In the 70s he formed a dance band, variously known as Los Virtuosos and El Tribu, which included his son Ramón Orlando Valoy (who would become well-known in the 80s as bandleader Ramón Orlando) on piano. Valoy's music at this point was big-band son, what was now being called salsa. His hits in this genre include "Juliana" and "Nació Varón." He increasingly included into his repertoire merengue, the Dominican national music that was becoming internationally successful.
In 1997 producer Sergio George recorded a version of Valoy's "Juliana" with DLG, featuring a guest spot for Valoy's distinctive voice. The song was a major Latin hit and paved the way for a mini-renaissance of Valoy's music with a new generation. Now in his 70s, he appears frequently in the New York area, his charm and talent intact
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Mendigo De Amor
Cuco Valoy Lyrics
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Y ando buscando un cariño
Que me haga olvidar las penas
Que dentro llevo conmiiiiiiigooooo
(Por culpa de tu pasado vivo yo... triste y mendigo de amor)
Que me cure las heridas
Y me borre para siempre,
El recuerdo de su amoooooooor
(Por culpa de tu pasado vivo yo... triste y mendigo de amor)
Ese amor que ha convertido
Todita mi risa en llantos
Pasión loca que a mi vida
Le hace tanto, tanto daaaañooooooooo...
(Por culpa de tu pasado vivo yo... triste y mendigo de amor)
Mucha veces me preguntoooo
Y la razón no la seee
Como fue que quise tanto
A una mujer de cabareeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
(Por culpa de tu pasado vivo yo... triste y mendigo de amor)
Aunque mucha van allí
Y tienen el alma buena
Que por culpa de un pasado
A la perdición se eennnnntreeeeeeeeeegaaaaaaaaaaan
(Por culpa de tu pasado vivo yo... triste y mendigo de amor)
Pero en el fondo de su alma
Sienten verdadero amor
Y entonces porque no amarlas
También como manda diiiooooooooooos
(Por culpa de tu pasado vivo yo... triste y mendigo de amor)
Otras van allí por vicios
Y tienen el alma cruel
Esas mienten y te engañan
Como la que quise ayeeeeeeeeerrrrrr
(Por culpa de tu pasado vivo yo... triste y mendigo de amor)
No hice caso a mis padreees
No hice caso a los amigos
Cuando todos me decían
Que ella no era el caaaaminooooooooooo
(Por culpa de tu pasado vivo yo... triste y mendigo de amor)
Lo que en el lodo se encuentra
Ahí se debe de dejar
Pero yo no hice caso
Para mi fatalidaaaaaaaaaad
(Por culpa de tu pasado vivo yo... triste y mendigo de amor)
Por culpa de una mujer... vivo yo
Desdichado y sin amor... vivo yo
Por culpa de esta mujer... vivo yo
Prisionero del amor... vivo yo
Por culpa de esa mujer... vivo yo
Como un mendigo de amor... vivo yo
Eeeeesa muuuujer, que recuerdo
Y que quiero, tanto y tanto
In Cuco Valoy's song "Mendigo De Amor," the singer describes himself as a beggar of love who is searching for someone to help him forget the sorrows and pain he carries inside. He asks for a love that will cure the wounds left by a previous woman and erase the memories of their love. However, this love that once made him happy has now turned his laughter into tears and has caused him great suffering. He questions why he loved a woman who worked in a cabaret and admits that he didn't listen to the advice of his loved ones who warned him against her. He admits to feeling like a prisoner, helpless and without love, all thanks to this one woman.
The song is a powerful expression of the human desire for love, and the consequences of loving someone who is not right for us. The singer's pain is palpable in the lyrics, and the song speaks to anyone who has felt the same desperation for love. The song reminds us that love can bring us great joy, but also great pain, especially when we don't listen to those who care for us.
Line by Line Meaning
Soy un mendigo de amoooooooor
I am a beggar of love longing for affection.
Y ando buscando un cariño
I am searching for someone to love me.
Que me haga olvidar las penas
I want someone who can help me forget my sorrows.
Que dentro llevo conmiiiiiiigooooo
The pain I carry within me.
(Por culpa de tu pasado vivo yo... triste y mendigo de amor)
I am living in sadness and begging for love because of your past.
Que me cure las heridas
I need someone to heal my wounds.
Que esa mujer me dejo...
Those wounds left by that woman.
Y me borre para siempre,
I want someone who can permanently erase from my memory.
El recuerdo de su amoooooooor
The memory of her love.
Ese amor que ha convertido
That love that has turned
Todita mi risa en llantos
All my laughter into tears.
Pasión loca que a mi vida
A crazy passion that dictates my life.
Le hace tanto, tanto daaaañooooooooo...
Causing me so much pain.
Mucha veces me preguntoooo
I often ask myself.
Y la razón no la seee
But I can't seem to find the answer.
Como fue que quise tanto
How I could have loved so much.
A una mujer de cabareeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
To a woman from the cabaret.
Aunque mucha van allí
Although many go there.
Y tienen el alma buena
And have good souls.
Que por culpa de un pasado
But because of their past.
A la perdición se eennnnntreeeeeeeeeegaaaaaaaaaaan
They succumb to ruin.
Pero en el fondo de su alma
But deep inside their souls.
Sienten verdadero amor
They truly feel love.
Y entonces porque no amarlas
So why not love them.
También como manda diiiooooooooooos
As God commands.
Otras van allí por vicios
Others go there for vices.
Y tienen el alma cruel
And have cruel souls.
Esas mienten y te engañan
They deceive and lie to you.
Como la que quise ayeeeeeeeeerrrrrr
As the one I loved before.
No hice caso a mis padreees
I did not listen to my parents.
No hice caso a los amigos
I disregarded my friends' advice.
Cuando todos me decían
When everyone was telling me that.
Que ella no era el caaaaminooooooooooo
She was not the right path.
Lo que en el lodo se encuentra
What one finds in the mud.
Ahí se debe de dejar
Should be left behind.
Pero yo no hice caso
But I did not listen.
Para mi fatalidaaaaaaaaaad
My downfall.
Por culpa de una mujer... vivo yo
I live in misery because of a woman.
Desdichado y sin amor... vivo yo
I live in misfortune and without love.
Prisionero del amor... vivo yo
I am a prisoner of love.
Como un mendigo de amor... vivo yo
I am like a beggar for love.
Eeeeesa muuuujer, que recuerdo
That woman, whom I remember.
Y que quiero, tanto y tanto
And whom I still love so much.
Contributed by Caleb C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@jerryjones4971
En Colombia valoran mucho mas su carrera
@johnjairopatinolopera6274
❤tremendo
Cantante
@hermanseguiluz61
Tremenda orquesta....mis respetos a cuco Valoy desde Lima Perú.
@moisespalominoprado5796
Grande maestro Cuco..Muy querido por nosotros los Peruanos.
@GustavoGuerrero-oz8dv
Nunca pasará 🎉 de moda
@zeven8328
Lo maximo CUCO VALOY...
@wilson6079
Que viva el maestro cuco valoy 👏👏👏👏
@flauberocampo7713
Que sentimiento con que canta Cuco Valoy , que buen cantante
@Sunflo07H
Solo veo al maestro Valoy 💞🎶👍🏻🙏🏻!!! El resto sobra.
@cesarzuleta8524
CUCO VALOY DE LO MEJOR,,,ME ENCANTA,,ESTA ENTRE LOS ARTISTAS DE LA MUSICA SALSA MAS COTIZADA,,LA CUAL MARCO HISTORIA,,,,!