Pablo Beltrán Ruiz (5 March 1915 - 29 July 2008) was a Mexican composer and bandleader, most famous for having composed, together with Mexican singer

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, the Spanish-language 1953

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¿Quién será? "¿Quién será?" (English: "Who Will It Be?") is a bolero-mambo song written by Mexican composers Luis Demetrio and Pablo Beltrán Ruiz. Beltrán recorded the song for the first time with his orchestra in 1953. Pedro Infante, for whom the song w ...

", whose

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version is known as " Sway": it had its lyrics written by

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, and was an international hit by

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in 1954, and by

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in 1960. Other songs by Beltrán include "''Picnic a Go-Go''" and "''La Sombra de tu Sonrisa''" (both 1966), an instrumental version of "''

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Biography

Pablo Beltrán Ruiz was born in 1915 to Ladislao Rosas and Felipa Rodríguez. He moved to

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where he studied Law for one year and Chemistry for 3 years. He also studied music at the Escuela Libre de Música (Free School of Music) in Mexico, under the guidance of professor José Vázquez.

¿Quién Será?/Sway

"¿Quién será la que me quiera a mí?" (meaning in English "Who will be the one to love me?" was recorded in 1953 by "Pablo Beltrán Ruiz y Su Orchestra" and was a minor hit before Dean Martin's 1954 release. It eventually became one of the best known Latin classics worldwide.

Other works

His music has been frequently used in soundtracks of a number of films such as: ''Escuela de vagabundos'' (1954) starring Pedro Infante and Miroslava, ''¡Paso a la juventud..!'' (1957) starring Tin Tan, ''México nunca duerme'' (1958) directed by Alejandro Galindo and ''Su Excelencia'' (1966) starring Mario Moreno "Cantinflas". Another notable work in this time was ''Caliente, Caliente ... A Go-Go'' (1966). ablo Beltran Ruiz – Caliente, Caliente ... A Go-Go https://www.discogs.com/de/release/28317427-Pablo-Beltran-Ruiz-Caliente-Caliente--A-Go-Go/ref>

References

External links

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Pablo Beltrán Ruiz page on Discogs.com
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