Alberto Domínguez

Alberto Domínguez Borrás (San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, 5 May 1906 – Mexico City, 2 September 1975) was a Mexican marimbist and composer. He began his career in a marimba ensemble, Los Hermanos Domínguez.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 21, 1913 (San Cristóbal de las Casas), Died September 2, 1975 (Mexico City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1951

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, songwriter, leader, arranger

Notes: Name also appears on disc labels as "Alberto Domínguez B."

= 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
Victor	MBVE-90759	10-in.	Before 10/26/1936	Dulzura	Marimba Tuxtleca	Marimba band	composer
Victor	MBS-90962	10-in.	before 11/19/1937	Me dejaste	Orquesta Max Urban ; Emilio Tuero	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	MBS-94939	10-in.	approximately Jan. 1938	Te voy a robar	Orquesta Hermanos Domínguez ; Lupita Palomera	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BS-102307	10-in.	6/25/1936	Mujer sin corazón	Marimba Pan-Americana	Marimba band, with string bass	composer
Victor	BS-010841	10-in.	6/15/1937	Arrepentido	Paulina Alvarez ; Orquesta Castillito	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BAVE-012994	10-in.	between 10/25/1939 and 10/31/1939	Perfidia	Juan Arvizu	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	MBS-015262	10-in.	before 7/18/1938	La zandunga oaxaqueña	Marimba Lira de San Cristóbal	Marimba band	arranger
Victor	MBS-032025	10-in.	before 2/22/1939	Chiapas	Orquesta Hermanos Domínguez	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	MBS-032026	10-in.	before 2/22/1939	Perfidia	Orquesta Hermanos Domínguez	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	MBS-032027	10-in.	before 2/22/1939	Perfidia	Lira de San Cristóbal ; Lupita Palomera	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer, lyricist
Victor	MBS-032330	10-in.	before November 1939	Frenesí	Dora Luz ; Orquesta Rafael de Paz	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer, lyricist
Victor	MBS-032354	10-in.	before 11/1/1939	Malvaloca	Dora Luz ; Orquesta Hermanos Domínguez	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	MBS-032356	10-in.	before 11/1/1939	Frenesí	Lupita Palomera	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer, lyricist
Victor	MBS-032359	10-in.	before 11/1/1939	Frenesí	Orquesta Hermanos Domínguez	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	MBS-032369	10-in.	before 10/16/1939	Frenesí	Orquesta Rafael de Paz ; Pedro Vargas	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer, lyricist
Victor	MBS-032416	10-in.	before November 1939	De puro carquis	Los Cancioneros del Sur	Male vocal ensemble, with guitars	songwriter
Victor	MBS-032445	10-in.	before 5/8/1940	Declaración	Las Cancioneras del Panuco ; Orquesta Blanca Margarita	Female vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Victor	BS-032878	10-in.	4/17/1939	Perfidia	Juan Arvizu ; Marimba Pan-Americana	Marimba band, with male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-036564	10-in.	before 4/28/1939	Perfidia	Orquesta Riverside ; Pedro Vargas	Re-recording : Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-037626	10-in.	6/12/1939	Perfidia	Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BAVE-039290	10-in.	5/15/1940	Perfidia	Fernando Díaz ; Orquesta Típica Francisco J. Lomuto	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PBS-042546	10-in.	3/3/1940	Frenesi	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-044834	10-in.	2/19/1940	Perfidia	Ozzie Nelson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-051850	10-in.	7/12/1940	Frenesi	Harry's Tavern Band ; Jimmy Ray	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	MBS-054079	10-in.	1940	Un momento	Chelo Flores ; Orquesta Hermanos Domínguez	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	MBS-054166	10-in.	before 5/26/1941	Mala noche	Lira de San Cristóbal	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	MBS-054168	10-in.	before 3/20/1941	Un momento	Lira de San Cristóbal	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	MBS-054224	10-in.	before 3/20/1941	Que sirvan las otras	Charros de Atotonilco ; Pepe y Elvira	Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BS-055546	10-in.	8/27/1940	Frenesi	Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-058174	10-in.	12/13/1940	Frenesi	Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-059219	10-in.	2/10/1941	Un momento	Enric Madriguera Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-060632	10-in.	2/11/1941	Frenesí	Harold Levey ; Carlos Ramírez ; Victor Concert Orchestra	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BS-060633	10-in.	2/11/1941	Perfidia	Harold Levy ; Carlos Ramírez ; Victor Concert Orchestra	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BS-060914	10-in.	2/19/1941	Perfidia	Dorothy Claire ; Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Modernaires	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal quartet	composer
Victor	PBS-061562	10-in.	8/27/1941	Hay que saber perder	Tito Guizar	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-062773	10-in.	3/24/1941	A rendezvous in Rio (Un momento)	Ruth Gaylor ; Teddy Powell Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-065048	10-in.	4/24/1941	Un momento	Marimba Pan-Americana ; Jorge Negrete	Marimba band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-065794	10-in.	6/4/1941	Mala noche	Orquesta Oscar de la Rosa	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-066131	10-in.	6/23/1941	Mala noche	Alfredo Cibelli ; Carlos Ramírez ; Victor Concert Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer, lyricist
Victor	MBS-067220	10-in.	before 11/3/1941	Amor que muere	Lira de San Cristóbal ; Lupita Palomera	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Victor	BS-071502	10-in.	9/26/1941	Hay que saber perder	Marga Chiesa ; Marimba Pan-Americana	Marimba band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-071794	10-in.	2/10/1942	Perfidia	Irving Landau ; The Radio City Music Hall Glee Club	Vocal chorus, with piano	composer
Victor	MBS-090807	10-in.	before 8/4/1948	Malos pensamientos	Maria Luisa Landin ; José Sabre Marroquín	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	MBS-091197	10-in.	before 4/12/1949	Por qué has cambiado	Avelina Landín ; Orquesta de José Sabre Marroquín	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	MBS-092117	10-in.	before 3/12/1951	Mala noche	Los Tres Diamantes	Male vocal and instrumental trio	composer, lyricist
Victor	D6VB-3283	10-in.	11/20/1946	Frenesi	Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra	Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance octet	composer, lyricist
Victor	CO-2[f]	10-in.	before 11/9/1943	No llores	Hernando Muñoz ; Orquesta Alberto Ahumada	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	CU-895	10-in.	before 3/19/1942	Mala noche	Orquesta de E. González Manticci ; Pedro Vargas	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer, lyricist
Victor	CU-1236	10-in.	before 7/21/1944	Humanidad	René Cabel ; Bobby Collazo ; Orquesta Casino de la Playa ; Orlando de la Rosa	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	H200	10-in.	1/12/1941	Frenesí : Bolero	Adelina García ; Orquesta Manuel S. Acuña	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Columbia	H755	10-in.	3/24/1942	Mala noche : Bolero	Beatriz Gurrola	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia	HCO1591	10-in.	approximately 1945	Hilos de plata	Hermanas Padilla ; Orquesta Acuña	Female vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Columbia	CO19382	10-in.	6/5/1936	Alma de mujer	Pedro Marcano y su Orquesta	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	CO23084	10-in.	6/15/1938	Dos almas	Orquesta Hermanos Moráles	Jazz/dance band, with vocal duet	composer
Columbia	WCO24634	10-in.	3/15/1939	Perfidia : Canción	Arturo Cortés ; Orquesta de Salón Columbia	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia	WCO24818	10-in.	6/26/1939	Perfidia : Bolero	Orquesta Hermanos Moráles	Jazz/dance band, with vocal solo	composer
Columbia	WCO26197	10-in.	10/23/1939	Frenesí : Bolero	Sexteto Columbia	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia	CO36586	10-in.	approximately 1946	Juntos	Bill Gale ; Eva Garza ; Orquesta de Salón Columbia	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Brunswick	DAL1124	10-in.	5/2/1940	Chiapas : Canción	Perlitas del Bajío	Vocal duet with instrumental ensemble	composer
Brunswick	SA2680	10-in.	12/1/1936	Dulzura : Canción fox	Hermanas Barraza ; Orquesta de Francisco Hernández	Female vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Brunswick	SA2703	10-in.	12/2/1936	Mi desesperación : Canción blues	Hermanas Barraza	Female vocal duet, with piano	composer
Brunswick	SA2708	10-in.	12/2/1936	Dos corazones : Fox trot	Orquesta Los Charros	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Brunswick	MLA1879	10-in.	5/8/1939	Perfidia	Adelina García ; Manuel S. Acuña Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Brunswick	MLA1942	10-in.	8/9/1939	Decepción : Canción fox	Adelina García ; Orquesta Manuel S. Acuña	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL8003	10-in.	5/7/1945	Frénésie	Gaston Lapeyronnie ; Jacques Pills	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL8016	10-in.	5/31/1945	Frénésie	Jean Marion ; Jacques Pills	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Domínguez, Alberto," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116839.

Domínguez, Alberto. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116839.

"Domínguez, Alberto." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.

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