El Cantante (album)
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El Cantante is a studio album by Andrés Calamaro. Initially it was going to include only covers from Latinoamerican artists but in the end 3 new songs recorded by Calamaro were added. The album and title track name comes from the song 'El Cantante', originally composed by Rubén Blades
and performed by Héctor Lavoe
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Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres...
and performed by Héctor Lavoe
Héctor Lavoe
Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez , better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. Lavoe was born and raised in the Machuelito sector of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Early in his life, he attended a local music school and developed an interest inspired by Jesús Sánchez Erazo. He moved to New York...
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Track listing
- Malena (Lucio Demare, Homero Manzi) - 2:28
- Volver (Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Lepera) - 3:12
- La Distancia (Roberto Carlos) - 3:56
- Estadio Azteca (Andrés Calamaro, Marcelo Scornik) - 3:40
- Sus Ojos Se Cerraron (Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Lepera) - 3:52
- Algo Contigo (Chico Novarro) - 3:20
- El Arriero (Atahualpa Yupanqui) - 2:40
- La Libertad (Andrés Calamaro, Gringui Herrera) - 3:15
- Alfonsina y el Mar / Zamba de mi esperanza (Félix Luna, Ariel Ramírez) - 4:53
- Las Oportunidades (Andrés Calamaro) - 3:05
- Voy a Perder la Cabeza por tu Amor (Manuel Alejandro, Ana Magdalena) - 4:46
- El Cantante (Rubén Blades) - 4:38