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Pablo Beltrán Ruiz was a Mexican composer and bandleader, most famous for having composed, together with Mexican singer Luis Demetrio, the Spanish-language 1953 pop standard \"¿Quién será?\", whose English version is known as \"Sway\": it had its lyrics written by Norman Gimbel, and was an international hit by Dean Martin in 1954, and by Bobby Rydell in 1960. Other songs by Beltrán include \"Picnic a Go-Go\" and \"La Sombra de tu Sonrisa\", an instrumental version of \"The Shadow of Your Smile\".

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Pablo Beltrán Ruiz (5 March 1915 - 29 July 2008) was a Mexican composer and bandleader, most famous for having composed, together with Mexican singer Luis Demetrio, the Spanish-language 1953 pop standard \"¿Quién será?\", whose English version is known as \"Sway\": it had its lyrics written by Norman Gimbel, and was an international hit by Dean Martin in 1954, and by Bobby Rydell in 1960. Other songs by Beltrán include \"Picnic a Go-Go\" and \"La Sombra de tu Sonrisa\" (both 1966), an instrumental version of \"The Shadow of Your Smile\".\n

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Biography

Pablo Beltrán Ruiz was born in 1915 to Ladislao Rosas and Felipa Rodríguez. He moved to Mexico City where he studied Law for one year and Chemistry for 3 years. He also studied music at the Escuela Libre de Música (Free School of Music) in Mexico, under the guidance of professor José Vázquez.\n

Career

¿Quién Será?/Sway

\"¿Quién será la que me quiera a mí?\" (meaning in English \"Who will be the one to love me?\" was recorded in 1953 by \"Pablo Beltrán Ruiz y Su Orchestra\" and was a minor hit before Dean Martin's 1954 release. It eventually became one of the best known Latin classics worldwide.\n

Other works

His music has been frequently used in soundtracks of a number of films such as: Escuela de vagabundos [School for Tramps] (1954) starring Pedro Infante and Miroslava Stern, ¡Paso a la juventud..! (1957) starring Tin Tan, México nunca duerme (1958) directed by Alejandro Galindo and Su Excelencia (1966) starring Mario Moreno \"Cantinflas\". Another notable work in this time was Caliente, Caliente ... A Go-Go (1966).\n

Discography

Cocktail Musical (RCA Victor, 1960)
Regalos Musicales (RCA Victor, 1962)
Bobby Capó with Pablo Beltran Ruiz, Mario Ruiz Armengol Y Chucho Zarzosa (RCA Victor, 1962)
Caliente, Caliente ... A Go-Go (RCA Victor, 1966)
El Baile Del Año (RCA Victor, 1967)
Charleston with Ramón Márquez Carrillo, Pablo Beltran Ruiz, Tacos Jazz Band (Discos Rex, 1967)
La Orquesta Cuic De Pablo Beltran Ruiz\t(RCA Victor, 1969)

References

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External links

Entry in the Databáze Národní knihovny ČR = National Library of the Czech Republic Database, in Czech
Entry in the Bibliothèque nationale de France = National Library of France, in French
Pablo Beltrán Ruiz at IMDb
Pablo Beltrán Ruiz discography at Discogs

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Pablo Beltrán Ruiz

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