MARIA ELENA - BY LORENZO BARCELATA - HISPANIC (1932)

Maria Elena

Jimmy dorsey

Composer: Lorenzo barcelata

Album: jimmy dorsey

Label: decca records

Gênero: fox trote

Year: 1941

"María Elena" is a 1932 popular song written by Lorenzo Barcelata (Spanish words and music). It was published by Peer International Corporation of Mexico. The English lyrics are by Bob Russell.

The song was dedicated to María Elena, the wife of Mexican President Emilio Portes Gil.

An instrumental version of the song was used for the background theme of the film Bordertown, starring Paul Muni and Bette Davis, in 1935. The next year the words and music were used in the Mexican film María Elena.