Manuel Esperón
Mexican composer (1911-2011) · Mexico · On the map · Musicians · Died at 99
Manuel Esperón González 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 (1943), and "Amor con amor se paga" for Hay...
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María de los Angeles Felix Güereña Manuel wrote The Devil Is a Woman (1950)
Pedro Infante Manuel wrote Los tres García (1947)
Jorge Negrete Manuel wrote Gran Casino (1947)
Sara García Manuel wrote Los tres García (1947)
Germán Valdés Manuel wrote The Unknown Mariachi (1953)
Alfonso Bedoya Manuel wrote Las Abandonadas and Gran Casino
Carlos López Moctezuma Manuel wrote ¡Así se quiere en Jalisco! (1942)
José Baviera Manuel wrote The Devil Is a Woman (1950)
Luis Aguilar Manuel wrote Juana Gallo (1967)
Libertad Lamarque Manuel wrote Gran Casino and Woman Without Tears
Ramón Valdés Manuel wrote The Unknown Mariachi (1953)
Mimí Derba Manuel wrote Immaculate and Dos tipos de cuidado
Marga López Manuel wrote Los tres García (1947)
María Elena Marqués Manuel wrote ¡Así se quiere en Jalisco! (1942)
René Cardona Manuel wrote El Peñón de las Ánimas (1942)
Cantiflas Manuel wrote El circo and Los tres mosqueteros
Silvia Pinal Manuel wrote My Three Merry Widows (1953)
Meche Barba Manuel wrote Gran Casino and Negra consentida
Antonio Aguilar Manuel wrote El caballo blanco and Now I Am Rich
Ernesto Alonso Manuel wrote Woman Without Tears (1951)
Joaquín Cordero Manuel wrote Pepe the Bull and La Dulce Enemiga
Fernando Soler Manuel wrote The Great Madcap (1949)
Joaquín Pardavé Manuel wrote Yo bailé con don Porfirio (1942)
Amalia Aguilar Manuel wrote The Three Happy Friends (1952)
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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 (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 US derives from when his song The Three Caballeros was used in the Disney film The Three Caballeros (1945).
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In the same film or series as Manuel
Aurora ClavelAlso in Mariachi - Fiesta de sangre (1977)
Sonia AmelioAlso in El crepúsculo de un dios (1969)
Juan Bustillo OroAlso in It’s Not Enough to Be a Charro (1946)
José BohrAlso in Canto a mi tierra (1938)
Héctor LechugaAlso in ¡Buenas noches, año nuevo! (1964)
Manuel Noriega RuizAlso in It’s Not Enough to Be a Charro (1946)