He was gifted with an innate musicality and fluid tenor voice which he colored and phrased with great expressivity. Moré was a master of all the genres of Cuban music, including son montuno, mambo, guaracha, guajira, cha cha cha, afro, canción, guaguancó, and bolero.
The eldest of eighteen children, Moré was born in Santa Isabel de las Lajas in the former province of Las Villas, in central Cuba. In 1936, at age seventeen, he left Las Lajas for Havana. His first breakthrough was winning a radio competition. He then joined Trío Matamoros (later known as Conjunto Matamoros), with which he remained several years, making a number of recordings.
In 1945 Moré went with Conjunto Matamoros to Mexico, where he performed in two of the most famous cabarets of the age, the Montparnasse and the Río Rosa. He made several recordings. Conjunto Matamoros returned to Havana, while Moré remained in Mexico, where he made several recordings for RCA Victor, together with the orchestra of Mariano Mercerón: "Me voy pal pueblo" y "Desdichado". He also recorded with Pérez Prado: "Bonito y sabroso", "Mucho corazón", "Pachito el ché", and "Ensalada de mambo". He also recorded "Dolor carabalí", which Moré considered his best composition recorded with Pérez Prado, and one he never wanted to re-record.
At the end of 1950, Moré returned to Cuba. He was a star in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Brazil and Puerto Rico, but virtually unknown on the island. His first Cuban recording was "Bonito y Sabroso". Moré eventually decided to start his own orchestra, which he called Banda Gigante. In the years 1954 and 1955, Moré's group became immensely popular. In 1956 and 1957, it toured Venezuela, Jamaica, Haiti, Colombia, Panama, Mexico and the United States, where the group played at the Oscar ceremonies.
He died in 1963 at age 43 of cirrhosis. An estimated 100,000 fans attended his funeral.
Vano Capricho
Beny Moré Lyrics
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Lo que está sintiendo?
Ya ves que es inútil
Que siga fingiendo
No logrará
Olvidarte de mí
Desiste el empeño
No siga sufriendo
Cuando sabes tú
Que cada vez
Es más grande tu amor
Decídete hoy
No sufras más la pena
Decídete hoy
Porque parte
Será mañana
Es vano el capricho
No sigas diciendo
Qué por mí no sientes
Cuando sabes tú que
Que cada vez
Me estás queriendo más
Decídete hoy
No, no sufras más
La pena
Decídete hoy
Porque tarde
Será mañana
Es vano el capricho
No sigas diciendo
Qué por mí no sientes
Cuando sabes tú que
Que cada vez
Me estás queriendo más
Beny Moré's song "Vano Capricho" is a romantic ballad in which the singer is pleading with their lover to be honest about their true feelings. The opening lines, "Por qué no confiesas/Lo que está sintiendo?" ("Why don't you confess/what you're feeling?"), set the tone for the rest of the song. The singer tells their partner that it's useless to continue pretending, and that they won't be able to forget about them. The chorus urges the lover to make a decision and not suffer in vain, as their love for the singer is growing stronger.
The second verse, "Es vano el capricho/No sigas diciendo/Qué por mí no sientes/Cuando sabes tú que/Que cada vez/Me estás queriendo más" ("Your caprice is in vain/Don't keep saying/That you don't have feelings for me/When you know that/You are loving me more and more each time"), reinforces the message that the lover's denial is pointless, as the singer knows that their partner's love is growing stronger. The final chorus repeats the plea for the lover to make a decision before it's too late.
Overall, "Vano Capricho" is a touching love song that captures the pain of unrequited love and the hope that love will be returned. The melody and lyrics work together to create an emotional and heartfelt composition.
Line by Line Meaning
¿Por qué no confiesas
Why don't you reveal
Lo que está sintiendo?
What you are feeling?
Ya ves que es inútil
You see it is useless
Que siga fingiendo
To keep pretending
No logrará
You won't be able to
Olvidarte de mí
Forget about me
Desiste el empeño
Give up the effort
Ya ves que es en vano
You see it's in vain
No siga sufriendo
Don't keep suffering
Cuando sabes tú
When you know
Que cada vez
That every time
Es más grande tu amor
Your love grows stronger
Decídete hoy
Make a decision today
No sufras más la pena
Don't suffer anymore
Porque parte
Because departure
Será mañana
Will be tomorrow
Es vano el capricho
The whim is in vain
No sigas diciendo
Don't keep saying
Qué por mí no sientes
That you don't feel for me
Cuando sabes tú que
When you know
Que cada vez
That every time
Me estás queriendo más
You are loving me more
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: ALBERTO BARRETO ARREDONDO
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@ferlpezsant662
¿Por qué no confiesas
¿Lo que estás sintiendo?
Ya ves que es inútil
Que sigas fingiendo
No lograrás
Olvidarte de mí
Desiste el empeño
Ya ves que es en vano
No sigas sufriendo
Cuando sabes tú
Que cada vez
Es más grande tu amor
Decídete hoy
No sufras más la pena
Decídete hoy
Porque parte será mañana
Es vano el capricho
No sigas diciendo
Qué por mí no sientes
Cuando sabes tú que
Que cada vez
Me estas queriendo más
@alejandroavila2863
¡Simplemente un bolerazo! Estas son las ligas mayores, gracias por este pedazote de arte Beny
@GiuseppediSaronno
Cómo me gustaría poder vivir esa época durante unas semanas ... la gente, vestida con clase, las mujeres, mujeres de verdad ... añoranza de unos tiempos que no viví (¿cómo es posible?)
@GiuseppediSaronno
Existiendo esta música, y hay descerebrados que escuchan reggaeton ... Desde España, con mucho amor para Cuba, la perla del Caribe y de América !!!!
@dinaalas5296
Con esta bella cancio'n vivi los años mas sufridos de mi vida. Por que me enamore' profundamente de alguien que me adoraba pero que mi anticuada familia nunca acepto' por que fisicamente no llenaba sus espectativas despues de esa relacio'n nadie mas me quizo ni yo quize tanpoco y es del unico recuerdo que vivo. Hojala' se esten retorciendo en la tumba por lan situacio'n de soledad y abandono que he sufrido toda mi vida.
@allstars60s
Gracias por salvarme la vida esta noche, Beny.
@dinaalas5296
Morire' amandote Benny y a la persona que con tu mu'sica adore'. Gracias.
@victorestrada2296
desde santa isabel de las lagas cuba el barbaro del ritmo beny ke chingon cantabas salu2 cdmx colonia morelos eres una meretris pero como me gustas
@fercostarica
Por algo le decían el BÁRBARO!!!!!!!!!!!!!