Procuro Olvidarte
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"Procuro olvidarte" | ||||
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Single by Hernaldo Zúñiga | ||||
from the album Hernaldo, El Original | ||||
Released | 1980 | |||
Genre | Ballad | |||
Length | 4:32 | |||
Label | Zafiro | |||
Songwriter(s) | Manuel Alejandro Ana Magdalena | |||
Hernaldo Zúñiga singles chronology | ||||
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"Procuro olvidarte" ("I try to forget you") is the name of the song that was the first international hit of the Nicaraguan singer and composer Hernaldo Zúñiga, the song was composed by Manuel Alejandro and Ana Magdalena, as the interpreter recognizes "based on a loving episode that I lived in those days",[1] and because of his state of mind, he says, it was impossible for him to write it. This song put him in the international musical map, in a little time it reached the top of popularity and sales of Spanish language.
The song was included in the album: "Hernaldo, El Original" (Hernaldo, The Original) released in 1980, this album launched his international career, it was multi-platinum in the most part of Ibero-American countries, from it are these classic hits: "Procuro olvidarte" (I try to forget you), "Ven con el alma desnuda" (Come with the naked soul), "Un pasajero" (A passenger), "Insoportablemente bella" (Unbearable beautiful) or "Ese beso que me has dado" (That kiss that you have given me).
"Procuro olvidarte" and the other songs transform him in an international orbit interpreter.
On April 23, 2013, the song was performed as a duet by Hernaldo Zúñiga (in Spanish) and Michael Bolton (in English adapted by Desmond Child) during the first edition of the "Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame", as a tribute to song's composer, Manuel Alejandro.
This song, due to its firm and rolling success, has been object of multiple later versions in the voice of other great artists, as:
Michael Bolton and Hernaldo Zúñiga,
References
- ^ CD "Hernaldo Zúñiga, El Origen", 2001 BGM Centroamérica S.A.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Procuro Olvidarte Amaral y Najwa. YouTube.