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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Volvere
Gloria Estefan Lyrics
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Huellas en mi alma
Tú nombre es mi destino
Una mañana me acuerdo que llegaste
A cambiar tu vida
y yo te di la mía
Si ya he encontrado dentro del alma
Esa razón que necesitaba para vivir
Ay, como duele hoy la distancia
De un amor que nunca se marcha
De recuerdos que hoy me piden regresar
Ay dicen que de esto nadie muere
A aunque tu ausencia aún me duele
Yo volveré a vivir por ti
Volveré a querer, a querer, otra vez volveré a querer
Volveré a querer, a querer, otra vez volveré a querer
Ay a ese rincón (Volveré)
De tu corazón (Volveré)
Aunque estés muy lejos (Volveré)
La esperanza sueña entre tú y yo
Volveré a querer, a querer, otra vez volveré a querer
Volveré a querer, a querer, otra vez volveré a querer
A eso que sentimos (Volveré)
Eso que vivimos (Volveré)
Huella imborrables (Volveré)
Que son las culpables de mi dolor
Hoy no le pido al tiempo que borre nada
Si ya he encontrado dentro del alma
Esa razón que necesitaba para vivir
Ay como duele hoy la distancia
De un amor que nunca se marcha
De recuerdos que hoy me piden regresar
Ay dicen que de esto nadie muere
y aunque tu ausencia aun me duele
Yo volveré a vivir por ti
Volveré a querer, a querer, otra vez volveré a querer
Volveré a querer, a querer, otra vez volveré a querer
A esa fantasía (Volveré)
Que me da la vida (Volveré)
Cuando estoy vacía (Volveré)
A eso que sentimos siempre volveré
Volveré a querer, a querer, otra vez volveré a querer
Volveré a querer, a querer, otra vez volveré a querer
A seguir tus pasos (Volveré)
Para no perderme (Volveré)
La luz de tus ojos que me da la vida para quererte
Volveré
The lyrics to Gloria Estefan's song Volveré talks about the power of love that overcomes even the distance between two people. The song speaks of a love that never fades away and lingers in the memory of the person even after their loved one has left. The singer remembers the experiences she had shared with her lover and how they left a permanent imprint on her soul. The singer believes her destiny is intertwined with her lover's name and she will find her way back to him again.
The lyrics also suggest that the singer was not the one who left, but rather, her lover was the one who had to leave to change his life. She gave her own life to him and is still yearning for his return. She does not want to forget anything, even if it hurts. The memories of their love keep calling her to return. She speaks of the hope that keeps her going and how she will live her life for him until he returns.
Overall, the lyrics of Volveré express the depth of a love that never fades despite the miles between two people. It speaks of memories that never fade and hope that never dies.
Line by Line Meaning
Se que volveré a sentir todo lo vivido
I know that I will feel everything I have experienced again
Huellas en mi alma
Footprints on my soul
Tú nombre es mi destino
Your name is my destiny
Una mañana me acuerdo que llegaste
One morning I remember that you arrived
A cambiar tu vida
To change your life
y yo te di la mía
and I gave you mine
Hoy no le pido al tiempo que borre nada
Today I don't ask time to erase anything
Si ya he encontrado dentro del alma
If I have already found within my soul
Esa razón que necesitaba para vivir
That reason I needed to live
Ay, como duele hoy la distancia
Oh, how the distance hurts today
De un amor que nunca se marcha
Of a love that never leaves
De recuerdos que hoy me piden regresar
Of memories that today ask me to return
Ay dicen que de esto nadie muere
Oh, they say no one dies from this
Aunque tu ausencia aún me duele
Although your absence still hurts me
Yo volveré a vivir por ti
I will live again for you
Volveré a querer, a querer, otra vez volveré a querer
I will love again, love again, I will love again
Ay a ese rincón (Volveré)
Oh, to that corner (I will return)
De tu corazón (Volveré)
Of your heart (I will return)
Aunque estés muy lejos (Volveré)
Although you are very far (I will return)
La esperanza sueña entre tú y yo
Hope dreams between you and me
A eso que sentimos (Volveré)
To what we feel (I will return)
Eso que vivimos (Volveré)
What we lived (I will return)
Huella imborrables (Volveré)
Indelible marks (I will return)
Que son las culpables de mi dolor
That are the ones responsible for my pain
A seguir tus pasos (Volveré)
To follow your footsteps (I will return)
Para no perderme (Volveré)
So as not to lose myself (I will return)
La luz de tus ojos que me da la vida para quererte
The light of your eyes that gives me life to love you
Volveré
I will return
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Alberto Gaitan, Ricardo Alfredo Gaitan, Marco A. Linares, Gloria M. Estefan, Emilio Estefan Jr.
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