Luis Gatica Silva was born in Rancagua, Chili. He attended school at Instituto O'Higgins. He and his brother Arturo were struggling singers before they released their first album, in 1949, when Gatica was 21 years old.
Chileans generally experienced a change in their taste in music during the 1950s, when bolero music overtook tango as Chileans' preferred music genre for some time. Singers like Cuba's Olga Guillot, and Argentinian Leo Marini and Mexican Elvira Ríos, among others, were very popular during that time. So were Xavier Cugat and his orchestra, which included Puerto Rican Bobby Capó. These singers would influence Gatica.
Gatica's first record, 1951's Me Importas Tú (You Matter to Me) became a mega hit across Latin America, opening many doors for Gatica. He followed that with 1952's Contigo en la Distancia (With You in the Distance). Gatica recorded his version of Consuelo Velázquez's Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me a Lot) in 1953, a year in which he produced two more albums, Las Muchachas de la Plaza España (The Girls from Spain Square) and Sinceridad (Sincerity). The following year his hit "Sinceridad" was released.
By 1957, Gatica moved to Mexico, a country that would be of great importance in his life. In Mexico, he released No me Platiques Más (Don't Talk to me Anymore), Tú me Acostumbraste (You Accustomed Me) and Voy a Apagar la Luz (I'm Turning the Lights Off), which was released in 1959.
In 1956, Gatica's songs were recorded in North America on LP albums for the first time by Capitol Records ('Capitol of the World' series). Three albums were released within 14 months by Capitol. The third one in that group with Capitol was El Gran Gatica, which featured such songs as Somos (We Are),' Sabrá Dios (God Will Know), and Si me Comprendieras (If You Understood Me). One of the three Lucho Gatica albums released in 1958 was a greatest hits compilation; the third was named Envenenados (Poisoned). He also recorded a song entitled Encadenados (Chained (We Are)).
Gatica had important changes in his personal life after arriving in Mexico for the first time. He decided to become a permanent resident of that North American country, and married Puerto Rican actress Mapita Cortés, who had been a celebrity in Mexico (and Puerto Rico) for some years, and who also resided in Mexico. The couple had two sons named Luis and Alfredo. Luis went on to become a telenovela and rock star during the 1980s and Alfredo (Alfie) became a music entrepreneur. Gatica remarried an American woman and had one daughter named Lily, as well. One of Gatica's last known releases was 1963's Recuerdos de Amor (Memories of Love). He had seven children.
He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording.
Gatica Died in Mexico on November 13, 2018.
Tú Me Acostumbraste
Lucho Gatica Lyrics
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a todas esas cosas,
y tú me enseñaste
que son maravillosas.
Sútil llegaste a mí como una tentación
llenando de ansiedad mi corazón.
en tu mundo raro y por ti aprendí.
Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti.
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Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti.
por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti.
por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti.
The lyrics to Lucho Gatica's song "Tú Me Acostumbraste" speak about a person who has been profoundly affected by their lover's presence in their life. The singer expresses how their lover has introduced them to new experiences that they have come to cherish, and how they had shown them the beauty of the world. The lover arrived in their lives subtlety, like a temptation, but soon overwhelmed their heart with longing and desire.
Despite having been transformed by this love, the singer feels lost and confused when their lover departs. They wonder why they were never taught how to live without them. The idea that one can become accustomed to something so wholeheartedly that they cannot imagine living without it is a primary theme in the song's lyrics.
Overall, the lyrics convey the pain and confusion that can come with losing something or someone significant that has been a constant in one's life.
Line by Line Meaning
Tú me acostumbraste
You accustomed me
a todas esas cosas,
to all those things
y tú me enseñaste
and you taught me
que son maravillosas.
that they are wonderful.
Sútil llegaste a mí como una tentación
You came to me subtly like a temptation
llenando de ansiedad mi corazón.
filling my heart with anxiety.
Yo no comprendía cómo se quería
I didn't understand how to love
en tu mundo raro y por ti aprendí.
in your strange world and because of you, I learned.
Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
That's why I wonder, upon seeing that you forgot me
por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti.
why didn't you teach me how to live without you.
por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti.
why didn't you teach me how to live without you.
por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti.
why didn't you teach me how to live without you.
Writer(s): Frank Dominguez
Contributed by Charlotte Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@lolitorrejonsoler6138
El mejor bolerista de todos los tiempos eres atemporal
@jesusarboledafranco763
Recuerdo una prima ya fallecida que me hizo un análisis de esta canción que de verdad me puso a filosofar...cuando dice yo no sabía de tu mundo raro...saludos desde Pereira Colombia Sudamérica
@humbertopelaez7768
la verdad es que ,si yo tambien llegue a una conclucion ,y no se si estare errado , pero por el contenido de esta cancion podria presumir , que se puede tratar ,de un amor entre dos personas del mismo sexo , pudiera ser un un chico transexual y un hombre , o una chica tambien lesbi y una mujer , la verdad no se ,saquen cada uno sus propias concluciones
@marioneyra1
LA INTERPRETACIÓN MAS PERFECTA QUE HE ESCUCHADO DE ESTA MELODÍA, a medianoche tomaba en mi casa a mediados de los 80, el salvador...
@enriquedom7304
Grande entre los grandes del universo,,, Raleigh, NC usa.
@lilianaaguilera783
Hermosa y lindos recuerdos
@jorgegalvez9025
Lucho, no solo cantas boleros, sino también ilusiones, sentimientos, esperanzas, un mundo de romance que ya no existe!
@maricarmencaballeromartine9810
Con Lucho, vivi un mundo romántico y hermoso, gracias por sus canciones,recordadas con mucho cariño
@guillermoriveros5782
dOY GRACIAS DE DISFRUTAR AYER Y HOY ESCUCHAR ,A NUESTRO LUCHO GATINA,QUE NOS LLENA DE LQA VERDAD TENER SENTIMIENTOS Y RECUERDO DE LO QUE VIVIMOS EMOCIOLAMENTE ,,INIGUALABLE
@jmrodas9
Great Chilean Singer, who sings this song so nicely and with such feeling. Really worth to hear, it brings to me merry remembrances of my now distant childhood.