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.
Tanto Que Decirte
Ricardo Montaner Lyrics
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que mi regreso era algo imposible,
que hundirían mi voz y hasta mi libertad
de cantarle a tus amores.
Más de uno se ha sentado a esperar
en la tribuna, para ver mis fracasos
y quisieron tirar hasta mi vocación
a la jaula de un león.
Tengo tanto que decirte,
yo tengo tanto de mí para contarte.
Tengo tanto en mis adentros,
sudor de prosa y poesía
dignas de un concierto sólo tuyo.
Regreso hoy para soplarte los oídos
e invadirte para atascarme en tus sentidos, oh!
Muchas noches lleno de soledad,
no hice otra cosa que escribir pensamientos.
Yo tomé tu lugar, reí y lloré como tú,
adivinando tus sentimientos.
Alguna tarde cuando no sospechabas,
yo te espiaba y construía unos versos,
y en alguna ocasión te podrá parecer
que es tu historia la que cuento.
Regreso hoy, volví por ti.
Tengo tanto que decirte, tanto, tanto...
In "Tanto Que Decirte," Ricardo Montaner addresses those who doubted his ability to return to the music scene. He calls out those who believed his voice and freedom to sing about love would be destroyed. Montaner acknowledges the critics who eagerly waited to see him fail and even wanted to contain his passion for singing. Despite these challenges, Montaner's love for music and the desire to express it to those listening is all-consuming. He speaks of the emotions he has kept locked within him, including both prose and poetry. He longs to share this art with one person, his love interest. Montaner believes the words he writes could be the perfect gift to give that one person. In "Tanto Que Decirte," Montaner speaks of his determination to persevere and the depths of his feelings that he wishes to express to someone through his music.
Line by Line Meaning
Más de uno se atrevería a apostar,
Many people would dare to bet,
que mi regreso era algo imposible,
that my return was impossible,
que hundirían mi voz y hasta mi libertad
that they would sink my voice and even my freedom
de cantarle a tus amores.
to sing to your loves.
Más de uno se ha sentado a esperar
Many have sat waiting
en la tribuna, para ver mis fracasos
in the stands, to see my failures
y quisieron tirar hasta mi vocación
and they wanted to throw away my vocation
a la jaula de un león.
to the cage of a lion.
Tengo tanto que decirte,
I have so much to tell you,
yo tengo tanto de mí para contarte.
I have so much of myself to share with you.
Tengo tanto en mis adentros,
I have so much inside me,
sudor de prosa y poesía
sweat of prose and poetry,
dignas de un concierto sólo tuyo.
worthy of a concert just for you.
Regreso hoy para soplarte los oídos
I return today to whisper in your ears
e invadirte para atascarme en tus sentidos, oh!
and to invade you and get stuck in your senses, oh!
Muchas noches lleno de soledad,
Many nights full of loneliness,
no hice otra cosa que escribir pensamientos.
I did nothing but write thoughts.
Yo tomé tu lugar, reí y lloré como tú,
I took your place, I laughed and cried like you,
adivinando tus sentimientos.
guessing your feelings.
Alguna tarde cuando no sospechabas,
One afternoon when you didn't suspect,
yo te espiaba y construía unos versos,
I spied on you and constructed some verses,
y en alguna ocasión te podrá parecer
and on some occasion it may seem to you
que es tu historia la que cuento.
that it is your story that I am telling.
Regreso hoy, volví por ti.
I return today, I came back for you.
Tengo tanto que decirte, tanto, tanto...
I have so much to tell you, so much, so much...
Contributed by Adalyn V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
David LC
Primer dia de diciembre 2021 y escuchando, que letra, que nostalgia.
Marilin Pupo
Me encanta su música , la pasión que pone en las letras muy bellas
Dany Iriberry
Muy Felíz Cumple para vos Genio de mi alma 🎂💗!! Sos mi cantante número 1!! GRACIAS POR TANTOOO !! TE AMAMOS RICARDO!!! DIOS TE BENDIGA SIEMPRE💜
Carlos Eduardo Cuevas Vargas
Me gusta mucho y su Talento de Ricardo montaner
BRISA DE MAR
2018🎼🔊♩🎵🎶🎤
Tiene algo q decir yo le diria una recomendacion
Escribe .... escribe y deja salir toda clase de sentimientos
Magnifica terapia
Ricardo Montaner
#AudioMontaner
Monica Dangelo
Hermosooo..
facundo zuretti
Una de mis canciones favoritas
Jacqueline Martinez
por Dios!, bella letra!
Valeria DonO
Una de mis favoritas!!