Artist: José Mojica
Author: Agustin Lara
Label: RCA
Year: 1941
In film Melodia De America. Written for this Mexican tenor, who became a monk (Fray José de Guadalupe in a Franciscan mission in Peru). Song introduced by Ana Maria Gonzalez on Radio Belgrano in Buenos Aires.
Covers:
Orquesta Alfredo Brito [vocal: Pedro Vargas]
Ana Maria Gonzàles [with the author on piano]
Orquesta Casino de la Playa [Perez Prado's first employer]
Agustin Lara [author]
Dora Luz [as You Belong To My Heart, framed in Disney animation film The Three Caballeros]
Frances Langford [idem]
Ray Gilbert [idem]
Bing Crosby [idem, with Xavier Cugat & his orchestra]
Charlie Spivak [hit US]
Ray Gilbert [the man who translated it in English]
Roy Rogers [in film The Gay Ranchero]
Tito Guizar [also in Roy Rogers film The Gay Ranchero]
Enzio Pinza [in Lana Turner film Mr. Imperium]
Elvis Presley [as You Belong To My Heart]
See also: Piensa En Mi.
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Arnold Rypens
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