Beginning her career in 1975 as lead vocalist for the then exclusively Spanish-language band, Miami Sound Machine, before crossing over to mainstream pop success with the international hit singles "Dr. Beat" (1984) and "Conga" (1986), Estefan emerged as one of the biggest new stars in the mid-'80s, predating the still nascent Latin pop explosion by a decade, and scoring a series of propulsive dance hits rooted in the rhythms of her native Cuba, before shifting her focus to softer, more ballad-oriented fare.
Born in Havana, Cuba, the young Gloria Fajardo was raised primarily in Miami, FL, after her father, a bodyguard of Cuban president Fulgencio Batista, was forced to flee the island following the 1959 coup helmed by Fidel Castro. In the fall of 1975, Fajardo and her cousin Merci Murciano auditioned for the Miami Latin Boys, a local wedding band headed by keyboardist Emilio Estefan. With their addition, the group was rechristened Miami Sound Machine and four years later, Fajardo and Estefan were wed. As Miami Sound Machine began composing their own original material, their fusion of pop, disco, and salsa earned a devoted local following, and in 1979 the group issued their first Spanish-language LP on CBS International. Despite a growing Hispanic fan base, they did not cross over to non-Latin audiences until "Dr. Beat" topped European dance charts in 1984.
With 1985's Primitive Love, Miami Sound Machine recorded their first English-language effort, scoring three Top Ten pop hits in the U.S. alone with the infectious "Conga", "Bad Boy", and "Words Get in the Way". Following 1987's triple-platinum Let It Loose, Estefan took top billing and the group changed its name to Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine in 1988, reeling off four Top Ten hits - "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You", "Can't Stay Away from You", the chart-topping "Anything for You", and "1-2-3". 1989's Cuts Both Ways was credited to Estefan alone and generated her second #1 hit, "Don't Wanna Lose You". However, on March 20, 1990, while touring in support of the album, her bus was struck by a tractor trailer. Estefan suffered a broken vertebra that required extensive surgery and kept her off the road for over a year. Her husband Emilio and the couple's son were injured in the crash as well, but all three recovered. Estefan resurfaced in 1991 with Into the Light, again topping the charts with "Coming Out of the Dark", a single inspired by her near-fatal accident. Two more cuts from the album, "Can't Forget You" and "Live for Loving You", secured her foothold on the adult contemporary charts.
With 1993's Mi Tierra, Estefan returned to her roots, recording her first Spanish-language record in nearly a decade and earning a Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album; on the follow-up 1994 covers collection, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, she also recalled her dance-pop origins with a rendition of the Vicki Sue Robinson disco classic, "Turn the Beat Around". Another all-Spanish effort, Abriendo Puertas (1995), earned her a Grammy as well, while Destiny featured "Reach", named the official theme of the 1996 Summer Olympics. As Latin pop made new commercial headway, thanks to the efforts of acts like Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias, Estefan reigned as the most successful crossover artist in Latin music history, with international record sales close to the 50 million mark. In 1999, she also made her feature film debut alongside Meryl Streep in Music of the Heart, recording the film's title song as a duet with *NSYNC, and scoring both a massive pop hit and an Oscar nomination in the process. A new Spanish-language album, Alma Caribeña, followed in the spring of 2000. Several months later, Estefan was awarded a Grammy for Best Music Video for "No Me Dehes de Querer" at the inaugural annual Latin Grammy Awards. Her husband, Emilio, won for Producer of the Year. - Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Appearances and tours
In April 2004, Estefan appeared on the Fox Broadcasting Company’s program, American Idol, but declined an offer to be an official judge, saying she did not like to “judge” others.
On July 28, 2004, in a press conference hosted by Donald Trump at the Trump Tower, Estefan announced that her then-upcoming tour would be her final one. The Live and Re-Wrapped Summer/Fall 2004 Tour, her first tour in eight years was produced by Clear Channel Entertainment. The tour featured Estefan’s greatest hits, along with new material from Unwrapped.
In December 2006, Estefan appeared as a special guest singer on the UK talent show The X Factor.
Gloria's 11th studio album,Miss Little Havana. The Miss Little Havana Songfacts says that the first nine tracks tells the tale of a young girl who hooks up with the wrong guy in Miami after moving there from Cuba. All of these tracks were written or co-written by Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes. It is described by Estefan as a project in the vein of her 1998 hit album gloria!.
Songfacts reports that "Hotel Nacional" debuted at #1 on Billboard's Latin countdown - the first time a female artist had achieved that feat since the chart was introduced in 1986. Both "Wepa" and "Hotel Nacional" achieved number one on Billboard Latin Songs and on Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs.
Estefan started a reality show called The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep opposite Joe Jonas, Nelly and John Rich on the CW Network, where she, and the other three mentors are searched for the next big star, to record an album with Atlantic Records. Unlike other music reality shows, in this program, the mentors selected the "candidates" for the show, and trained them for a live performance, where they'd be voted for the best act of the day. The first season ended in October 2012, with musician Michael Ray, as the big finalist.
This same year, Estefan appeared as a musical guest in Tony Bennett's compilation of duets with Latin-American musicians, Viva Duets with a rendition of the song, "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)". Weeks later, she helped the American version of Teleton, releasing the charity single "Por Un Mundo Mejor" along with Mexican singer Lucero, Dominican rapper El Cata and Mexican pop band, Reik. A video for the song was shot, with them recording the song, which was marked as the official hymn for the foundation.
In May 2013, she appears doing another duet with the song "Think I'm In Love Again" as part of the albums Duets released by Paul Anka.
Estefan has announced she was working on a new album of covers, The Standards, released in September 2013. The album will feature some collaborations with artists like Laura Pausini, Dave Koz and Joshua Bell, and the selection of songs are mostly songs from the Great American songbook. Estefan released the first single, "How Long Has This Been Going On?", digitally on Amazon and iTunes on July 9, 2013
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Regresa a Mi
Gloria Estefan Lyrics
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Recuerdo de una ilusión
Como poder arrancar este sentimiento
De mi corazón
Siento que mi vida ha cambiado que
Recuerdo el pasado añorando el ayer
Pienso en aquellos momentos que estando
Regresa a mi
Aunque sea por solo un momento
Regresa a mi
Ya no puedo vivir sin ti
Quiero guardar tu memoria en el fondo
De mi alma donde nunca jamás puedan
Seguir tus recuerdos why aquella triste
Historia que no tiene final dime
Como voy a explicarle que ya no te
Tengo a mi corazón cuando en las noches
Te extrañe why lantiendo me pida una
Explicación
Regresa a mi
Aunque sea por solo un momento
Regresa a mi
Ya no puedo vivir sin ti
The song Regresa A Mi by Gloria Estefan depicts the sorrowful emotions of a broken relationship. The lyrics talk about a person who is tormented by the memories of a lost love. The singer expresses her intense pain and feelings of emptiness as she is unable to move on from the past. The opening lines of the song, "Llevo encerrado en mi alma el triste Recuerdo de una ilusión" (I carry the sad memory of an illusion locked in my soul), communicate the depth of the singer's pain and the haunting memories which continue to hold her back.
The singer reminisces about the wonderful moments that she shared with her lover but laments that they are now only memories. She longs to hold onto these memories forever, but they only keep causing her more pain. The lyrics, "Quiero guardar tu memoria en el fondo De mi alma donde nunca jamás puedan Seguir tus recuerdos y aquella triste Historia que no tiene final dime" (I want to keep your memory in the depths of my soul where they can never follow your memories and that sad story that never ends, tell me), reveal the singer's desperation to escape the sorrowful memories.
The refrain of the song, "Regresa a mi, Aunque sea por solo un momento, Regresa a mi, Ya no puedo vivir sin ti" (Return to me, even if it’s only for a moment, return to me, I cannot live without you anymore), highlights the singer's yearning for her former lover. The song's lyrics, coupled with Estefan's emotive delivery, convey the heartbreaking pain of lost love that can never be forgotten.
Line by Line Meaning
Llevo encerrado en mi alma el triste
I am carrying the sad memories of a failed relationship inside me
Recuerdo de una ilusión
The memories are of a dream that could never come true
Como poder arrancar este sentimiento
I am struggling to get rid of these emotions
De mi corazón
From within my heart
Siento que mi vida ha cambiado que
I feel that my life has changed now
Recuerdo el pasado añorando el ayer
I remember the past and long for the yesterday
Pienso en aquellos momentos que estando
I often think about the time when I was with you
Contigo te entregue mi querer
The moments when I gave my love to you
Regresa a mi
Come back to me
Aunque sea por solo un momento
Even if just for a moment
Ya no puedo vivir sin ti
I cannot live without you anymore
Quiero guardar tu memoria en el fondo
I want to keep the memory of you deep in my soul
De mi alma donde nunca jamás puedan
So that it will never fade away from my soul
Seguir tus recuerdos why aquella triste
Hoping to forget the sad memories of our past
Historia que no tiene final dime
Our story that never reached its ending
Como voy a explicarle que ya no te
How can I explain to my heart
Tengo a mi corazón cuando en las noches
That you no longer belong to it, when at nights
Te extrañe why lantiendo me pida una
I miss you and my heart begs me for an
Explicación
Explanation
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ENRIQUE ELIAS GARCIA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Franks Rodry
Imposible que está canción no le haga caer más de una lágrima, porque hay dolor por recordar un amor o un ser querido que se nos adelantó, y lo único que quisieramos es que regresará por tan solo un momento 😢
Fabricio Alvarez Nessi
También puede ser una parte de nuestra vida
Abdiel Gonzalez
A los que crecimos escuchando estas melodias, fueron y son canciones de tanto sentimientos que te ayudan a formarte como un ser humano con sentimientos y con cultura. En fin te ayudan a ser mejor persona. No como mucha de la musica que se escucha hoy en dia donde prevalece la vulgaridad y el doble sentido.
Ely Alvarez
Me recuerda mucho a mi mamita 🥺 podrán pasar otros 28 años más y seguirá doliendo
Mario Deleon
Muy bellos recuerdos de los cuales lo unico que podemos es revivir en nuestra memoria
Julia Zaldivar
Amo la música de esta cantante , toda ella una belleza total.
Margi varo Vanegas Carballo
Creo que no importa la edad!!! Para escuchar esta canción 🎶🎵 es hermosa. No es era mi época pues era muy chica en ese entonces; pero crecí escuchándola mi padre la oía y hoy que no tengo A alguien 💖💝❤️ que fue muy importante en vida es como una oración hecha canción que me deja sin palabras!!!!
Monica Caudillo
Gran melodía
ANGIE REA
❤
José del Carmen Benito leon
Tiempos aquellos q no volverán , pero sus canciones tan románticas cómo estás perdurarán por siempre.