Бессаме мучо

Классическим считается исполнение оркестром под управлением Джимми Дорси, именно оно стало в штатах хитом номер 1 в 1944 году.

Sunday, January 23, 2005
Author of 'Besame Mucho' dies at 88
Author of 'Besame Mucho' dies at 88 - Yahoo! UK & Ireland News

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Consuelo Velazquez, composer of the enduring 1940s-era hit "Besame Mucho," died of respiratory problems in Mexico City, colleagues and family members said. She was 88.

The singer had been in intensive care since November when she suffered a fall at home.

Velazquez was born in the city of Ciudad Guzman in the western Mexican state of Jalisco in 1916 -- though she liked to shave a few years off her age, giving her birthdate as 1920.

She began her career as a classical concert pianist but later became a singer and recording artist, and ultimately one of the best-known composers in Mexican history.

The peak of her success came in the 1940s with romantic songs like "No Me Pides Nunca," Pasional," "Dejame Quererte," and most of all "Besame Mucho."

Recorded in 1941, it became a theme song for countless couples separated by World War II.

It has been translated into 20 languages and interpreted by artists ranging from the Beatles to Celine Dion, Joao Gilberto, Placido Domingo, and the Russian army chorus.