References
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/Nat-King-Cole-Come-Closer-To-Me-Acercate-Mas-Nothing-In-The-World/master/390781
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/Nat-King-Cole-Come-Closer-To-Me-Acercate-Mas-Nothing-In-The-World/master/390781
- ^ 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 ..."