Cachito (Nat King Cole song)

"Cachito"
Single by Nat King Cole
from the album Cole Español
LanguageSpanish
Released1958 (1958)
RecordedJune 9, 1957
StudioPanart Studios, Havana; Capitol Studios, Los Angeles[1]
GenreCanción
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Consuelo Velázquez

"Cachito" is song composed by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez in 1957. It was popularized in a 1958 recording by Nat King Cole.[2] Cole included the track as first track on the Capitol Records LP Cole Español. Capitol also released "Cachito" as a single in Spain and Latin America. In Colombia, it was popularized by Matilde Díaz.[3]

Composition

Consuelo Velázquez wrote the music and lyrics of the song in 1957.[4] It was dedicated to her second son, Mariano Rivera Velázquez, whom she had with Mariano Rivera Conde, director of RCA Victor Mexico.[4] Previously, she had dedicated the song "Chiqui" to her first son Sergio.[4]

Despite the gentle nature of the lyrics ("Cachito mío", meaning "my little thing", in reference to Consuelo's baby), the song was banned from airplay in Spain by the Francoist regime, together with other canciones such as "Bésame Mucho", Velázquez's biggest hit.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Marquetti Torres, Rosa (2 August 2017). "Una Habana para Nat King Cole". Desmemoriados (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  2. ^ Ana Castillo Black Dove: Mam , Mi'jo, and Me 2016 1558619240- Page 164 "Cachito, cachito, cachito mio, pedazo de cielo que Dios me dio, I used to sing to my son as a toddler. He knew the words, too. It was a song made popular by Nat King Cole. My parents sang it to me when I was a child."
  3. ^ Fontalvo, José Portaccio (2000). Matilde Díaz, la única (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia: J. Portaccio Fontalvo. p. 238. ISBN 9789589653555.
  4. ^ a b c "Entrevista a Consuelo Velázquez". Época: Semanario de México (in Spanish). 292–308. Mexico DF: Epoca de México: 59. 1997.
  5. ^ Moreno, Fidel (2018). ¿Qué me estás cantando?: Memoria de un siglo de canciones (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Debate. p. 238. ISBN 9788499928098.
  6. ^ Coca, César (14 January 2008). "Censura en las ondas". Diario Sur (in European Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2019.


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