Lágrimas negras (song)

"Lágrimas negras" (Spanish for Black Tears) is a bolero-son by Miguel Matamoros, first recorded by the Trío Matamoros in 1931. The song was written in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1930, when Matamoros was on his way back to Cuba from the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929.[1] The song has been described as the "perfect fusion of the son with the bolero".[2] It became the Trío Matamoros' most famous song, along with "Son de la loma".

Recordings

Trío Matamoros, around 1930. They recorded the first known version.

Compay Segundo

Trío Matamoros
Adalberto Álvarez
Azul Azul
Rubén Blades
Compay Segundo (also in duo with Cesária Évora)
Celia Cruz
Dan Den
Barbarito Díez
José Feliciano
Olga Guillot
Orquesta Aragón
Omara Portuondo
María Dolores Pradera (also in with Cachao and Diego el Cigala)
Rachael Price
Adalberto Santiago
Los Tres
Bebo Valdés, Cachao and Carlos "Patato" Valdés: El Arte del Sabor
Bebo Valdés & Diego el Cigala with Paquito D'Rivera: Lágrimas negras
Chucho Valdés and Irakere
Cuco Valoy
María Teresa Vera
Vieja Trova Santiaguera

References

Nacido en Cuba: música cubana (in Spanish). Editorial Ceiba. 1999. p. 96.
Sublette, Ned (2007). Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo. Chicago Review Press. p. 368. ISBN 978-1-56976-420-6.

External links

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[1] Nacido en Cuba: música cubana (in Spanish). Editorial Ceiba. 1999. p. 96.

[2] Sublette, Ned (2007). Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo. Chicago Review Press. p. 368. ISBN 978-1-56976-420-6.