So I went to my garage and, lo and behold, the album features a gatefold cover with all the lyrics printed inside, in BOTH Spanish and English.” But as luck would have it, I own the original album by Eydie Gorme that includes this number. Like you, I could not find anything online about it. Tuohey in my response: “I happen to know the owner of the label, Gala Records, that originally released (the single) back in 1976. I found the lyrics in my private record collection, as I explained to Mr. The answer is yes, you’ve come to the right place. Do you have these lyrics, or can you let me know where I may find them? Thanks!” “Hello: I have been trying to find the Spanish lyrics to this song somewhere on the web. That solitary, scratchy single by Gorme might have easily escaped my attention had it not been for an interested fan who surfaced it from Frontera’s deep well of recorded sound.Įarlier this year, a user named Butch Tuohey posted the following message on the page for “La Plegaria De Mi Amor,” the A-side of Gorme’s Gala single: Which brings us to the reason for today’s topic. Of course, one man’s mouse music might be another man’s masterpiece. He called it “mouse music.” Hence, the title of the 2014 feature-length documentary: This Ain't No Mouse Music! The Story of Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records, directed by Maureen Gosling and Chris Simon.

He even created a nickname for it that reflected his disdain. He dismissed more refined, middle-of-the-road material as wimpy and soulless.

In fact, Gorme’s polished, cosmopolitan style is the opposite of the gritty, grassroots music that Strachwitz favored, including the blues, zydeco, bluegrass, New Orleans jazz, and Tex-Mex. Many other styles can be found in the massive archive, of course, but these other genres were incidental to the collecting strategy of founder Chris Strachwitz.

”It’s really no surprise that much of her music is missing, however, since the archive is principally focused on regional Mexican music, especially the folk music of the border region, known as conjunto or norteño.

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