''El Triste'' (The sad one) is the title of the second

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released by

Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America ** People *** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants *** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...

singer

José José José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz (17 February 1948 – 28 September 2019), known professionally as José José, was a Mexican singer and actor. Born into a family of musicians, José began his musical career in his early teens playing guitar and sin ...

in 1970. Like its predecessor, this album projected him to internationalization, due to his performance in the "II Festival de la Canción Latina" ("Latin Song Festival II", predecessor of the

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) held on March 25, 1970, representing Mexico with the songs "

El Triste "El Triste" ("''The Sad One''") is a song written by Mexican composer Roberto Cantoral. It was performed for the first time on March 15, 1970, at the "Latin Song Festival II" (predecessor of the OTI Festival) by the Mexican singer José José. ( ...

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Roberto Cantoral Roberto Cantoral García (7 June 1935 – 7 August 2010) was a Mexican composer, singer and songwriter. He was known for composing a string of hit Mexican songs, including "El Triste", "Al Final", "La Barca" and " El Reloj" The Sociedad de Auto ...

and "Dos" by Welo Rivas, obtaining the third place (according to the jury), in front of an audience that filled the Teatro Ferrocarrilero of

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, who admired his extraordinary performance (claiming he deserved first place). Despite this, "El Triste" was consolidated as an international hit, allowing him to start to tour throughout the United States and Latin America. Its main hits besides "El Triste" and "Dos" are "Alguien Vendrá", "Mi Niña" and "Esa Canción de Ayer". Its genre is mainly Latin pop with a

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trend, that can be heard in the arrangements of songs such as "La Noche De Los Dos", "Amoras" or "A Partir De Hoy".

Track listing

# Alguien Vendrá (Sergio Esquivel-Memo Salamanca) # Mi Niña (Scottie Scott) # La Noche De Los Dos (Felipe Gil) # Llegará (Víctor M. Mato) # Dios Es Amor (

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(Roberto Cantoral) # Esa Canción De Ayer (Jaco Seller-José Luis Fernández) # Nunca Me Dejes (Blanca Aldás) # ¡Oh, Gente! (Sergio Esquivel-Memo Salamanca) # Amoras (Roberto Cantoral) # A Partir De Hoy (

Armando Manzanero Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1935 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican Maya peoples, Mayan musician, singer, composer, actor and music producer, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the ...

) # Dos (Wello Rivas) *1,6,9

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by Chucho Ferrer *2,5,7,8,11 Orchestra by Enrique Neri *2,5,10, 12 Orchestra by Eduardo Magallanes *9 Orchestra by Mario Patrón 1970 albums José José albums Spanish-language albums RCA Records albums {{latin-album-stub