Montaner was born as Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner, in Valentín Alsina, Buenos Aires, Argentina. However, he moved to Venezuela when he was 6 years old. During his youth he performed in the church chorus in the city of Maracaibo. In 1983, he released his first album titled Cada Día. Although the album was not a great success, it was a start for Montaner's career. He describes this album:"as his own version of death metal"
It wasn't until 1987 when Montaner became widely popular in Venezuela with the singles "Yo Que Te Amé" and "Vamos a Dejarlo" belonging to his self-titled album.
The following year he came out with Ricardo Montaner 2 which featured hit songs like "Tan Enamorados" and "A Donde Va El Amor". At the same time, he acted in the popular soap opera Niña Bonita. This also became a tool to make his songs known to the rest of Latin America. He won 4 platinum albums in Argentina alone. His next two albums, Un Toque de Misterio and En el Último Lugar del Mundo, became classics of the popular music in Mexico, Central and South America with hits such as "La Cima del Cielo", "Me Va a Extrañar", "Déjame Llorar" and "Será".
By 1992 Ricardo decided to hit the Spanish Caribbean with Los Hijos del Sol, an album that contained songs like "Castillo Azul", "Honda" and "Piel Adentro". That year, he also recorded a duet with Michelle, which was the Latinamerican version for the Aladdin song "A Whole New World" titled "Un Mundo Ideal".
Although Montaner has written most of his songs he has worked closely with other great song writers in Latin America such as Pablo Manavello, Ilan Chester and Oscar Gómez. But in 1994, Ricardo Montaner wrote and produced all the songs in his album Una Mañana y un Camino, which became popular only years after his release due to the lack of promotion by his new record label EMI Latin, with which Ricardo would also release Viene del Alma in 1995, an Italian pop flavored album. Also in 1995 he teamed up with Yolandita Monge to establish a Guinness World Record for performing 3 concerts in different cities on the same day in Puerto Rico. This was only possible by air transportation via helicopter from stage to stage.
By 1997, Montaner was already a well established artist in the Spanish speaking music world and could give himself the luxury of experimenting with other styles of music, without forgetting the roots that had made him so popular a decade earlier. Working one more time with Pablo Manavello and with a new record company, Warner Music proved to be the promoter Ricardo was expecting for. Es Así brought Ricardo much popularity in the United States Spanish speaking areas and allowed Montaner to tour more than 17 countries in Latin America making him even more popular in Spain. Songs like "La Mujer de Mi Vida", "Para Llorar" and "Es Así" became very popular all around.
In 1999, Montaner recorded his best album ever with his past hits decorated with the strings of the London Metropolitan Orchestra. This proved to be very successful and sold over 1 million copies. Ricardo made another attempt in 2001 with Sueño Repetido that included the bolero style song "Bésame" arranged by Bebu Silvetti which became a hit all over the world. Future works with Juan Carlos Calderón, Kike Santander and Silvetti would be the key for Ricardo to move his songs and popularity to another level in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
2002's Suma (Bolero style songs) and 2003's Prohibido Olvidar (balada pop) had fair results in terms of sales and acceptance. "Si Tuviera Que Elegir" in Suma was written for his daughter. In 2003 he broke the record for the most concerts on a same tour in the theater of Bellas Artes in Puerto Rico. He sold out 18 concerts breaking his past record of 12, which also held it Yolandita Monge and Ricardo Arjona.
In 2004, he made another album with the London Metropolitan Orchestra named Con La London Metropolitan Orchestra Vol. 2 featuring his latest hits songs and two exclusive songs such as "Desesperado" and "Esta Escrito". In 2005, Montaner launched Todo y Nada which featured the songs "Cuando a mi Lado Estas" and "Nada". For this album he's already nominated in the Latin Grammys with album and song of the year for "Cuando a mi Lado Estas". "Amarte es mi Pecado" and "Heridas de Amor" are non-album songs that have been chosen to be the theme songs on two very popular Mexican soap operas and that much popular have become these songs.
In 2007, Ricardo released Las Mejores Canciones Del Mundo produced by Adrian Posse with the songs "Hoy Tengo Ganas De Ti", "Nostalgias (Argen Version)", "Échame A Mí La Culpa (Artista Invitado: Juanes)".
In 2008, he released Las Mejores Canciones Del Mundo II - Y Algunas Mías...! with the songs "Cuando Un Amigo Se Va", "Ansiedad", "Bésame (Featuring Pasión Vega)".
Ricardo Montaner has sold over 22 million albums, and keeps breaking records in arenas and theaters all over the world.
Lucía
Ricardo Montaner Lyrics
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Tu sonrisa la imagino sin miedo
Invadido por la ausencia
Me devora la impaciencia
Me pregunto si algún da te veré
Ya sé todo de tu vida, y sin embargo
No conozco ni un detalle de ti
Tus llamadas son muy pocas
Yo sí quiero conocerte y tú no a mí
Por favor
Dame una cita
Vamos al parque
Entra en mi vida
Sin anunciarte
Abre las puertas
Cierra los ojos
Vamos a vernos
Poquito a poco
Dame tus manos
Siente las mías
Como dos ciegos
Santa Lucía, Santa Lucía
Oh Santa Lucía
A menudo me recuerdas a mí
La primera vez pena
lessly fell in love with someone is a magical and unforgettable moment that inspires songs and poems. Ricardo Montaner's song "Lucia" tells a story of unrequited love and the longing to connect with someone that you know so little about yet reminds you of yourself. The lyrics begin with Montaner admitting that the person he is talking about reminds him of someone.
He imagines that the person smiles without fear, but he is consumed with impatience because he is continuously invaded by her absence. Montaner admits that he knows everything about her life yet doesn't know a single detail about her. He becomes frustrated because her calls are limited while he longs to know her intimately. He pleads with her to give him a chance to meet, get to know her, and connect. Montaner's powerful message is that people are more than labels, and he wants to go beyond knowing who she is to establish a more profound connection with her.
Throughout the chorus, Montaner pleads with Lucia to give him a chance to get to know her. He asks for a date, wants her to become a part of his life, and open doors that lead to the possibility of a future together. He asks her to close her eyes so they can "see" each other poquito a poco- bit by bit until they get to know each other.
In conclusion, "Lucia" is a beautiful song about connection and the yearning to know someone beyond what they reveal to the world. Ricardo Montaner's message is that people are multifaceted and that we should endeavor to know them in-depth.
Line by Line Meaning
A menudo me recuerdas a alguien
I often feel like you remind me of someone
Tu sonrisa la imagino sin miedo
I imagine your smile without any hesitation
Invadido por la ausencia
Overcome by your absence
Me devora la impaciencia
Impatience devours me
Me pregunto si algún día te veré
I wonder if I will ever see you again
Ya sé todo de tu vida, y sin embargo
I already know everything about your life, and yet
No conozco ni un detalle de ti
I don't know any details about you
El teléfono es muy frío
The phone is very cold
Tus llamadas son muy pocas
Your calls are too few
Yo sí quiero conocerte y tú no a mí
I want to get to know you but you don't want to know me
Dame una cita
Give me a date
Vamos al parque
Let's go to the park
Entra en mi vida sin anunciarte
Come into my life without announcing yourself
Abre las puertas, Cierra los ojos
Open the doors, Close your eyes
Vamos a vernos poquito a poco
Let's meet each other little by little
Dame tus manos
Give me your hands
Siente las mías
Feel mine
Como dos ciegos Santa Lucía, Santa Lucía
Like two blind people, Saint Lucy, Saint Lucy
Oh Santa Lucía
Oh Saint Lucy
A menudo me recuerdas a mí
You often remind me of myself
La primera vez pena
The first time sorrow
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: MARIO ROQUE FERNANDEZ MOYANO
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Úrsula Lucía Rodríguez García
Recuerdo cuando me cantaste esa canción en una firma de autógrafos en México.
Gran canción, gracias por todo.
Ulises Baldeon Huaman
Enserio?
andrea Fabiana
Amarlo!!! ☺ Cada vez que escucho sus canciones... Ricardo Montaner. Sos el mejor
Erica Yacanto
Las buenas canciones transgreden el tiempo y el espacio.
Sergio Quintana
Y tu sombra aún, se acuesta en mi cama con la oscuridad entre mi almohada y mi soledad!!!
JULIO Guevara
RICARDO MONTANER!!!!! QUE BELLO CANTAS!!! CADA DIA MEJOR, TU FANS NRO. UNO DESDE VENEZUELA: GLORIA...
Lucia Taffarel
QUIERO ENCONTRAR LAS VERCIONES NUEVAS QUE RICARDO MONTANER GRAVÓ DE LAS CANCIONES: SERÁ, DÉJAME LLORAR, ME VA A EXTRAÑAR, LA CIMA DEL CIELO, ALGUIEN SABE DONDE ENCONTRARLAS?
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Temazo
Lucia
Tan bello como mi nombre que lindo tema compuso el maestro Ricardo Montaner
gustavo pinto
Lucia. Cancion compuesta por joan manuel serrat. Montaner ha plageado casi todas las canciones mas famosas de sus discos a cantautores italianos o franceses en los 80 y 90s.