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Alberto Cervantes
real name Alberto Raúl Cervantes González
Alberto Cervantes is credited on 568 releases across 172 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
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Credits
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Albums
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Decades active
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In collections
Biography
Mexican songwriter, born 9 August 1923 in Puebla, Mexico. Maestro Alberto Raúl Cervantes González passed away on October 31, 2001 in Mexico City.
His songs have been performed by, among others, Lola Beltrán, Pedro Vargas, and Javier Solís. He co-wrote several songs with Rubén Fuentes, for which he received three Gold Records throughout his career. His most notable songs include Di que no es verdad (Say It's Not True), Ni por favor (Not Even Please), La verdolaga (The Purslane), Ruega por nosotros (Rue for Us), and, above all, the famous Cien años (One Hundred Years), one of the most recorded boleros in Mexican vernacular music. It was recently re-recorded by Natalia Lafourcade for her album Un canto por México, Vol. II (2021), in which she performs it alongside another of the most renowned contemporary voices, Pepe Aguilar.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
568 releases · 172 albums · active 1953–2022
- Performance · 694
- Other credits · 5
Studios: Amen Recording Studio, San Antonio, Texas. · CBS Studios, London · Microfon Argentina S.A. · Estudios Tyrel
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Pedro Infante
- Miguel Aceves Mejia
- Rocío Dúrcal
- Various
- Paquita La Del Barrio
- Los Pasteles Verdes
- Antonio Aguilar
- Estela Nuñez
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