In 1976 he started with a group of amateurs in Puerto Rico, and his first recording was with the Mario Ortiz Orchestra. He then moved on to Orquesta La Grande, and during the two years Gilberto was with them, he met Mr. Elias Lopés who later helped mold and polish the promising young singer, releasing three recordings.
In 1980, he got an important opportunity recording "Homenaje a Eddie Palmieri" with the Puerto Rico All Stars. He then went on to record with Tommy Olivencia. From 1981 through 1986 he was with the Willie Rosario Orchestra where he recorded six albums.
Santa Rosa then signed with Ralph Cartagena's Combo Records. In 1986, he debuted on Good Vibrations fronting his own salsa orquesta. After releasing three more albums on Combo, including "De Amor y Salsa", he switched to CBS Records and issued the chart-topping salsa romantica set Punto De Vista in 1990, which went platinum and spawned the smash hits "Vivir Sin Ella" and "Perdoname". Santa Rosa's 1991 CBS/Sony follow-up, Perspectiva, was another monster hit.
Since the mid-80s, the mainstream salsa recording industry in Puerto Rico and the USA has been largely preoccupied with developing and marketing the images of "good looking" young male vocalists, rather than producing solid, stimulating music performed by swinging soneros (improvising salsa singers). Santa Rosa, however, who was one of the first of this new crop of solo singers, is regarded as being amongst the small number who deserve to be called a sonero.
In 1990, Santa Rosa was in the illustrious company of Andy Montañez and Pedro Brull (from Mulenze ), as one of the contemporary soneros assembled by bandleader Don Perignon for his all-star La Puertorriqueña project. In 1990, he won the Billboard Lo Nuestro award for Best Male Singer. He has also performed at New York's prestigious annual salsa festival. But 1990 was an important year in other respects. Santa Rosa made acting debut in the play "La pareja dispareja", where he was joined by Rafo Muñiz and Luis Vigoreaux.
He visited Japan in 1995 as Puerto Rico's musical ambassador and sang one of his songs, "De cara al viento" in Japanese in his effort to bridge the cultural barriers. Since then Santa Rosa's fame reached across borders and continents; commanding recognition as salsa artist in most demand. In 1996 he released yet another smash album Esencia which included hit songs such as No Quiero Nada Regala'o.
Santa Rosa's recent work has not been limited to soloist recordings. He joined other artists in the First President's Festival in the Dominican Republic; Andy Montañez in New York's Lincoln Center, in 1997; and Olga Tañon in the Universal Studios Amphitheater in Holloywood, in 1997.
In 1999, he released Expresión, which reinforced his international fame. The album included the hit song "Que alguien me diga", written by Omar Alfanno, which was at the top of Billboard‘s latin chart for various weeks. The album also included the song Fulana, unlike his well known salsa, demonstrating his wide range of interests and ability. The album was selected as one of the 20 best recordings of the year by the National Foundation Popular Culture of Puerto Rico.
En La Oscuridad
Gilberto Santa Rosa Lyrics
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Cuando el mar se ve, ya sin su color
En la oscuridad, donde nadie va
Que no se oiga mas que tu respirar
Voy hacer que en un solo suspiro me entregues la vida
Para adorarte y con fiebre en lo labios
Saciarte de besos
En la oscuridad
Tú serás mía
Un atardecer, en el mes de abril
Cuando los capullos se quieran abrir
Prenderé tu cuerpo
Con mi fuego ardiente
Y aún que tus pupilas ya no puedan verme
Como un sueño será cuando sientas
Que ya estás rendida
Y ese atardecer
En la oscuridad
Tú serás mía
Un atardecer, en un mes de abril
Cuando los capullos se quieran abrir
Prenderé tu cuerpo
Con mi fuego ardiente
Y aún que tus pupilas ya no puedan verme
Como un sueño será cuando sientas
Que ya estás rendida
Y ese atardecer
En la oscuridad
Tú serás mía
In Gilberto Santa Rosa's En La Oscuridad, the lyrics depict a passionate love affair that takes place in the darkness of an evening. The singer is saying that he will make his lover surrender to him with just one breath or sigh of his, in a place where nobody goes. He wants to adore her and give her kisses until she is satisfied. He aspires to be with her in an eventide, in a month of April, where he will set her body on fire with his ardor, making her feel as if she can't see him anymore as if it were all just a dream, and she will surrender to him.
The lyrics are very poetic, and the words used are romantic, and the melody of the song compliments and accentuates the overall feel of the lyrics. The lyrics are all about love and passion, with a hint of darkness thrown in, providing an added allure to the song's overall attitude.
Line by Line Meaning
Un atardecer, cuando no haya sol
When the sun is gone and the day is done
Cuando el mar se ve, ya sin su color
When the sea is dark and dull like never before
En la oscuridad, donde nadie va
In the darkness, where no one else goes
Que no se oiga mas que tu respirar
Where only the sound of your breath can be heard
Voy hacer que en un solo suspiro me entregues la vida
I will make you give me your life in a single breath
Para adorarte y con fiebre en lo labios
To worship you with a fever on my lips
Saciarte de besos
To satisfy you with kisses
Y ese atardecer
And that evening
En la oscuridad
In the darkness
Tú serás mía
You will be mine
Un atardecer, en el mes de abril
An evening in the month of April
Cuando los capullos se quieran abrir
When the flower buds start to bloom
Prenderé tu cuerpo
I will ignite your body
Con mi fuego ardiente
With my burning fire
Y aún que tus pupilas ya no puedan verme
And even if your eyes can no longer see me
Como un sueño será cuando sientas
It will feel like a dream when you feel
Que ya estás rendida
That you have already surrendered
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: RAFAEL SOLANO
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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