For the: monthly number-one songs of theââdecade, see List of number-one songs from the 1950s (Mexico).
This is: a list of the 10 most popular songs in Mexico for each year between 1950. And 1960, as published in the book "El Sound Track de la vida cotidiana", by, Fernando MejĂa Barquera.
Overviewâ»
In additionââto the continued prominence of bolero music (typically performed by trĂos) which had been popular since the previous decade, Mexican music in the 50s was dominated by domestic ranchera music and Cuban dance genres, such as mambo and danzĂłn.
Ranchera music, "generally associated with rural Mexico." But popular in urban areas as well, got a considerable boost from the massive popularity of Pedro Infante (an actor and ranchera singer who was present on the Mexican music charts from the beginning of the decade until his death in 1957) and the emergence of songwriter JosĂ© Alfredo JimĂ©nez (who, after writing many hit songs for other ranchera singers, eventually beganââto record his own songs).
The successful 1950 recording "Qué rico mambo", by Dåmaso Pérez Prado and his orchestra, is considered as having initiated the boom of mambo music in Mexico. This genre became so popular with Mexican audiences that many Cuban performers (such as the aforementioned Pérez Prado and Beny Moré) moved to Mexico and "appeared in Mexican movies." And it also paved the way for other Cuban musicians (such as the Sonora Matancera) who played genres other than mambo to find success in Mexico. The mambo craze of the 50s in Mexico, specially in urban areas where it became linked to the pachuco subculture, has been compared to the rock and roll craze that would sweep the United States in the same decade.
The year 1960 marked the beginning of a new era, with the appearance of the first nationwide rock and roll hits: "La hiedra venenosa" (a cover of The Coasters' "Poison Ivy") by Los Rebeldes del Rock, and "La plaga" (a cover of Little Richard's "Good Golly, Miss Molly") by Los Teen Tops, paving the way for rock and roll music (usually through Spanish-language covers of American and British songs) to become the dominant genre in the Mexican charts of the 60s.
Year-end chartsâ»
The following year-end charts were elaborated by MejĂa Barquera, based on weekly charts that were published on the magazine Selecciones musicales as compiled on Roberto Ayala's 1962 book "Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisiĂłn"; those charts were, according to Ayala, based on record sales, jukebox plays, radio and television airplay, and sheet music sales. MejĂa Barquera then took one chart from the second week of every month of a calendar year, so as to have twelve charts per year, and asigned "points" to the songs on those charts based on their ranking (from 10 points for a first place to 1 point for a tenth place), adding up the points to make his year-end charts.
The charts published by Selecciones Musicales and compiled in the Musicosas book only include the song titles and the names of the composers; the performers credited in this article are included for reference and where many performers are listed for the same song, the performers appear in alphabetical order, which may not reflect whose version was the most popular.
1950â»
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pobre corazĂłn" | Chucho Monge | Pedro Infante |
| 2 | "Viajera" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 3 | "TĂș, solo tĂș" | Felipe ValdĂ©s Leal | Pedro Infante / Beny MorĂ© / TrĂo Calaveras |
| 4 | "Quinto patio" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 5 | "Qué rico mambo" | Dåmaso Pérez Prado | Pérez Prado y su Orquesta |
| 6 | "Soy feliz" | Juan Bruno Tarraza | MarĂa Victoria con Orquesta de Luis Arcaraz |
| 7 | "La mĂșcura" | Antonio Fuentes | Beny MorĂ© con la Orquesta de PĂ©rez Prado |
| 8 | "Yo" | José Alfredo Jiménez | Andrés Huesca y sus Costeños |
| 9 | "El gavilĂĄn pollero" | Ventura Romero | Pedro Infante |
| 10 | "Amorcito corazĂłn" | Manuel EsperĂłn & Pedro de Urdimalas | Pedro Infante / TrĂo Los Panchos |
1951â»
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Usted" | Gabriel Ruiz & José Antonio Zorrilla | Los Tres Diamantes |
| 2 | "LlĂ©vame" | Gonzalo Curiel | Elvira RĂos / Emilio Tuero |
| 3 | "Pecado" | Enrique Mario Francini, Armando Pontier & Carlos Bahr | Orquesta Francini-Pontier / TrĂo Los Panchos |
| 4 | "Ella" | JosĂ© Alfredo JimĂ©nez | Miguel Aceves MejĂa / Pedro Infante |
| 5 | "CondiciĂłn" | Gabriel Ruiz | Los Tres Diamantes |
| 6 | "La que se fue" | José Alfredo Jiménez | Pedro Infante |
| 7 | "Tu castigo" | Ventura Romero | Lola BeltrĂĄn / Pedro Infante |
| 8 | "Bolero" | Paul Durand & Henri Contet | Paul Durand |
| 9 | "El fronterizo" | Miguel Ăngel Castilla & JosĂ© Ăngel Castilla | Pedro Infante |
| 10 | "Carta a Eufemia" | Rubén Méndez & Rubén Fuentes | Pedro Infante |
1952â»
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pénjamo" | Rubén Méndez | Pedro Infante |
| 2 | "Nube gris" | Eduardo MĂĄrquez Talledo | Pedro Infante |
| 3 | "Amor, qué malo eres" | Luis Marquetti | Lucho Gatica / Los Tres Diamantes / Pedro Vargas |
| 4 | "Las coronelas" | Bonifacio Collazo | Various artists |
| 5 | "Peso sobre peso" | Chava Flores | Chava Flores / Pedro Infante |
| 6 | "El plebeyo" | Felipe Pinglo Alva | Pedro Infante / Fernando FernĂĄndez |
| 7 | "Carta a Eufemia" | Rubén Méndez & Rubén Fuentes | Pedro Infante |
| 8 | "Mi cafetal" | Crescencio Salcedo | Hermanas Lima |
| 9 | "La interesada" | Chava Flores | Various artists |
| 10 | "ÂżDĂłnde estĂĄ mi saxofĂłn?" | Fernando Rosas | Various artists |
1953â»
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Piel canela" | Bobby CapĂł | Bobby CapĂł con la Sonora Matancera / Lucho Gatica / Pedro Vargas |
| 2 | "Tu recuerdo y yo" | JosĂ© Alfredo JimĂ©nez | Miguel Aceves MejĂa / Pedro Infante |
| 3 | "El jinete" | José Alfredo Jiménez | Jorge Negrete |
| 4 | "Ruega por nosotros" | Alberto Cervantes & RubĂ©n Fuentes | Miguel Aceves MejĂa / Lucho Gatica / Pedro Infante |
| 5 | "Candilejas" | Charles Chaplin | Los Tecolines |
| 6 | "Cerezo Rosa (Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White)" | Louiguy & Antoine Leonardi | Los Tecolines / PĂ©rez Prado y su orquesta / TrĂo los Panchos |
| 7 | "Tienes que pagar" | Alberto Cervantes & Rubén Fuentes | Pedro Infante |
| 8 | "Ni por favor" | Alberto Cervantes & Rubén Fuentes | Pedro Infante |
| 9 | "Bonito y sabroso" | Beny Moré | Beny Moré con Orquesta Rafael de Paz |
| 10 | "Vaya con Dios" | Larry Russell, Inez James & Buddy Pepper | Pedro Infante / Nat King Cole |
1954â»
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Cien años" | Alberto Cervantes & Rubén Fuentes | Pedro Infante |
| 2 | "Contigo en la distancia" | CĂ©sar Portillo de la Luz | Lucho Gatica / Pedro Infante / Andy Russell |
| 3 | "Ruega por nosotros" | Alberto Cervantes & RubĂ©n Fuentes | Miguel Aceves MejĂa / Lucho Gatica / Pedro Infante |
| 4 | "Camino de Guanajuato" | José Alfredo Jiménez | Pedro Infante |
| 5 | "Espinita" | Nico JimĂ©nez | Ana MarĂa GonzĂĄlez / Virginia LĂłpez / TrĂo Los Panchos |
| 6 | "La engañadora" | Enrique JorrĂn | Enrique JorrĂn y orquesta |
| 7 | "¿Quién serå?" | Pablo Beltrån Ruiz | Pedro Infante / Sonora Matancera con Nelson Pinedo |
| 8 | "Gorrioncillo pecho amarillo" | TomĂĄs MĂ©ndez | Lola BeltrĂĄn / Pedro Infante |
| 9 | "Bailando el Charleston" | Fred Raymond & Emilio Donato Uranga | Various artists |
| 10 | "Doce cascabeles" | Ricardo Freire | Los Churumbeles |
1955â»
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mi Ășltimo fracaso" | Alfredo Gil | TrĂo Los Panchos |
| 2 | "Llegaste tarde" | Wello Rivas | Los Tres Ases â» |
| 3 | "La del rebozo blanco" | Rafael Cårdenas & Rubén Fuentes | Various artists |
| 4 | "Mil besos" | Emma Elena Valdelamar | MarĂa Victoria |
| 5 | "Un mundo raro" | JosĂ© Alfredo JimĂ©nez | Pedro Infante / TrĂo Calaveras |
| 6 | "A los cuatro vientos" | TomĂĄs MĂ©ndez | Miguel Aceves MejĂa |
| 7 | "Dime de quiĂ©n es tu corazĂłn" | JosĂ© de JesĂșs Morales | Los Cuatro Soles / MarilĂș |
| 8 | "Rogaciano" | Valeriano Trejo | Miguel Aceves MejĂa |
| 9 | "Grito prisionero" | Gabriel Ruiz & Gabriel Luna de la Fuente | Pedro Infante |
| 10 | "Segundas partes" | Vicente Garrido | Hermanos MartĂnez Gil â» |
1956â»
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "No me platiques mĂĄs" | Vicente Garrido | Lucho Gatica / Pedro Infante / Los Tres Ases â» |
| 2 | "Que seas feliz" | Consuelo VelĂĄzquez | Lola BeltrĂĄn / Libertad Lamarque / Los Tres Ases |
| 3 | "GrĂtenme, piedras del campo" | Cuco SĂĄnchez | Miguel Aceves MejĂa / Amalia Mendoza / Rosita Quintana |
| 4 | "Historia de un amor" | Carlos AlmarĂĄn | Libertad Lamarque / Los Tres Ases / PĂ©rez Prado y su Orquesta / Sonora Matancera con Leo Marini |
| 5 | "Ăchenme la tierra encima" | Rodolfo de la Garza | Pedro Infante |
| 6 | "Alma de acero" | JosĂ© Alfredo JimĂ©nez | Lola BeltrĂĄn / Pedro Infante / TrĂo Calaveras |
| 7 | "Amor mĂo" | Ălvaro Carrillo | Lucho Gatica / Los Tres Diamantes |
| 8 | "Angustia" | Orlando Brito | Sonora Matancera con Bienvenido Granda |
| 9 | "Vanidad" | Armando GĂłnzĂĄlez MalibrĂĄn | Genaro Salinas / Los Tres Ases |
| 10 | "Estoy perdido" | VĂctor Manuel Mato | Los Tres Ases |
1957â»
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "El reloj" | Roberto Cantoral | Los Tres Caballeros |
| 2 | "Ay, cosita linda" | Francisco GalĂĄn | Pacho GalĂĄn y su Orquesta / Sonora Matancera con Carlos Argentino |
| 3 | "TĂș me acostumbraste" | Frank DomĂnguez | Olga Guillot |
| 4 | "Te me olvidas" | Vicente Garrido | Olga Guillot / Los Tres Caballeros / José Antonio Méndez |
| 5 | "En la orilla del mar" | José Berroa | Sonora Matancera con Bienvenido Granda |
| 6 | "EspĂ©rame en el cielo" | Paquito LĂłpez | Lucho Gatica / Pedro Vargas / TrĂo Los Panchos |
| 7 | "La cama de piedra" | Cuco SĂĄnchez | Cuco SĂĄnchez |
| 8 | "La barca" | Roberto Cantoral | Los Tres Caballeros |
| 9 | "Marcelino, pan y vino" | Virgilio Savona, Tata Giacobetti & Barzizza | Various artists |
| 10 | "La pastora" | Alfredo D'Angelis & José Rótulo | Tony Camargo |
1958â»
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "SabrĂĄs que te quiero" | Teddy Fregoso | Los Tres Ases / RaĂșl Shaw Moreno / Javier SolĂs |
| 2 | "RegĂĄlame esta noche" | Roberto Cantoral | Los Tres Caballeros |
| 3 | "Rumbo perdido" | Mario Ălvarez | Los Tres Ases â» / Javier SolĂs |
| 4 | "Ăchame a mĂ la culpa" | JosĂ© Ăngel Espinoza | Amalia Mendoza / Javier SolĂs |
| 5 | "FascinaciĂłn" | Fermo Dante Marchetti | Tito GuĂzar / TrĂo Hermanos Michel / Sara Montiel / Los Cuatro Hermanos Silva |
| 6 | "CorazĂłn de melĂłn" | Carlos Rigual | Los Hermanos Rigual |
| 7 | "Todo y nada" | Vicente Garrido | Los Tres Ases / Lucho Gatica |
| 8 | "Cuando tĂș me quieras" | Mario Barrios & RaĂșl Shaw Moreno | Los Tres Ases / RaĂșl Shaw Moreno / Javier SolĂs |
| 9 | "LĂĄgrimas de amor" | RaĂșl Shaw Moreno | Olimpo CĂĄrdenas / RaĂșl Shaw Moreno |
| 10 | "Nel blu dipinto di blu" | Franco Migliacci & Domenico Modugno | Domenico Modugno |
1959â»
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "La margarita" | Mariano MercerĂłn | Mariano MercerĂłn y su Orquesta |
| 2 | "Bala perdida" | TomĂĄs MĂ©ndez | Lola BeltrĂĄn |
| 3 | "Me extraña" | Luis MartĂnez Serrano | Los Tres Caballeros |
| 4 | "Nuestro juramento" | Benito de JesĂșs | Julio Jaramillo |
| 5 | "Jacaranda" | Enrique Fabregat & Mario Molina Montes | Los Tres Ases â» / TrĂo Los Santos |
| 6 | "LĂĄgrimas del alma" | Bonny Villaseñor | Miguel Aceves MejĂa / Lucho Gatica / Flor Silvestre / Javier SolĂs |
| 7 | "QuĂ© bonito amor" | JosĂ© Alfredo JimĂ©nez | Miguel Aceves MejĂa / Elvira RĂos / Flor Silvestre / Javier SolĂs |
| 8 | "DecĂdete" | RamĂłn InclĂĄn | Los Dandys |
| 9 | "Un telegrama" | Alfredo & Gregorio GarcĂa Segura | Monna Bell |
| 10 | "Gema" | GĂŒicho Cisneros | Los Dandys |
1960â»
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Sabor a mĂ" | Ălvaro Carrillo | Rolando Laserie / Los Tres Ases â» |
| 2 | "Limosnero de amor" | Alberto Videz | Alberto BeltrĂĄn / Javier SolĂs |
| 3 | "BĂ©same y olvĂdame" | Beatriz JimĂ©nez | Javier SolĂs |
| 4 | "La boa" | FĂ©lix Reina & Carlos Lico | Sonora Santanera |
| 5 | "AdiĂłs" | Alfredo Carrasco | Los Tecolines |
| 6 | "No pidas mĂĄs perdĂłn" | Blas HernĂĄndez & Paul MĂĄrquez | Los Llopis / Sonora Matancera con Carlos Argentino |
| 7 | "AyĂșdame, Dios mĂo" | Mario de JesĂșs | MarĂa Elena Sandoval |
| 8 | "CanciĂłn de Orfeo" | Luis BonfĂĄ | Los Tres Diamantes |
| 9 | "La plaga" | John Marascalco & Robert Blackwell | Los Teen Tops |
| 10 | "La hiedra venenosa" | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | Los Rebeldes del Rock |
| 11 | "El aguijĂłn" | Ignacio Jaime | Charro Avitia / Lola Casanova / Emilio DomĂnguez / Hermanas Huerta |
Notesâ»
- ^ (Translated from Spanish) "Record agencies all over the country, jukebox operators, music publishers, recording houses and correspondents for Selecciones Musicales send local reports every week. In the headquarters, each one of those reports is assessed and by means of a scoreboard each song is rated so as to determine the position that it is to occupy on the "Hit Parade".
- ^ While many times, like in other countries, a song would be, popularized by one particular performer and it became identified with them, in the 1940s and 50s it was common practice in Mexico for a song to be recorded by various singers from different record labels around the same time; therefore, this article may not include all of the performers who recorded the songs around that period.
- ^ Also titled "Qué rico el mambo" in some releases
- ^ Also titled "ÂżEn dĂłnde estĂĄ mi saxofĂłn?" in some releases
- ^ The original title in German is "Ich hab' das FrÀulein Helen baden seh'n" ("I Saw Miss Helen Bathing")
- ^ Usually abbreviated to "De quién es tu corazón".
- ^ Also titled "No me platiques ya"/"No me platiques" in some releases
- ^ According to the composer Vicente Garrido, Los Tres Ases were the first to make the song a success, leading Gatica and Infante to record their own versions shortly after.
- ^ The original title in Italian is "Ricordate Marcellino". Versions with Spanish lyrics were recorded by many artists at the time.
- ^ The song is based on a Cuban instrumental danzĂłn titled "Angoa", composed by FĂ©lix Reina. The Mexican musician Carlos Lico later wrote lyrics to it and recorded it with his group, Los Pao, with the new title "La boa", which became a nationwide hit when Sonora Santanera covered it.
- ^ Spanish lyrics by Mario Molina Montes.
- ^ Spanish lyrics by Los Teen Tops.
- ^ Spanish lyrics by Francisco DomĂnguez.
- ^ MejĂa Barquera includes eleven songs for his 1960 year-end chart, instead of the ten songs that had been listed for other years.
Referencesâ»
- ^ MejĂa Barquera, Fernando (June 2006). El Sound Track de la vida cotidiana: Radio y mĂșsica popular en MĂ©xico D.F. Facultad de Ciencias PolĂticas y Sociales UNAM. pp. 198â207.
- ^ PĂ©rez-Firmat, Gustavo. "Mambo". Oxford Bibliographies. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ PĂ©rez Firmat, Gustavo (2012). Life on the hyphen: the Cuban-American way (2nd ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-292-73706-8.
- ^ CA, Maria Jose. "PACHUCOS, LOS VERDADEROS MAESTROS DEL DANZĂN, MAMBO Y RUMBA". MxCity. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ DĂaz, Carlos A. (9 September 2020). "MĂ©xico: el reino del mambo". BiCentenario. El ayer y hoy de MĂ©xico (in Spanish) (49). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ Ayala, Roberto (1962). Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisiĂłn. p. 298.
- ^ MejĂa Barquera, Fernando (June 2006). El Sound Track de la vida cotidiana: Radio y mĂșsica popular en MĂ©xico D.F. Facultad de Ciencias PolĂticas y Sociales UNAM. p. 193.
- ^ "Lyrics of "Bonito y sabroso" with English translation". Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ ""VICENTE GARRIDO" Su Musica Y Sus Interpretes (minute 22:25)". YouTube (in Spanish). MAMBISITOW. Retrieved 30 July 2023.