In 1970 there were 3 local salsa bands in Puerta De Tierra (San Juan) : La … Read Full Bio ↴In 1970 there were 3 local salsa bands in Puerta De Tierra (San Juan) : La Corporacion Latina, Rafy Leavitt and La Selecta and Carpet Diem (The band leader is now the very famous piano player, arranger and director of RMM : Isidro Infante).
In 1970 La Corporacion Latina was a very small group in the style of Joe Cuba (had percussion, vibe, guitar, piano, bass, 1 trombone and 1 singer). In 1971 the band decided to add trumpets and another trombone player, Richard who was their trombone player decided to join another local salsa band ( Rafy Leavitt and La Selecta ) with the idea of stealing Rafy Leavitt’s horn players and have them join La Corporacion Latina, but Richard soon found out that La Selecta was going to record their first song and he liked the band and joined La Selecta and left La Corporacion Latina. Rafy Leavitt and La Selecta recorded a single titled "AMBIENTE" but it did not get any airplay. During that same time Johnny Delgado and I started playing at church and Johnny had written some original salsa tunes and after church we would work on these songs, one day Charlie Collazo who was the piano player of La Corporacion Latina heard us and asked us to join the band. From 1971 and 1972 Johnny and I were the horn section for La Corporacion Latina. We would play anywhere, anytime ( most of the time for free ). In 1972 Rafy Leavitt and La Selecta recorded the hit PAYASO and became very famous, we decided that we needed to add more horns to the band and added Felix (1st Trumpet player) and Rodney (2nd trombone player) We started to write all original songs ( most of them by Johnny Delgado and Felix Martinez ), we also added a second singer Guelo Cruz who had played with the band as the bass player years before. In 1972 La Corporacion Latina members were : Felix Martinez 1st trumpet, Joe Campanella 2nd trumpet (me), Johnny Delgado 1st trombone, Rodney Lozada 2nd Trombone, Josie Gonzalez timbal, Papo Mazacote Bongo, Jose Ramos Congas, Charlie Collazo Piano, German Papo Velez Bass, Guelo Cruz Singer, Joe Belo Singer and Ramon Lozada Director ( He was the only one at the time that had a Job and a car and we could rehearse in his house ). We remained together for six years ! We wrote all our songs and did all the arrangements as a group. In 1972-73 we recorded our first LP, we had a small local hit titled "Amor Maldito". This first LP was done at the local TV station channel 7 in a small studio where they did jingles, we hired the sound director to sneak us in at 2:AM in the morning, recorded the whole LP on 8 channels and had to be done at 5:00 AM that same day. We knew it would not be a very good LP and did not record our best material, the whole purpose was to get something out and try to get some local radio playing time ( which we did with Amor Maldito )
We rehearsed everyday, played everywhere ( If you were getting married and I just met you I would offer you the band for a couple of bottles of rum ! ) we just wanted to play and get better, we soon found out that our singers had great harmony and started to do boleros with them. Guelo brought to the band three songs and suggested we make a medley out of them , we named the song Desengaño ( Guelo was the person who prepared all the harmonies, and brought all the boleros to the band, he was separated from his wife who he loved very much and all these songs were about how he loved her, how much he missed her , how much pain and suffering he was in and wanted her back ).
In 1974 we recorded our LP "ORQUESTA LA CORPORACION LATINA" We decided to invite the original guitar player ( Manolo Sastre ) and the Vibe player ( Alwin Janer ) to record the bolero Desengaño ( no horns ). Much to our surprise our first single "Solo He Vivido" reached number 1 in the hit parade followed by "Eres tu mi amor" (# 1 hit) and then we had the hit of the year "Desengaño". This song broke all records for staying number one on the charts ( 11 weeks number 1 ), We also had two other top ten hits "Trompeta Y Bongo" and "Que Pasa", from this LP. We won our first GOLD record, we were voted best new band of the year, we also signed a contract to tour the US ( east coast NY, NJ, Boston, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, etc and Chicago ) Three times a year for five years. Since Desengaño was such a big hit we added the guitar player Manolo to the group. The songs on this LP were heard till the middle of 1975.
In 1975-76 we recorded our next LP " Corporacion Latina Is Here, Try it and Your Like It ". Our first hit from this LP was Vagabundo (#1), Amigo (#1), Siciliana (Top 10 hit) and since Desengaño was such a big hit we recorded another medley and named it Desengaño part II (# 1). We won our second GOLD record.
The band by this time was very popular, we did all the TV shows ( El Show GOYA, Jueves de Gala, Show de las Doce, Cambia Cambia, Salsa Sabado en Las Noche, etc ) and we were playing almost everyday and sometimes during the weekend twice a night. A radio station WKVM hold a salsa contest with all the schools in Puerto Rico, the school that won could choose any salsa band they wanted to play for them. The school that won was LA CENTRAL in Santurce and they asked for us. Also that same station decided to have a annual contest for x-Mas and let the people decide who were the top five bands in PR and have them play in a free concert, They had this contest for two years and we were voted the most popular band both times, Rafy Leavitt and La Selecta were voted 2nd both times and El Gran Combo was third both times. ( 4th and 5th places the first year was Roberto Rohena and the Apollo Sound and Tommy Olivencia, the 2nd year the 4th place was Eddie Palmieri and 5th Justo Betancount ). http://ourworld.cs.com/melenj585/kvm1.jpg http://ourworld.cs.com/melenj585/kvm2.jpg
We started to have problems with people in the band, some of them were getting into drugs, some of them were married but had gotten girls pregnant, other's were drinking a lot. I was drinking a bottle of Johnny Walker Black per night. The lead singer Belo started to lose his voice, he started to forget the lyrics, vomit on stage, fall off the stage, he was a full time drug addict. We had to replace him in the band, we found another singer which we nicknamed MELO, who could do Belo songs ( by this time most of the lead singing was done by Guelo ). He was the first person that we had replaced in the band since we started.
We also were having problems with our producer, he was selling our master tape recordings to other Latin American Countries and keeping all that money for himself. He only paid us to record our LP’s, we never got any residuals for sales of our records. When we found out what was going on the producer tried to sell the rights to the band to FANIA Records and to COCO records ( which had recorded Palmieri ), Johnny Pacheco from Fania would go to our gigs in NY, sit in with the band and play flute with us and tried to signed us, Also COCO records offered $250,000.00 to our producer for our exclusive rights. We were in the middle of recording our next LP ( half of it was recorded in PR, the other half was recorded in the FANIA Studios in NY ) and decided to wait and see after this LP was out to decide what we were going to do.
In 1977 we recorded what was going to be the last LP of the Corporacion Latina with all it’s original members( except Belo ). The LP "Corporacion Latina Llego Para Quedarse" The first single Sufrir was number one in the hit parade, When we recorded this song Guelo asked that all the lights be turned off in the studio and sang the song, when he finished it and the lights were turned on he was crying. Ahora Si Soy Feliz (Top 10 hit), Patria Verdadera (top 10 hit), Silencio (#1) and then Serenata Jibara (#1), ( this was a big hit especially with the PuertoRicans living outside of Puerto Rico ) were the most popular songs. We won our third GOLD record.
By this time we had a lot of problems, 4 or 5 people were into drugs, heavy drinking, etc. We just completed our last year of touring the US. I was drinking a lot and we still had the problems with who we were going to record our next LP with. We decided to have a meeting. During this meeting I just decided to call it quits ! I was very tired, I wanted to go back to school. Then Guelo said he was also leaving because he was offered a solo contract.
I completed my contracts with the band (1978), by that time Moncho (band director) decided to clean house because FANIA and COCO records were now afraid to sign the band since they lost Guelo. Felix Martinez started his own band and left, Johnny Delgado was drinking a lot and also left the band, Guelo signed a solo contract and left the band, they replaced us with new people and recorded the next LP with our promoter in Puerto Rico, the band didn’t have a hit, people were used to our sound and style and they were different. Felix and Johnny and Guelo were the ones that wrote and brought most of the songs to the band and they were gone. Guelo Recorded a Solo LP but his producer changed the sound and he didn’t had a hit, people were used to him with our sound and style. La Corporacion Latina Recorded more LP’s but never had a top ten hit much less a number one hit since Serenata Jibara, Moncho tried one more time to bring back the original members for one last try, Guelo re-joined the band, I didn’t since I was already working in Computers and didn’t want to go back and start drinking again. Felix didn’t but all the others did. They recorded and it sounded just like the old Corporacion Latina but they didn’t have a hit because that sound and style was over ! People wanted to hear Merengues and not boleros. After that the band broke up for good. The following musicians have passed away : Joe Belo (singer), German Velez (bass), Melo (singer), Guelo called a radio station in PR and asked them to play Sufrir and hanged himself (still in love with his ex wife after all those years), Two of the remaining living band members are not doing too good (drinking problems, etc), the rest are ok and living in PR. None of them are playing.
Our records are still being played in PR, I went to PR three years ago and in the lobby of my hotel the local band were playing our boleros, I heard our songs on the radio. The last couple of years someone has released three CD’s of our songs, called " Hits De La Gran Era De La Corporacion Latina" ( included songs from our 2rd and 3rd LP’s ), "EXITOS ROMANTICOS DE LA CORPORACION LATINA" has the boleros from all our LP’s and it also includes 4 boleros that Guelo had recorded as a solist. This CD produced our last #1 hit Quien Tiene Tu Amor and also had a 10 ten hit with Esta Sellado and " 16 INMORTALES EXITOS DE LA ORIGINAL CORPORACION LATINA" Has songs from all 4 LP’s. We had the honor of playing with and sharing the same stage with the best salsa bands in the 70's. In Puerto Rico :
La Sonora Ponceña, El Gran Combo, La Selecta, Bobby Valentin, Willie Rosario, Impacto Crea, Roberto y su Nuevo Montuno, El Sabor de Nacho, Roberto Rohena and los Apollo Sound, Justo Betancount and LA Borincuba, Richie Rey and Bobby Cruz, Cheo Feliciano, Ismael Miranda and his orq, Tommy Olivencia, Chivirico Davila, Santos Colon and many others.
In New York : Eddie Palmieri with Lalo Rodriquez, Tipica 73 with Adalberto Santiago and Tito Allen, Ray Barreto with Tito Allen , Tito Gomez and Ruben Blades, Larry Harlow with Jr Gonzalez, Johnny Pacheco , Bobby Rodriquez and la Compania, La Conspiracion, Tipica Novel, Charanga 76, Orq Broadway, Cortijo y su Combo, Ismael Rivera, Mon Rivera, Hector La Voz, Conjunto Libre, Frankie Dante and Orq Flamboyan, Roberto Torres, Tito Puente, Lebron Brothers, Charlie Palmieri with Vitin Aviles, Sonora Mantancera with Yayo El Indio, Luis Perico Ortiz with Rafael De Jesus, Ismael Quintana, Yomo Toro, Willie Colon and others.
In regards to myself, After leaving the band I went and completed my degree in Computer Science and started working in this field, I never joined another salsa band nor rejoined the Corporacion Latina when they tried to regroup the band. The only trumpet playing I did was at x-Mas time (parandas). In 1988 I was offered a job at my company headquarters in California. After a year in California I really started missing Salsa music and I started to play with a local salsa group (Salsa Connection). I played with them for about a year but then it started to affect my work and I left the band. Now I only play once in a while when friends need a trumpet player to sit in for someone else.
The History of La Corporación Latina (By Joe Campanella, original band member)
In 1970 La Corporacion Latina was a very small group in the style of Joe Cuba (had percussion, vibe, guitar, piano, bass, 1 trombone and 1 singer). In 1971 the band decided to add trumpets and another trombone player, Richard who was their trombone player decided to join another local salsa band ( Rafy Leavitt and La Selecta ) with the idea of stealing Rafy Leavitt’s horn players and have them join La Corporacion Latina, but Richard soon found out that La Selecta was going to record their first song and he liked the band and joined La Selecta and left La Corporacion Latina. Rafy Leavitt and La Selecta recorded a single titled "AMBIENTE" but it did not get any airplay. During that same time Johnny Delgado and I started playing at church and Johnny had written some original salsa tunes and after church we would work on these songs, one day Charlie Collazo who was the piano player of La Corporacion Latina heard us and asked us to join the band. From 1971 and 1972 Johnny and I were the horn section for La Corporacion Latina. We would play anywhere, anytime ( most of the time for free ). In 1972 Rafy Leavitt and La Selecta recorded the hit PAYASO and became very famous, we decided that we needed to add more horns to the band and added Felix (1st Trumpet player) and Rodney (2nd trombone player) We started to write all original songs ( most of them by Johnny Delgado and Felix Martinez ), we also added a second singer Guelo Cruz who had played with the band as the bass player years before. In 1972 La Corporacion Latina members were : Felix Martinez 1st trumpet, Joe Campanella 2nd trumpet (me), Johnny Delgado 1st trombone, Rodney Lozada 2nd Trombone, Josie Gonzalez timbal, Papo Mazacote Bongo, Jose Ramos Congas, Charlie Collazo Piano, German Papo Velez Bass, Guelo Cruz Singer, Joe Belo Singer and Ramon Lozada Director ( He was the only one at the time that had a Job and a car and we could rehearse in his house ). We remained together for six years ! We wrote all our songs and did all the arrangements as a group. In 1972-73 we recorded our first LP, we had a small local hit titled "Amor Maldito". This first LP was done at the local TV station channel 7 in a small studio where they did jingles, we hired the sound director to sneak us in at 2:AM in the morning, recorded the whole LP on 8 channels and had to be done at 5:00 AM that same day. We knew it would not be a very good LP and did not record our best material, the whole purpose was to get something out and try to get some local radio playing time ( which we did with Amor Maldito )
We rehearsed everyday, played everywhere ( If you were getting married and I just met you I would offer you the band for a couple of bottles of rum ! ) we just wanted to play and get better, we soon found out that our singers had great harmony and started to do boleros with them. Guelo brought to the band three songs and suggested we make a medley out of them , we named the song Desengaño ( Guelo was the person who prepared all the harmonies, and brought all the boleros to the band, he was separated from his wife who he loved very much and all these songs were about how he loved her, how much he missed her , how much pain and suffering he was in and wanted her back ).
In 1974 we recorded our LP "ORQUESTA LA CORPORACION LATINA" We decided to invite the original guitar player ( Manolo Sastre ) and the Vibe player ( Alwin Janer ) to record the bolero Desengaño ( no horns ). Much to our surprise our first single "Solo He Vivido" reached number 1 in the hit parade followed by "Eres tu mi amor" (# 1 hit) and then we had the hit of the year "Desengaño". This song broke all records for staying number one on the charts ( 11 weeks number 1 ), We also had two other top ten hits "Trompeta Y Bongo" and "Que Pasa", from this LP. We won our first GOLD record, we were voted best new band of the year, we also signed a contract to tour the US ( east coast NY, NJ, Boston, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, etc and Chicago ) Three times a year for five years. Since Desengaño was such a big hit we added the guitar player Manolo to the group. The songs on this LP were heard till the middle of 1975.
In 1975-76 we recorded our next LP " Corporacion Latina Is Here, Try it and Your Like It ". Our first hit from this LP was Vagabundo (#1), Amigo (#1), Siciliana (Top 10 hit) and since Desengaño was such a big hit we recorded another medley and named it Desengaño part II (# 1). We won our second GOLD record.
The band by this time was very popular, we did all the TV shows ( El Show GOYA, Jueves de Gala, Show de las Doce, Cambia Cambia, Salsa Sabado en Las Noche, etc ) and we were playing almost everyday and sometimes during the weekend twice a night. A radio station WKVM hold a salsa contest with all the schools in Puerto Rico, the school that won could choose any salsa band they wanted to play for them. The school that won was LA CENTRAL in Santurce and they asked for us. Also that same station decided to have a annual contest for x-Mas and let the people decide who were the top five bands in PR and have them play in a free concert, They had this contest for two years and we were voted the most popular band both times, Rafy Leavitt and La Selecta were voted 2nd both times and El Gran Combo was third both times. ( 4th and 5th places the first year was Roberto Rohena and the Apollo Sound and Tommy Olivencia, the 2nd year the 4th place was Eddie Palmieri and 5th Justo Betancount ). http://ourworld.cs.com/melenj585/kvm1.jpg http://ourworld.cs.com/melenj585/kvm2.jpg
We started to have problems with people in the band, some of them were getting into drugs, some of them were married but had gotten girls pregnant, other's were drinking a lot. I was drinking a bottle of Johnny Walker Black per night. The lead singer Belo started to lose his voice, he started to forget the lyrics, vomit on stage, fall off the stage, he was a full time drug addict. We had to replace him in the band, we found another singer which we nicknamed MELO, who could do Belo songs ( by this time most of the lead singing was done by Guelo ). He was the first person that we had replaced in the band since we started.
We also were having problems with our producer, he was selling our master tape recordings to other Latin American Countries and keeping all that money for himself. He only paid us to record our LP’s, we never got any residuals for sales of our records. When we found out what was going on the producer tried to sell the rights to the band to FANIA Records and to COCO records ( which had recorded Palmieri ), Johnny Pacheco from Fania would go to our gigs in NY, sit in with the band and play flute with us and tried to signed us, Also COCO records offered $250,000.00 to our producer for our exclusive rights. We were in the middle of recording our next LP ( half of it was recorded in PR, the other half was recorded in the FANIA Studios in NY ) and decided to wait and see after this LP was out to decide what we were going to do.
In 1977 we recorded what was going to be the last LP of the Corporacion Latina with all it’s original members( except Belo ). The LP "Corporacion Latina Llego Para Quedarse" The first single Sufrir was number one in the hit parade, When we recorded this song Guelo asked that all the lights be turned off in the studio and sang the song, when he finished it and the lights were turned on he was crying. Ahora Si Soy Feliz (Top 10 hit), Patria Verdadera (top 10 hit), Silencio (#1) and then Serenata Jibara (#1), ( this was a big hit especially with the PuertoRicans living outside of Puerto Rico ) were the most popular songs. We won our third GOLD record.
By this time we had a lot of problems, 4 or 5 people were into drugs, heavy drinking, etc. We just completed our last year of touring the US. I was drinking a lot and we still had the problems with who we were going to record our next LP with. We decided to have a meeting. During this meeting I just decided to call it quits ! I was very tired, I wanted to go back to school. Then Guelo said he was also leaving because he was offered a solo contract.
I completed my contracts with the band (1978), by that time Moncho (band director) decided to clean house because FANIA and COCO records were now afraid to sign the band since they lost Guelo. Felix Martinez started his own band and left, Johnny Delgado was drinking a lot and also left the band, Guelo signed a solo contract and left the band, they replaced us with new people and recorded the next LP with our promoter in Puerto Rico, the band didn’t have a hit, people were used to our sound and style and they were different. Felix and Johnny and Guelo were the ones that wrote and brought most of the songs to the band and they were gone. Guelo Recorded a Solo LP but his producer changed the sound and he didn’t had a hit, people were used to him with our sound and style. La Corporacion Latina Recorded more LP’s but never had a top ten hit much less a number one hit since Serenata Jibara, Moncho tried one more time to bring back the original members for one last try, Guelo re-joined the band, I didn’t since I was already working in Computers and didn’t want to go back and start drinking again. Felix didn’t but all the others did. They recorded and it sounded just like the old Corporacion Latina but they didn’t have a hit because that sound and style was over ! People wanted to hear Merengues and not boleros. After that the band broke up for good. The following musicians have passed away : Joe Belo (singer), German Velez (bass), Melo (singer), Guelo called a radio station in PR and asked them to play Sufrir and hanged himself (still in love with his ex wife after all those years), Two of the remaining living band members are not doing too good (drinking problems, etc), the rest are ok and living in PR. None of them are playing.
Our records are still being played in PR, I went to PR three years ago and in the lobby of my hotel the local band were playing our boleros, I heard our songs on the radio. The last couple of years someone has released three CD’s of our songs, called " Hits De La Gran Era De La Corporacion Latina" ( included songs from our 2rd and 3rd LP’s ), "EXITOS ROMANTICOS DE LA CORPORACION LATINA" has the boleros from all our LP’s and it also includes 4 boleros that Guelo had recorded as a solist. This CD produced our last #1 hit Quien Tiene Tu Amor and also had a 10 ten hit with Esta Sellado and " 16 INMORTALES EXITOS DE LA ORIGINAL CORPORACION LATINA" Has songs from all 4 LP’s. We had the honor of playing with and sharing the same stage with the best salsa bands in the 70's. In Puerto Rico :
La Sonora Ponceña, El Gran Combo, La Selecta, Bobby Valentin, Willie Rosario, Impacto Crea, Roberto y su Nuevo Montuno, El Sabor de Nacho, Roberto Rohena and los Apollo Sound, Justo Betancount and LA Borincuba, Richie Rey and Bobby Cruz, Cheo Feliciano, Ismael Miranda and his orq, Tommy Olivencia, Chivirico Davila, Santos Colon and many others.
In New York : Eddie Palmieri with Lalo Rodriquez, Tipica 73 with Adalberto Santiago and Tito Allen, Ray Barreto with Tito Allen , Tito Gomez and Ruben Blades, Larry Harlow with Jr Gonzalez, Johnny Pacheco , Bobby Rodriquez and la Compania, La Conspiracion, Tipica Novel, Charanga 76, Orq Broadway, Cortijo y su Combo, Ismael Rivera, Mon Rivera, Hector La Voz, Conjunto Libre, Frankie Dante and Orq Flamboyan, Roberto Torres, Tito Puente, Lebron Brothers, Charlie Palmieri with Vitin Aviles, Sonora Mantancera with Yayo El Indio, Luis Perico Ortiz with Rafael De Jesus, Ismael Quintana, Yomo Toro, Willie Colon and others.
In regards to myself, After leaving the band I went and completed my degree in Computer Science and started working in this field, I never joined another salsa band nor rejoined the Corporacion Latina when they tried to regroup the band. The only trumpet playing I did was at x-Mas time (parandas). In 1988 I was offered a job at my company headquarters in California. After a year in California I really started missing Salsa music and I started to play with a local salsa group (Salsa Connection). I played with them for about a year but then it started to affect my work and I left the band. Now I only play once in a while when friends need a trumpet player to sit in for someone else.
The History of La Corporación Latina (By Joe Campanella, original band member)
Solo he Vivido
Corporacion Latina Lyrics
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Un niño solo que llora
Porque todo lo ha perdido,
El niño lo mas que amaba
Hoy al cielo se le ha ido.
El niño solo pensaba
En su corazón herido
Mi madre lo más que amaba
Hoy al cielo se me ha ido.
No quiero que me consuelen
Solo yo me quedaré,
Solo y triste yo he vivido
Solo y triste viviré.
Coro:
Solo yo he vivido, solo viviré
Donde ella se encuentre la bendeciré.
Gentes y personas que escuchan ahora
El que hizo este canto solo y triste llora.
Recuerdo mamita cuando me cantabas
Duérmase mi niño, duérmase en la cama.
Señor, Señor, Señor, Señor Padre nuestro
Que estas en los cielos
Cuéntale a mi madre cuanto yo la quiero.
(Pausa)
Yo solo he vivido, solo viviré
Pero allá en el cielo yo la encontraré.
Virgen, Virgen, Virgen, Virgen de Altagracia
Te dedico admiración
Haz que en este mundo tenga yo resignación.
Porque todo lo ha perdido,
El niño lo mas que amaba
Hoy al cielo se le ha ido.
El niño solo pensaba
En su corazón herido
Mi madre lo más que amaba
No quiero que me consuelen
Solo yo me quedaré,
Solo y triste yo he vivido
Solo y triste viviré.
Coro:
Solo yo he vivido, solo viviré
Donde ella se encuentre la bendeciré.
Gentes y personas que escuchan ahora
El que hizo este canto solo y triste llora.
Recuerdo mamita cuando me cantabas
Duérmase mi niño, duérmase en la cama.
Señor, Señor, Señor, Señor Padre nuestro
Que estas en los cielos
Cuéntale a mi madre cuanto yo la quiero.
(Pausa)
Yo solo he vivido, solo viviré
Pero allá en el cielo yo la encontraré.
Virgen, Virgen, Virgen, Virgen de Altagracia
Te dedico admiración
Haz que en este mundo tenga yo resignación.
The song "Solo He Vivido" by Corporacion Latina tells the story of a young boy who has lost everything he loves in life. All that remains for him is the memory of his mother who has passed away and the pain of his broken heart. The boy remembers his mother singing him to sleep, and his only solace is that she is now in heaven. He doesn't want to be consoled by anyone and wants to live alone with his grief.
The chorus of the song, "solo yo he vivido, solo viviré" ("I have lived alone, I will live alone"), emphasizes the boy's sense of loneliness and despair. It also highlights the idea that despite everything he has been through, the boy will continue living by himself. The song ends with a plea to the Virgin Mary for strength and acceptance in this cruel world.
Overall, this song portrays the universal experience of losing someone you love and the pain that comes with it. It highlights the human capacity for resilience and the necessity of finding ways to cope with grief and loss.
Line by Line Meaning
Un niño solo que llora
A child is crying alone
Porque todo lo ha perdido
Because he has lost everything
El niño lo mas que amaba
The child loved the most
Hoy al cielo se le ha ido
Has gone to heaven today
El niño solo pensaba
The child was only thinking
En su corazón herido
About his wounded heart
Mi madre lo más que amaba
The one who the child loved the most was his mother
Hoy al cielo se me ha ido
Has gone to heaven today
No quiero que me consuelen
I don't want to be comforted
Solo yo me quedaré
I'll stay alone
Solo y triste yo he vivido
I have lived alone and sad
Solo y triste viviré
I will live alone and sad
Coro:
Chorus:
Solo yo he vivido, solo viviré
I have lived alone, I will live alone
Donde ella se encuentre la bendeciré.
Wherever she is, I will bless her.
Gentes y personas que escuchan ahora
People who are listening now
El que hizo este canto solo y triste llora.
The one who made this song is crying alone and sad.
Recuerdo mamita cuando me cantabas
I remember mommy when you sang to me
Duérmase mi niño, duérmase en la cama.
Sleep my child, sleep in your bed.
Señor, Señor, Señor, Señor Padre nuestro
Lord, Lord, Our Father
Que estas en los cielos
Who are in heaven
Cuéntale a mi madre cuanto yo la quiero.
Tell my mother how much I love her.
(Pausa)
(Pause)
Yo solo he vivido, solo viviré
I have lived alone, I will live alone
Pero allá en el cielo yo la encontraré.
But up there in heaven I will find her.
Virgen, Virgen, Virgen, Virgen de Altagracia
Virgin, Virgin, Virgin, Virgin of Altagracia
Te dedico admiración
I dedicate my admiration to you
Haz que en este mundo tenga yo resignación.
Make me have resignation in this world.
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@noelia_aracelis
Muero llorando con ésta canción y tengo a mi madre en vida, ni imaginar cuando no esté peor el llanto, (SEÑOR PADRE NUESTRO Q ESTAS EN LOS CIELOS CUENTALE A MI MADRE CUANTO YO LA QUIERO, RECUERDO MAMITA CUANDO ME CANTABAS DUERMASE MI NIÑO DUERMASE EN LA CAMA😢😢
@LuchoRimac
Grande interpretacion de la Corporacion Latina a fines de los 70's. Me hace recordar mi adolescencia en La Victoria, Peru..recuerdo mucho cuando la mama de un amigo fallecio dejandolo a el huerfano. Al final este se la pasaba escuchando esta musica, bebiendo y drogandose de pena. Se que este amigo esta ya muerto y ahora se encuentra junto a su madre en el cielo. Descansa en paz Muerto (asi le deciamos).
@johnnyeduardlozasuarez3457
VIVA LA SALSA BORICUA DESDE GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR LA PERLA DEL PACÍFICO
@ECUASALSA1
EXCELENTE TEMA DE LA CORPORACION LATINA!!! SALUDOS DESDE QUITO-ECUADOR A TODOS LOS SALSEROS.
@AntonioSanchez-md9sd
Una de las inmortales orquestas de mi querido Puerto Rico.
@wilfredopedrocuevapalma8802
Excelente tema ( SÓLO HE VIVIDO ) por ( LA CORPORACIÓN LATINA ) me traen gratos recuerdos de mi madre ( ELSA ) que partio a los brazos del sr. que esta en los cielos descansa en paz madrecita linda como te extraño Q.E.P.D. AMÉN.
@lopz33
Un día como hoy, 14 de mayo de 2011, falleció en Santurce, Puerto Rico, el director-fundador, pianista, compositor y arreglista de la Corporación Latina, Carlos (Charlie) Collazo Rivera. Maestro, lo seguimos extrañando.🎵🎹✍️🎶😢😢😢😢😢
@estherchumpitaz3228
Letra y Música A 1 , nunca habrá música cómo está solo bendeciremos por siempre esta linda época
@Felicita442
tremenda Orqueta wow.... los Felicito que gran Orgullo Puertorriqueno. que viva PR
@marcoscruz3514
Soy sonero desde que conosi el callao luztrando zaoatos el año 1985...soneros deverdad ahy pocos..