El Camino de la Vida (song)
| "El Camino de la Vida" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Songwriter(s) | Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas |
"El Camino de la Vida" (translation "the road of life") is a Colombian song written in 1986 by Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas. It was popularized by the recording of the song by Arboleda y Valencia.[1][2]
After a public poll conducted in 1999, the song was chosen by the Academia Colombiana de Musica as the Colombian Song of the 20th century.[3][4] It was also selected as the most beautiful song in 1991 in a national vote conducted by RCN Radio.[5] Viva Music Colombia rated the song No. 3 on its list of the 100 most important Colombian songs of all time.[6] In its list of the 50 best Colombian songs of all time, El Tiempo, Colombia's most widely circulated newspaper, ranked the version of the song by Arboleda y Valencia at No. 46.
References
[edit]- ^ John Brian Cubaque (August 31, 2020). ""El camino de la vida", de Héctor Ochoa: amor, familia y nostalgia". Quinto Piso.
- ^ "Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas, un compositor de la bella época". El Espectador. October 10, 2020.
- ^ "Héctor Ochoa: el camino de una vida de 85 años". Radio Nacional de Colombia. July 28, 2019.
- ^ "El compositor de El camino de la vida". SoHo. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ "El Camino de la Vida – Trio America". Guillermo Zuluaga. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ "Las 100 Canciones Colombianas Mas Importantes de Toda La Historia". Viva Music Colombia. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas at Spanish Wikipedia