"" (; "Let no one know my suffering"), also known as "" (; "Love of my loves") is a song originally composed by that has been recorded by numerous Spanish language artists such as Alberto Castillo, Julio Iglesias and
María Dolores Pradera
María Dolores Fernández Pradera OAXS, MMT (29 August 1924 – 28 May 2018) was a Spanish melodic singer and actress, and one of the most famous voices in Spain and Latin America.
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. However, it is also known as "" (; "The Crowd"), a
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version with new lyrics written by , popularized by famed
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origin, as a
Peruvian waltz
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. Peruvian waltz, also known as ("creole waltz"), was a popular genre in Hispanic America between the 1930s and 1950s, and the song, initially covered by Argentine singer Hugo del Carril, became a regional hit."Classics of Latin Music: “Que Nadie Sepa Mi Sufrir” by Hugo de Carril and many others" Eduardo Frajman. Retrieved July 25, 2019 The song relates the story of a singer breaking off ties with an unfaithful lover, yet ashamed that others might find out about how much the singer is suffering.
La Foule
Almost twenty years after the song's initial South American release, during a Buenos Aires concert tour, Edith Piaf heard it from the 1953 recording by Alberto Castillo. Piaf recorded a French-language version, with lyrics by Michel Rivgauche, which became a hit itself. Subsequently, the original song was a hit once more, under the title "" ("Love of my loves"), the first line of the chorus in the Spanish version."Histoire de la chanson française et francophone" Ariela Sillam and Isabelle Taillandier (in French)
Michel Rivgauche's lyrics relate the chance meeting between the female singer and a man in the middle of a dense and festive crowd. It is love at first sight, at least on the singer's part, who thanks the crowd for giving her this man. Yet just as quickly as it brought them together, the crowd separates them and she never sees him again. "The crowd acts as a sort of demiurge (creator), like destiny, playing with the human beings who are helpless against the vagaries of chance."
Cover recordings
Que nadie sepa mi sufrir
* Alberto Castillo released a version of the song in 1953
* Raphael released a version of the song in 1967
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María Dolores Pradera
María Dolores Fernández Pradera OAXS, MMT (29 August 1924 – 28 May 2018) was a Spanish melodic singer and actress, and one of the most famous voices in Spain and Latin America.
She started her career as an actress and during the 1950s she ...
De niña a mujer
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'' in 1981, his first album to be released in the United States
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Los Lobos
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includes a version on their 1988 album ''
La Pistola y El Corazón
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*François BERTHELOT alias name PACO recorded and in 1988 and was no.1 hit for 5 weeks in France.
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Margarita Vargas
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*Cuban group Orquesta Aragón recorded it on their 1997 ''Cha Cha Charanga'' album
*Sandra Luna, Argentine Tango singer recorded a version on her 2003 album ''Tango Varón''
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Chico and the Gypsies
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- ''Fiesta'' (2013, as "''Amor de Mis Amores''")
*Puerto Rican musician José Feliciano covered it with
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singer Alicia Villareal on his 2006 release ''José Feliciano y Amigos''. This version peaked at #27 on the Latin Pop Airplay chart)
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pop/alternative band Hello Seahorse! released a version of the song on the album '' Mun Compilado Vol.2'' in 2012.
*Ecuadorian singer Julio Jaramillo released a version of the song with the name "Que Nadie Sepa Mi Sufrir"
La Foule
*French jazz singer Raquel Bitton performed the song as part of her Piaf tribute show "Piaf: Her Story, Her Songs"
*Canadian-American
Martha Wainwright
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Bernard Adamus
Bernard Adamus (born December 16, 1977) is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Quebec, whose music draws on folk, blues, country and hip-hop influences.Mireille Mathieu covered it (as well as other Piaf classics) on her 2012 tribute album ''Mireille Mathieu chante Piaf''
*French pop singer Patricia Kaas revisited it on the 2012 album ''
Kaas chante Piaf
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- deux voix, deux destins, un hommage''
*Classical Guitarist Jean-Félix Lalanne performed it as a duo with Agnès Jaoui on the 2013 album ''Une Guitare''
*Classical composer and guitarist
Roland Dyens
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made an performed and arrangement for classical guitar in his Chansons francaise album.
*British singer Izzy Bizu recorded a cover version with the BBC Concert Orchestra, which was used as the opening theme to the BBC's coverage of UEFA Euro 2016
Other versions
*Israeli singer
Hava Alberstein
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recorded the song with Hebrew lyrics, written specially to the music (called "Smiles"; חיוכים in Hebrew), which became very famous