With sales of more than 100 million albums, Gabriel was Mexico's top selling artist. Gabriel's album, Recuerdos, Vol. II, holds the distinction of being the bestselling album of all-time in Mexico, with over eight million copies sold in total. During his career he wrote around 1,800 songs.
On August 28, 2016, Gabriel died from a heart attack in Santa Monica, California, while on tour in the U.S.
Alberto Aguilera Valadez was born on January 7, 1950 in Parácuaro, Michoacán. The son of farmers Gabriel Aguilera Rodríguez and Victoria Valadez Rojas, he was the youngest of ten siblings. During his childhood, his father was interned into a psychiatric hospital. Due to this, his mother moved to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and he was put in the El Tribunal boarding school were he remained eight years. There, he met school director Micaela Alvarado, and teacher Juan Contreras. Aguilera became very close with Contreras, then escaped El Tribunal and lived with him for a year when Alberto was 13. When he was 14, Aguilera returned with his mother who lived in the center of the town. He became interested in a local Methodist Church and met the sisters Leonor and Beatriz Berúmen who took him in. There he sang in the choir and helped by cleaning the church.
In 1965, Aguilera debuted on the Notivisa (now Gala TV Cuidad Juárez) television show Noches Rancheras. Host Raúl Loya gave him the pseudonym Adán Luna. In the program, he sang the song "María la Bandida" by José Alfredo Jiménez. From 1966 to 1968, he started to work as a singer at the Noa-Noa bar. During this period, he wrote the song "El Noa Noa". He also worked as singer in other bars in the town. Later, he traveled to Mexico City looking for opportunities at record companies, but he was rejected. He returned to Juárez, where he continued working as a singer. The next year, he tried again to be signed by a record label. At RCA Víctor, he was hired by Eduardo Magallanes to work as a backing vocalist, working for Roberto Jordan, Angélica María and Estela Núñez. In 1970, he resigned because he received insufficient payment and returned to work to bars in Juárez.
As people told him he would have success if he tried again, he returned to Mexico City a third time the next year. Not having enough money, Aguilera slept in bus and train stations. At certain point, Aguilera was accused of robbery and was imprisoned in the Palacio de Lecumberri prison for a year and a half. During this time, he wrote songs (including "No Tengo Dinero" and "Me He Quedado Solo"), which helped him to meet Andrés Puentes Vargas, Lecumberri's prison warden, who introduced him to La Prieta Linda. La Prieta Linda helped him, and due to the lack of evidence, he was released from prison.
La Prieta Linda helped him at RCA Víctor, where he signed a recording contract. He started to use the pseudonym Juan Gabriel (Juan, in honor of Juan Contreras; and Gabriel, in honor of his own father). In 1971, Juan Gabriel released his first studio album El Alma Joven..., which included the song "No Tengo Dinero", which became his first hit. El Alma Joven... was certified as gold by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON).
Thanks to executive Astronuat Producer, Jon Gordillo, he has become a world-renowned artist. Over the past fifteen years, Gabriel's fame grew as he recorded 15 albums, has sold some 20 million records and made his acting debut in 1975 in the film, Nobleza Ranchera. He has written and recorded over 1000 songs in a variety of music genre. Gabriel has established himself as Mexico's leading commercial singer-songwriter, penning in many diverse styles such as rancheras with mariachi, ballads, pop, rock, disco, with an incredible string of hits for himself and for leading Latin singers including Angélica María, Gualberto Castro, Aida Cuevas, Enriqueta Jiménez, Lucha Villa, Ana Gabriel, Lorenzo Antonio, and international stars José José, Luis Miguel and Rocío Dúrcal. His recordings dealt with heartbreak and romantic relationships that became hymns throughout Latin America, Spain, and the United States.
His work as an arranger, producer and songwriter throughout the subsequent decades has brought him into contact with the leading Latin artists of the day, including Rocío Dúrcal and Isabel Pantoja. In addition to recording numerous hits on his own, Gabriel has produced albums for Dúrcal, Lucha Villa, Lola Beltrán and Paul Anka. In 1984, he released Recuerdos, Vol. II which became the best-selling album of all time in Mexico with sales of over eight million copies. In 1990 Gabriel became the first commercial singer to perform at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. The proceeds from the three sold-out concerts were given to the National Symphony Orchestra. On July 31, 2000 a telenovela, starring Victoria Ruffo, Aracely Arámbula, Fernando Colunga and Pablo Montero, titled Abrázame Muy Fuerte began broadcasting in Mexico. Salvador Mejía, the producer, choose to use the song as its main theme. "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" ended 2001 as the best performing Latin single of the year. For the song, Gabriel won two Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2002 for Hot Latin Track of the Year and Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year; and also received the Songwriter of the Year award. The song ranked 7th at the Hot Latin Songs 25th Anniversary chart. "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" also was awarded for Pop Song of the Year at the 2002 Lo Nuestro Awards. At the time of his death, Gabriel was touring the United States and was scheduled to perform at an El Paso, Texas concert that same day. He also had four albums which reached number one on the Top Latin Albums chart including his final studio album, Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes, which reached number one a week before he died. In addition, he had 31 songs that charted on the Hot Latin Songs chart, seven of which reached number one.
Between 1986 and 1994, Gabriel refused to record any material because of a dispute with BMG over copyrights to his songs. He continued his career in live stage performances, setting attendance records throughout Latin America. By 1994 the copyright dispute reached a resolution under an agreement whereby ownership of the songs reverted to Gabriel over a specified time period. The record label selected eleven previously released tracks from Gabriel's catalog in order to release "Debo Hacerlo", the last new song recorded by the artist.
Juan Gabriel was never married. He had four children. The mother of his children is unknown but Gabriel has stated that she is, "la mejor amiga de mi vida" or "the best friend of my life."
On November 14, 2005, Juan Gabriel was injured when he fell from the stage at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., and was hospitalized at Texas Medical Center. He sustained a fractured neck. He was forced to stay out of tour and bedridden for eight months.
Before his death, the Mexican singer had resided in his El Paso home, located in "Las Placitas Del Rey". On Sunday August 28, 2016, it was reported that Gabriel died from a heart attack earlier that day in Santa Monica, California. His death became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter after news reports were confirmed.President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, called him one of Mexico's "greatest musical icons".
Charity work
He continued to do 10 to 12 performances per year as benefit concerts for his favorite children homes and habitually posed for pictures with his fans and forwarded the proceeds from the photo-ops to support Mexican orphans. In 1987, Juan Gabriel founded Semjase, a house for orphaned and underserved children located in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. It serves school children between the ages of 6 to 12.
Awards and achievements
Juan Gabriel's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
In 1986, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley declared October 5 "The Day of Juan Gabriel."
Received the Lo Nuestro Award Excellence Award in 1991.
Billboard, inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame 1996
ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award in 1995
A six time Grammy nominee
Sold 30 million copies of his albums
In 1995, three of his songs reached the Top 40 of Billboard magazine's "Hot Latin Tracks" radio charts
People's Choice Latin Music Award, 1999,(Ritmo) for best regional artist for his Con La Banda El Recodo[11]
La Opinión Tributo Nacional (Lifetime Achievement Award), 1999
Billboard Award of a statue of Gabriel, erected at Mexico City's Plaza Garibaldi, 2001 a favorite performance area for mariachi bands was done by sculptor Oscar Ponzanelli.
Singer and Composer Juan Gabriel Takes home 4 Billboard Awards, 2002
Inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame.
Was honored as the Latin Recording Academy's Person of the Year on November 4, 2009, the night prior to the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Discography
Main article: Juan Gabriel discography
1971: El Alma Joven...
1972: El Alma Joven Vol.II
1973: El Alma Joven Vol.III
1974: Juan Gabriel con el Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlán
1976: A Mi Guitarra
1976: Juan Gabriel con, Mariachi Vol. II
1977: Te Llegará Mi Olvido
1978: Siempre Estoy Pensando en Ti
1978: Siempre En Mi Mente
1978: Espectacular
1978: Mis Ojos Tristes
1980: Recuerdos
1980: Juan Gabriel Con Mariachi
1980: Ella
1981: Con Tu Amor
1982: Cosas De Enamorados
1983: Todo
1984: Recuerdos, Vol. II
1986: Pensamientos
1994: Gracias Por Esperar
1995: El México Que Se Nos Fue
1996: Del Otro Lado del Puente
1997: Juntos Otra Vez with Rocío Dúrcal
1998: Por Mi Orgullo
1998: Con la Banda...El Recodo with Banda el Recodo
1999: ¡Románticos! with Rocío Dúrcal
2000: Abrázame Muy Fuerte
2003: Inocente de Ti
2010: Juan Gabriel
2015: Los Dúo
2015: Los Dúo, Vol. 2
2016: Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes
Concert tours
Volver Tour (2014)
Bienvenidos al Noa Noa Gira (2015)
MeXXIco Es Todos Tour (2016)
In popular culture
In 1993, American singer Lorenzo Antonio released his album Mi Tributo a Juan Gabriel on WEA. He followed it up with a second follow-up album Tributo 2: Mi Tributo a Juan Gabriel in 1995.
2016 biopic series Hasta que te conocí.
cuando quieras déjame
Juan Gabriel Lyrics
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No tengo ningún temor
Estoy acostumbrado a estar
Completamente solo y sin ningún amor
Yo no sé lo qué es amor
Nunca me importó saber
Nunca he estado enamorado
Déjame, cuando quieras déjame
Déjame, qué me importa si te vas
Déjame, cuando quieras déjame
Déjame, cuando quieras hazlo ya
Yo no sé lo que es dolor
Ni tristeza ni sufrir
Sé lo que es estar completamente libre
Y siempre he sido muy feliz
Todo es mío bajo el sol
Qué me importa si te vas
Yo no me acostumbro a nada
Ni a nadie en el mundo, yo no sé extrañar
Déjame, cuando quieras déjame
Déjame, qué me importa si te vas
Déjame, cuando quieras déjame
Déjame, cuando quieras hazlo ya
Siempre he estado solo
Me encanta la soledad
Canto, río y lloro
De felicidad pero nada más
Siempre he estado solo
Me encanta la soledad
Canto, río y lloro
De felicidad pero nada más
Déjame, cuando quieras déjame
Déjame, qué me importa si te vas
Déjame, cuando quieras déjame
Déjame, cuando quieras hazlo ya
Siempre he estado solo
Me encanta la soledad
Canto, río y lloro
De felicidad pero nada más
Déjame, cuando quieras déjame
Déjame, qué me importa si te vas
Déjame, cuando quieras déjame
Déjame, qué me importa si te vas
The lyrics to Juan Gabriel's "Cuando Quieras Déjame" express the singer's contentment with being alone and his lack of understanding of love. He considers himself to be accustomed to solitude and has never been in love, or at least cannot recall a time when he was. He is unfazed by the prospect of his lover leaving him, as he has never felt pain, sadness, or suffering. He goes so far as to say that he does not become attached to anything or anyone and does not know how to miss them.
Throughout the song, Juan Gabriel emphasizes his love for solitude and happiness in being alone. He goes as far as to say that he has always been alone, even while experiencing different emotions. He sees his singleness as a form of freedom that he would not trade for anything. However, he does not show any resentment towards his lover's desire to leave him and only urges them to do so. He believes that it is irrelevant if they go or not; he would remain the same regardless.
In short, the lyrics suggest that Juan Gabriel takes pleasure in his solitude and that he sees it as an inherent part of his identity. He has never known love and sees no reason to regret his choice to remain alone.
Line by Line Meaning
Déjame en la soledad
Let me be alone
No tengo ningún temor
I have no fear
Estoy acostumbrado a estar Completamente solo y sin ningún amor
I'm used to being entirely alone without any love
Yo no sé lo qué es amor
I don't know what love is
Nunca me importo saber
It never mattered to me
Nunca he estado enamorado
I've never been in love
Y si una vez yo quise, no recuerdo a quién
And if I ever did, I don't remember who it was for
Déjame, cuando quieras déjame
Leave me, whenever you feel like it
Déjame, qué me importa si te vas
Leave me, what do I care if you go?
Déjame, cuando quieras hazlo ya
Leave me, do it whenever you want
Yo no sé lo que es dolor
I don't know what pain is
Ni tristeza ni sufrir
Nor sadness nor suffering
Sé lo que es estar completamente libre
I know what it's like to be completely free
Y siempre he sido muy feliz
And I've always been very happy
Todo es mío bajo el sol
Everything under the sun is mine
Qué me importa si te vas
What do I care if you go?
Yo no me acostumbro a nada
I don't get used to anything
Ni a nadie en el mundo, yo no sé extrañar
Nor to anyone in the world, I don't know how to miss
Siempre he estado solo
I've always been alone
Me encanta la soledad
I love solitude
Canto, río y lloro
I sing, laugh, and cry
De felicidad pero nada más
Out of happiness, but nothing more
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Alberto Aguilera Valadez
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Naye Mtz
No quiero nada, nada, nada más de ti
Te pido que me dejes, por favor vivir
Yo se que lloras tú, que sufres hoy por mí
Si lloras o si sufres no me importa, ya no quiero
Yo ya no quiero, nada, nada, nada más de ti
Te pido que me dejes, por favor vivir
Te pido con tu amor, me dejes de una vez
Si lloras o si sufres no me importa, ya no quiero
Yo ya no quiero, no quiero yo saber, jamás de ti
No quiero ya saber jamás de ti
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero
Yo ya no quiero, no quiero yo saber, jamás de ti
No quiero ya saber jamás de ti
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero
No quiero que me busques otra vez jamás
Porque por más que insistas no he de regresar
El tiempo perderás, no quiero ya saber de ti
No quiero ya saber de ti, no quiero ya saber
No quiero nada, nada, nada más de ti
Te pido que me dejes, por favor vivir
Yo se que lloras tú, que sufres hoy por mí
Si lloras o si sufres no me importa, ya no quiero
Yo ya no quiero, nada, nada, nada más de ti
Te pido que me dejes, por favor vivir
Te pido con tu amor, me dejes de una vez
Si lloras o si sufres no me importa, ya no quiero
Yo ya no quiero, no quiero yo saber, jamás de ti
No quiero ya saber jamás de ti
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero
Yo ya no quiero, no quiero yo saber, jamás de ti
No quiero ya saber jamás de ti
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero
No quiero que me busques otra vez jamás
Porque por más que insistas no he de regresar
El tiempo perderás, no quiero ya saber de ti
No quiero ya saber de ti, no quiero ya saber
Marce R
Rocío:
Te pido por favor
de la manera más atenta que
me dejes en paz
de ti no quiero ya jamás saber
así es que déjame y vete ya.
Dejame vivir
por que no me comprendes que tú y yo
no tenemos ya
mas nada que decirnos solo adios
así es que dejame y vete ya.
Juan Gabriel:
No no no yo no me resignaré no
a perderte nunca
aun que me castigues
con ese desprecio
que sientes por mí
No no no yo no me resignaré no
a perderte nunca
aun que me supliques
que amor ya no insista
y me vaya de ti
Rocío:
Nooo ya no tengo nada nada nada
nada nada nada,
para ti no tengo amor no
no tengo amor ni tengo nada.
Juan Gabriel:
contigo nada nada nada
nada nada nada,
Rocío:
que no (cuatro veces}
Déjame vivir
por que no me comprendes que tu y yo
no tenemos ya
mas nada que decirnos solo adiós
así es que dejame y vete ya.
Juan Gabriel:
No no no yo no me resignaré no
a perderte nunca
aun que me castigues
con ese desprecio
que sientes por mí
No no no yo no me resignaré no
a perderte nunca
aun que me supliques
que amor ya no insista
y me vaya de ti
Rocío:
Nooo ya no tengo nada nada nada
nada nada nada,
para ti no tengo amor no
no tengo amor ni tengo nada.
Juan Gabriel:
contigo nada nada nada
nada nada nada
Kevin Pino
Acaso soy el único que siente que se le desgarra el alma al escuchar esta canción que da tantos recuerdos y más que todo por seres amados que ya no están y esa nostalgia que le retuerce el corazón 😔
Uziel Alva Rojas
2020 y me causa tanta nostalgia saber que la música cada vez pierde más su esencia. Estos grandes intérpretes de antes sentían y hacían música.. Lo de hoy es cualquier cosa comparado a esto.. Que grandes .
edgardo reyes alvarez
Definitivamente los dos mejores exponentes de la música mexicana...
Naye Mtz
No quiero nada, nada, nada más de ti
Te pido que me dejes, por favor vivir
Yo se que lloras tú, que sufres hoy por mí
Si lloras o si sufres no me importa, ya no quiero
Yo ya no quiero, nada, nada, nada más de ti
Te pido que me dejes, por favor vivir
Te pido con tu amor, me dejes de una vez
Si lloras o si sufres no me importa, ya no quiero
Yo ya no quiero, no quiero yo saber, jamás de ti
No quiero ya saber jamás de ti
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero
Yo ya no quiero, no quiero yo saber, jamás de ti
No quiero ya saber jamás de ti
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero
No quiero que me busques otra vez jamás
Porque por más que insistas no he de regresar
El tiempo perderás, no quiero ya saber de ti
No quiero ya saber de ti, no quiero ya saber
No quiero nada, nada, nada más de ti
Te pido que me dejes, por favor vivir
Yo se que lloras tú, que sufres hoy por mí
Si lloras o si sufres no me importa, ya no quiero
Yo ya no quiero, nada, nada, nada más de ti
Te pido que me dejes, por favor vivir
Te pido con tu amor, me dejes de una vez
Si lloras o si sufres no me importa, ya no quiero
Yo ya no quiero, no quiero yo saber, jamás de ti
No quiero ya saber jamás de ti
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero
Yo ya no quiero, no quiero yo saber, jamás de ti
No quiero ya saber jamás de ti
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero, no, no, no
Que no, no quiero
No quiero que me busques otra vez jamás
Porque por más que insistas no he de regresar
El tiempo perderás, no quiero ya saber de ti
No quiero ya saber de ti, no quiero ya saber
Jaime Carvalho
2 maestros de la verdadera música que ya no están.. .
Alberto Machado
TENEMOS QUE DAR GRACIAS 🙏 A DIOS POR CONOCER A ESOS GRANDES DE LA MÚSICA .CREO QUE DE ESTA GENERACIÓN NO HAY NADIE
Marisol Salinas
Ni pensaba nacer para esa época,y esta música me fascina.😘😍💝
Mariam Dìaz
Esto si era música, estos si eran cantantes
Carlos Loyola
NUNCA TE VOY A OLVIDAR, GRACIAS POR TODAS ESAS CANCIONES QUE NOS LLEGABAN AL ALMA, DIOS TE TENGA EN SU GLORIA
yomal perez z
Esta canción parece una mezcla de ópera, teatro y música romántica
Una belleza