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.
Mío
Gilberto Santa Rosa Lyrics
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Nunca tuve nada mio
Pues ni siquiera fue mio
El amor que creí que era mio
Yo pensaba que era mio
Pero lo que soñé
Mio nuca fue para mi
Que pedí hoy comprendo que nunca lo tuve
Y ni puedo decir, lo perdí mio, solo mi pena
Y mi frio solo mis brazos vacíos
Y mi llanto hasta el fin
Ese amor que soñé
Que era mio ese poco de amor que pedí
Hoy comprendo que nunca lo tuve
Y ni puedo decir lo perdí mio
Solo mi pena mi pena y
Mi frio solo mis brazos vacíos
Y mi llanto hasta el fin
In Gilberto Santa Rosa's song Mío, he sings about a love that he once thought was his, but was never truly his to begin with. He starts by saying that he has never had anything that was truly his because even the love that he believed was his turned out not to be. He thought he had it, but in reality, it was never meant for him. He dreamed of having this love that he believed was meant for him, but it was never his to keep.
As the song continues, he talks about how he thought he had a little bit of this love but now realizes that he never had it. He expresses that all he has left is his pain, his coldness, and his empty arms. He ends the song with his realization that he never truly had the love that he thought was his and that the only things he has left are his sorrow and his tears.
Line by Line Meaning
Mio
This song is titled 'Mio', which means 'mine' in Spanish.
Nunca tuve nada mio
I never had anything that was truly mine.
Pues ni siquiera fue mio
Because even the love I thought was mine, wasn't truly mine.
El amor que creí que era mio
The love that I thought was mine.
Yo pensaba que era mio
I used to think it was mine.
Pero lo que soñé
But what I dreamed of having.
Mio nuca fue para mi
Never truly belonged to me.
Ese amor que soñé que era mio ese poco de amor
That love I dreamed of having, that small amount of love.
Que pedí hoy comprendo que nunca lo tuve
That I asked for, but now I understand that I never truly had.
Y ni puedo decir, lo perdí mio, solo mi pena
And I can't even say I lost it, because it was never truly mine. All I have is my pain.
Y mi frio solo mis brazos vacíos
And my coldness, only my empty arms.
Y mi llanto hasta el fin
And my tears until the end.
Lyrics © SADAIC LATIN COPYRIGHTS, INC.
Written by: MANDY RIBAS, MIKE RIBAS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Guille Cárdenas
Mío
Nunca tuve nada mío
Pues ni siquiera fue mío
El amor que crei
Que era mío
Yo pensaba que era mío
Pero no que soñé
mío
Nunca fue para mí
Ese amor que soñé
que era mío
Ese poco de amor
Que pedí
Hoy comprendo
Que nunca lo tuve
Y ni puedo decir lo perdí
Mío
Solo mi pena y mi frío
Solo mis brazos vacíos
Y mi llanto hasta el fin.
bruno yupanqui
temon !!!
Randu Avila
Señor Gilberto eres un caballero de la salsa si no un caballero del bolero romantico y sentimental apasionado enamorador se te quiere mucho maestro
caminalo
Jonathan Medina
Buena interpretation caballero Santa rosa.
Randu Avila
Homenaje al inolvidable romantico Mr Tito Rodriguez qepd
Carlos Fernamdez Farias
Ese poco de amor que era mio, me entere que no era mio,,,,,,,,, waoooooo hoy comprendo que no era mio wao que dolor de cabeza
Edwin Cancel II
Beautiful bolero-cha song.
Eva Villamizar
hermosooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo