Historia de un Amor (song)
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"Historia de un Amor" (Spanish for "Love Story") is a song about a man's old love written by Panamanian songwriter Carlos Eleta Almarán. It was written after the death of his brother's wife. It is also part of the soundtrack of a 1956 Mexican film of the same name starring Libertad Lamarque. The song tells of a man's suffering after his love has disappeared. It holds the world record as the most popular song to be translated and sung across the world in various languages by various singers from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. ISWC code T-900.757.519-1
Covers
[edit]| "Historia de un Amor" | |
|---|---|
| Single | |
| Released | 2015[1] |
| Recorded | 2015[1] |
| Studio | h |
| Genre | Bolero |
| Label | Sony Music, Syco Music and Columbia Records. |
| Songwriter(s) | Carlos Eleta Almarán, Panama |
| Producer(s) | Julio Reyes Copello |
The song was first recorded in Argentina as a tango by Héctor Varela and his orchestra along with singer Rodolfo Lesica.[1]
This song has been sung or played by many artists, including Guadalupe Pineda, Daniela Anahí Bessia, Dalida, Irvys Juarez, Mietta, Julio Angel, Viguen, Eydie Gormé & Trio Los Panchos, Los Paraguayos, Nicola Di Bari, Abbe Lane, Lola Flores, Julio Iglesias, Angélica María, Nana Mouskouri, George Dalaras, Hrysoula Stefanaki, Perez Prado, Pilita Corrales, Cheb Hasni, Laura Fygi, Iva Zanicchi, Mietta, Dizzy Reece, Pedro Infante, Ana Gabriel, Luis Miguel, Florin Salam, Bruna Marlia a.k.a. Manola Ruiz, Luz Casal, Yasar, Cesaria Evora, Lili Boniche, Los Tres Ases, Dany Brillant, Eartha Kitt, Krystyna Janda, Stanisława Celińska, Sargis Maghakyan Sr., Zaz (singer), Il Volo, Felipe Pirela, Miri Mesika,[2] Diego El Cigala, Margarita Suvorova, Bruna Marlia a.k.a. Manola Ruiz, Il Divo, French Latino,[3] Faramarz Aslani, Lola Novaković, Tony Glausi,[4] Richard Galliano, Stjepan Hauser and Manuel Malou.
The song was performed several times on China Central Television by the singer Daniela Anahí Bessia under the musical production of Andy Santana Bass in Spanish and Chinese called 我的心里只有你没有他.
It was featured in the Colombian telenovela La Hija del Mariachi, lip-synched by the actress Carolina Ramirez, and performed by the singers Adriana Bottina and Patricia del Valle. In the film "Visage" by Tsai Ming-liang, Lebanese singer Mohammed Jamal recorded the song in the 1980s in Arabic under the title "You and Dancing and Me" (إنت والرقص وأنا).[5] A Turkish cover called "Bütün Dualarım Seninle' ("All My Prayers with You") was performed by Berkant in 1972.
It has also been covered in Chinese, with the lyrics written by Chen Die-Yi 陳蝶衣. The song title in Chinese is 我的心裡没有他 (literally: He Is Not in My Heart).
In the Philippines, it was recorded by Victor Wood as "Hikalimtan Mo Na Ba" with Visayan lyrics. There was also another song entitled "Pasumpa-sumpa", written and performed by Filipino singer, composer and record producer Bert Dominic. It was later adapted into a novelty version of the song released by local singer Emil Loseñada (also known as Milyo Naryo), titled "Pasumpa Sumpa Ka Pa." The song pokes fun at promises which were not meant to happen.
It has also been covered in Romanian by Florin Salam in 2014 with the title "Fericire, fericire, azi te-am găsit" (literally: Oh, happiness, I have found you). Florin Salam used Luis Miguel's version from Segundo Romance for his cover of "Historia de un Amor".
Il Divo, along with Colombian producer Julio Reyes Copello, recorded the song for the album Amor & Pasión from Il Divo (2015).[6]
A version of this song[7] is played on the Native American flute by Tim Romero (Gabrieleno/Pueblo).
The Pakistani version of this song "Woh Jo Sapno Jaisa Hai" was sung by The Benjamin Sisters (a trio of Pakistani sisters) in collaboration with pop star Alamgir (popularly known as Pakistan's Elvis Presley).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Tango Lessons: A Memoir - page 309
- ^ "מירי מסיקה - סיפור של אהבה (מתוך הפסקול 'שלוש אמהות')". YouTube. 2012-04-01. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
- ^ French Latino - Historia de un Amor, 24 September 2010, retrieved 2022-10-24
- ^ "Historia de un Amor - Tony Glausi (official music video)". YouTube. 2020-06-27. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "انتي والرقص وانا محمد جمال". YouTube. 2012-07-31. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
- ^ "NEW IL DIVO ALBUM AMOR & PASION OUT NOVEMBER 2015". Sebastienizambard.net. 25 November 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015.
- ^ "Historia de Amor | Tim Romero".
