"Esperanza" is a 1961 hit song by
Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his dist ...
with French lyrics written by Aznavour after the original instrumental composition by Ramón Cabrera Argotes. The Aznavour version commences "Esperanza, esperanza, le bonheur en nos coeurs...".
The Spanish original also achieved popularity in its own right particularly the Spanish-language version by
Nino de Murcia, but the French version of Aznavour was successful even in Spanish speaking countries.
[Ramo Fernandez-Larrea ''Kabiosiles - Los musicos de Cuba'' 2006 "..inolvidable de Cabrera "Esperanza". Es la nostalgia parisina de Charles Aznavour que me trae ahora..."]
Versions
*António Machin
*Digno Garcia 1970
*Enrique Montoya 1959
*
Nino de Murcia 1961
*Johnny Forsell, Finland 1962
*Los Machucambos 1962
*Los Matecoco 1962
*Ralf Carsten, German lyrics by Loose 1962
*Manuel de Gomez y su Orquesta Tipica 1963
*Ping Ping (Al Verlane and his Montebello's) 1962
*Orchestre Des Champs Elysées 1966
*Les Scarlet
*Charlie Level et Les Carnaval's
*Didier Boland et L'Orchestre Des Rois Avec Les "Gilles Choeurs" PBM France
References
1961 songs
Charles Aznavour songs
Songs written by Charles Aznavour
Cuban songs
Spanish-language songs
French-language songs
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