Manuel Esperón
Manuel Esperón González (August 3, 1911 – February 13, 2011) was a Mexican songwriter and composer. Along with the famous Mexican author Ernesto Cortazar, Esperón cowrote many songs for Mexican films, including "¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes!" for the 1941 film of the same name, "Cocula" for El Peñón de las Ánimas (The Rock of Souls) (1943), and "Amor con amor se paga" for Hay un niño en su futuro (1952). Other Esperón compositions have become Latin standards such as "Yo soy mexicano", "Noche plateada" and "No volveré", which was used in the first episode of the 2001 soap opera El juego de la vida. Among other performers, Pedro Infante, Los Panchos, and Jorge Negrete have made his songs well-known. His fame in the USA derives from when his song The Three Caballeros (¡Ay, Jalisco no te Rajes!) was used in the Disney film The Three Caballeros (1944). Esperón was born in Mexico City. He retired in 1987, although his songs continued to be used in filmmaking and television productions. |
Birth and Death Data: Born August 3, 1911 (Mexico City), Died February 13, 2011 (Cuernavaca)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1934 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, leader, lyricist, piano
Notes: Listed in Victor ledgers as Manuel Esperón, Jr.
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-84955 | 10-in. | 11/9/1934 | La mujer del puerto | Orquesta Victor Antillana | Instrumental ensemble, with female vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-86426 | 10-in. | 12/10/1934 | La mujer del puerto | Orquesta Pedro Vía | Instrumental ensemble, with female vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | MBS-90517 | 10-in. | 1935 or earlier | Me enseñaste a querer | Cuarteto Esperón de Cuerdas ; Trío Ascencio-del Río | Female vocal group, with instrumental quartet | composer | |
Victor | MBS-90548 | 10-in. | 1935 or earlier | Ansias | Trío Ascencio-del Río | Female vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble | leader | |
Victor | MBVE-90549 | 10-in. | 1935 or earlier | El toro requeson | Orquesta Manuel Esperón ; Trío Ascencio-del Río | Female vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble | composer, leader | |
Victor | MBS-90550 | 10-in. | 1935 or earlier | La reventada | Orquesta Manuel Esperón ; Trío Ascencio-del Río | Female vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble | leader | |
Victor | MBS-90551 | 10-in. | 1935 or earlier | El manito | Orquesta Esperón ; Trío Ascencio-del Río | Female vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | MBS-94804 | 10-in. | before 8/24/1937 | Nostalgia | Conjunto Musical "Esperon" ; Emilio Tuero | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader | |
Victor | MBS-94879 | 10-in. | before 11/19/1937 | Mi guitarra canta | Lorenzo Barcelata ; Orquesta Manuel Esperón | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader | |
Victor | MBS-94880 | 10-in. | before 11/19/1937 | Yo me estoy poniendo chango | Lorenzo Barcelata ; Chaflán ; Orquesta Manuel Esperón ; Trío Calaveras | Male vocal duet and male vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble | leader | |
Victor | MBS-94881 | 10-in. | before 11/19/1937 | Plegaría de mujer | Lorenzo Barcelata ; Quinteto Esperón ; Trío Calaveras | Male vocal solo and vocal trio, with instrumental quintet | leader | |
Victor | MBS-015268 | 10-in. | before 7/18/1938 | Pregón del Papaloapán | Manuel Esperón ; Ana María Fernández ; Hatuey | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader | |
Victor | MBS-015269 | 10-in. | before 7/18/1938 | Tierra brava | Manuel Esperón ; Ana María Fernández ; Hatuey | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader | |
Victor | MBS-032130 | 10-in. | before 6/21/1939 | El reloj | Manuelita Arriola | Female vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | MBS-032131 | 10-in. | before 6/21/1939 | Upa, caballito | Manuelita Arriola | Female vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | MBS-032188 | 10-in. | before 6/21/1939 | Vals de las sombras | María Teresa Avelar | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | MBS-045061 | 10-in. | before 5/8/1940 | El cangrejo | Hermanos Huesca | Instrumental trio | songwriter | |
Victor | MBS-045299 | 10-in. | before 5/22/1940 | Costeñita linda | Tito Guizar | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter, leader | |
Victor | MBS-045300 | 10-in. | before 5/22/1940 | A la orilla del mar | Tito Guizar ; Orquesta Manuel Esperón | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter, leader | |
Victor | MBS-045301 | 10-in. | before 5/22/1940 | Serenata de amor | Tito Guizar ; Orquesta Manuel Esperón | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter, leader | |
Victor | MBS-045302 | 10-in. | before 5/17/1940 | Marchita el alma | Tito Guizar ; Orquesta Manuel Esperón | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader | |
Victor | MBS-067108 | 10-in. | 1941 | Ay Jalisco no te rajes | Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán ; Lucha Reyes | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | MBS-067109 | 10-in. | 1941 | Traigo un amor | Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán ; Lucha Reyes | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | PBS-072280 | 10-in. | 5/15/1942 | Ay Jalisco no te rajes | Tito Guizar | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Victor | MBS-081560 | 10-in. | before 7/29/1946 | Que te cuesta | Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán ; Jorge Negrete ; Trío Calaveras | Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | MBS-081561 | 10-in. | before 7/29/1946 | Corrido de Jorge Torres | Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán ; Jorge Negrete ; Trío Calaveras | Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | MBS-081568 | 10-in. | before 7/30/1946 | El ahijado de la muerte | Mariachi Vargas ; Jorge Negrete ; Trío Calaveras | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | MBS-081569 | 10-in. | before 7/30/1946 | No sé por qué | Manuel Esperón ; Jorge Negrete | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, songwriter | |
Victor | MBS-081744 | 10-in. | before 11/15/1946 | La mina de oro | Las Mochitecas ; Los Montañeses del Alamo | Female vocal group with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | MBS-090508 | 10-in. | before 9/29/1947 | El rebozo mexicano | Sofia Alvarez ; Mariachi Vargas | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | MBS-090509 | 10-in. | before 9/29/1947 | Bajo el sol de Jalisco | Sofia Alvarez ; Mariachi Vargas | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | MBS-092004 | 10-in. | before 4/24/1950 | Amor con amor se paga | Trío Tamaulipeco de los Hermanos Samperio | Vocal and instrumental trio | songwriter | |
Victor | MBS-092005 | 10-in. | before 4/24/1950 | Corrido de piña madura | Trío Tamaulipeco de los Hermanos Samperio | Vocal and instrumental trio | songwriter | |
Victor | MBS-092308 | 10-in. | before 10/3/1950 | Torito negro | Trío Tamaulipeco de los Hermanos Samperio | Vocal and instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | MBS-092621 | 10-in. | before 1/30/1951 | El sentenciado | Cuarteto América ; Fernando Fernández ; Mariachi Pulido | Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | MBS-092782 | 10-in. | before 5/1/1951 | Canción de los vaqueros | Jorge Negrete ; Trío Calaveras | Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | MBS-092991 | 10-in. | before 5/29/1951 | Amor con amor se paga | Mariachi Pulido ; Jorge Negrete ; Pedro Vargas | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | D9FB-2374 | 10-in. | 10/7/1949 | Ya se va metiendo el sol | Grupo Tito Guizar | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | CU-1184 | 10-in. | before 3/15/1944 | El tehuano | Jorge Negrete ; Orquesta Cosmopolita | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | CU-1185 | 10-in. | before 3/15/1944 | Mi gitana | Jorge Negrete ; Orquesta Cosmopolita | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | CU-1187 | 10-in. | before 3/15/1944 | Dulce patria | Jorge Negrete ; Orquesta Cosmopolita | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | CU-1189 | 10-in. | before 3/15/1944 | Aunque me cueste la vida | Jorge Negrete ; Trío Calaveras | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and guitars | composer | |
Victor | 444A | 10-in. | Before 10/17/1934 | La mujer del puerto | Lina Boytler | Female vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | H1176 | 10-in. | approximately 1944 | Cocula | Charros de Atotonilco ; Hermanas Padilla | Vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | HCO1571 | 10-in. | approximately 1945 | Tequilla con limon | Hermanas Padilla ; Orquesta Acuña | Female vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | CO37335 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Aunque lo quieran o no | Trio Los Panchos | Vocal and instrumental trio | composer | |
Brunswick | EP5089 | 10-in. | 10/25/1934 | La mujer del puerto | Orquesta Tomás Nuñez | Instrumental ensemble | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Esperón, Manuel," accessed October 13, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110190.
Esperón, Manuel. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 13, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110190.
"Esperón, Manuel." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 13 October 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Esperón, Manuel - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96012052
Wikidata: Manuel Esperón - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3286808
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/103789052
MusicBrainz: Manuel Esperón - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ea8a2530-fc7b-4754-833c-b2b94cf96621
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