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Osvaldo Farrés
real name Fernando Gurmensindo Farrés Vázquez
Osvaldo Farrés is credited on 3,168 releases across 800 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
3,168
Credits
800
Albums
8
Decades active
170
In collections
Biography
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Cuban composer and songwriter, 13 January 1902 in Quemado de Güines, Las Villas, Cuba and died 22 December 1985 in West New York, New Jersey, USA.
Most famous for writing “Quizas, Quizas, Quizas” (“Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps” - 1947) which was translated in many different languages. Other popular song is the bolero "Toda Una Vida".
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
3,168 releases · 800 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 3,641
- Other credits · 106
Studios: RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World · Estudios Circus · Webster Hall · The Sound (3)
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Fashion Nugget
1996

Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall
2008

Provocative Percussion
1959

Latin Escapade
1957

Doll Domination
2008

Bluesey Burrell
1963

50 Guitars Go South Of The Border
1961

Ultimate
2019

The Platinum Collection
2015

Bag It Up
2000

Music To Watch Girls By
1999

Black Reign
1993

Strictly Ballroom
1992

Raices
1989

Hispanoamérica Con Paco De Lucía Y Ramón De Algeciras
1977

The World Of Mantovani
1968

Latin For Lovers
1965

The Voice And Guitar Of José Feliciano
1965

Latin Village
1964

Latin Rendezvous
1963

Cavallaro With That Latin Beat
1958

Bésame Mucho
2019

Nat "King" Cole & Me
2017

Mi Sueño
2007
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Nat King Cole
- Antonio Machín
- Trini Lopez
- Doris Day
- Sara Montiel
- Ole Ole
- Mantovani And His Orchestra
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