Hispanic Heritage Month Songs

After having benefitted from some ACLU playlists, I started wondering what other playlists there were.

It turns out that a lot of Spanish teachers have playlists for this month.

It is not the same depth that I would get when reviewing different bands, but for this phase of my life it works well.

I like to think that the high school and maybe even junior high teachers keep it clean. I do not spend enough time on it to know that for sure, but "Despacito" has not come up yet, so maybe.

There are a few new artists, and a lot of the songs are new to me, though not all.

For "La Cumparsita" and “El Día Que Me Quieras”, these versions are new, but those songs are old tango favorites, so I know them from one collection I have and also from a stage show.

In addition, I feel like "La Cumparsita" had a big influence on the song "Bye-Yum Pum Pum" from The Happiest Millionaire, a 1967 Disney film with Fred MacMurray. However, it appears to be a little too obscure for anyone to have bothered confirming it.

If it was not completely clear from looking, we left for Cincinnati on September 30th and returned from Indiana on October 4th. We covered a lot of ground but I have not written up much of it yet because of local things.

It will all work out.  

Daily Songs

9/15 “La Vida Es Un Carnaval” by Celia Cruz
9/16 “Oye Mi Canto” by Gloria Estefan
9/17 “Una Noche Más” by Jennifer Lopez
9/18 “Dos Gardenias” by Buena Vista Social Club
9/19 “Dímelo” by Marc Anthony
9/20 “Oye Cóme Va” by Tito Puente
9/21 “América, América” by Luis Miguel
9/22 “La Bikina” by Diego Boneta
9/23 “Por Ella” by Victor Manuelle
9/24 “Que Boníto Es Lo Boníto Silvana” by Carlos Ponce
9/25 “Serena” by Gíanpíero feat. Landa Freak
9/26 “Ven Conmígo (Solamente Tú)” by Cristina Aguilera
9/27 “Cien años” by Pedro Infante
9/28 “Torero” by Chayanne
9/29 “La Flor de la Canela“ by Gian Marco

-          Vacation -

10/5 “Baila Esta Cumbia” by Selena
10/6 “La Bilirrubina” by Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
10/7 “Llamado de Emergencía” by Daddy Yankee
10/8 “La Cumparsita”by Juan D’Arienzo
10/9 “Agua” by Bomba Estéreo
10/10 “Yo Me Llamo Cumbia” by Totó La Momposina
10/11 “Caballo Viejo” by Roberto Torres, Charanga Vallenata
10/12 “Sí Díos Me Quíta la Vída” by Alejandro Fernández
10/13 “El Día Que Me Quieras” by Carlos Gardel
10/14 “De Música Ligera” by Soda Stereo
10/15 “Amapola” by Gaby Moreno
10/16 “Sopa de Caracol” by Banda Blanca
10/17 “Lejos de Ti” by Pelo D’Ambrosio
10/18 “Hasta La Raíz” by Natalia Lafourcade
10/19 “Te Avíso, Te Anuncio (Tango)” by Shakira
10/20 “Rie, Llora” by La Sonora Santanera, LA INDIA