List of top-ten songs in 1948 and 1949 (Mexico)
These are the monthly charts of the top-ten most popular songs in Mexico between September 1948 and December 1949 according to the magazine Selecciones Musicales and as compiled in the book Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión by Roberto Ayala. These charts were based on record sales, jukebox plays, radio and television airplay, and sheet music sales.[a][1]
As published in the Musicosas book, the charts only include the song titles and the names of the composers; the performers credited in this article are included for reference and where many performers are listed for the same song, they appear in alphabetical order, which may not reflect whose version was the most popular[b].
1948[edit]
September[edit]
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Madrid" | Agustín Lara | Ana María González |
| 2 | "¿Hasta cuándo, mi vida?" | Chucho Rodríguez | Blanca Estela Pavón |
| 3 | "Me acuerdo de ti" | Gonzalo Curiel | Fernando Fernández / Elvira Ríos |
| 4 | "Verdad amarga" | Consuelo Velázquez | María Luisa Landín |
| 5 | "¿Tú donde estás?" | Gabriel Ruiz | Avelina Landín |
| 6 | "Aunque pasen los años" | Eduardo Alarcón Leal[c] | Alarcón Leal y La Tamaulipeca / Jorge Negrete |
| 7 | "¿Por qué has tardado?" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Various artists |
| 8 | "Sombras" | Agustín Lara | Eva Garza / Pedro Vargas |
| 9 | "Ya nada soy" | Gonzalo Curiel | Fernando Fernández |
| 10 | "¿Qué te parece?" | Julio Gutiérrez | Vicentico Valdés |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Page 299.
October[edit]
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Madrid" | Agustín Lara | Ana María González |
| 2 | "Verdad amarga" | Consuelo Velázquez | María Luisa Landín |
| 3 | "¿Hasta cuándo, mi vida?" | Chucho Rodríguez | Blanca Estela Pavón |
| 4 | "Me acuerdo de ti" | Gonzalo Curiel | Fernando Fernández / Elvira Ríos |
| 5 | "La rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza |
| 6 | "¿Por qué has tardado?" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Various artists |
| 7 | "Dos gardenias" | Isolina Carrillo | Avelina Landín / Daniel Santos con Sonora Matancera |
| 8 | "Convencida" | Abel Domínguez | Hermanas Águila / Johnny Albino y el Trío San Juan |
| 9 | "Al arrullo del mar"[d] | Salvador Rangel | Hermanas Águila |
| 10 | "Qué me importa" | Mario Fernández Porta | Leo Marini |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Page 299.
November[edit]
For unknown reasons, the Selecciones Musicales chart for this month doesn't include the seventh position.
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Verdad amarga" | Consuelo Velázquez | María Luisa Landín |
| 2 | "La rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza |
| 3 | "¿Por qué has tardado?" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Various artists |
| 4 | "Dos gardenias" | Isolina Carrillo | Avelina Landín / Daniel Santos con Sonora Matancera |
| 5 | "Convencida" | Abel Domínguez | Hermanas Águila / Johnny Albino y el Trío San Juan |
| 6 | "Al arrullo del mar"[d] | Salvador Rangel | Hermanas Águila |
| 8 | "La embarcación" | Public domain[e] | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Dueto Azteca / Hermanas López |
| 9 | "¿Hasta cuándo, mi vida?" | Chucho Rodríguez | Blanca Estela Pavón |
| 10 | "Madrid" | Agustín Lara | Ana María González |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Pages 299 and 300.
December[edit]
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "La rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza |
| 2 | "¿Por qué has tardado?" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Various artists |
| 3 | "Convencida" | Abel Domínguez | Hermanas Águila / Johnny Albino y el Trío San Juan |
| 4 | "Un poquito de tu amor" | Julio Gutiérrez | Ana María González / Pedro Vargas |
| 5 | "Mi todo" | Alfredo Parra | Julio Flores / María Luisa Landín / Luis Lozano / Eduardo Solís |
| 6 | "Dos gardenias" | Isolina Carrillo | Avelina Landín / Daniel Santos con Sonora Matancera |
| 7 | "Nuestra cita" | Arturo Núñez | Los Trovadores de México / Kiko Mendive / Trío Los Jaibos |
| 8 | "Al arrullo del mar"[d] | Salvador Rangel | Hermanas Águila |
| 9 | "Qué me importa" | Mario Fernández Porta | Leo Marini |
| 10 | "Poquito poquito" | Delía Gasque | Various artists |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Page 300.
1949[edit]
January[edit]
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "La rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza |
| 2 | "Verdad amarga" | Consuelo Velázquez | María Luisa Landín |
| 3 | "Al arrullo del mar"[d] | Salvador Rangel | Hermanas Águila |
| 4 | "Bonita" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 5 | "¿Por qué has tardado?" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Various artists |
| 6 | "Dos gardenias" | Isolina Carrillo | Avelina Landín / Daniel Santos con Sonora Matancera |
| 7 | "Sin ti" | Pepe Guízar | Trío Los Panchos |
| 8 | "Mi todo" | Alfredo Parra | Julio Flores / María Luisa Landín / Luis Lozano / Eduardo Solís |
| 9 | "Aunque pasen los años" | Eduardo Alarcón Leal | Alarcón Leal y La Tamaulipeca / Jorge Negrete |
| 10 | "Bendita tú" | Manuel Sabre Marroquín[f] | Panchito Rodríguez |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Page 300.
February[edit]
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "La rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza |
| 2 | "Sin ti" | Pepe Guízar | Trío Los Panchos |
| 3 | "Verdad amarga" | Consuelo Velázquez | María Luisa Landín |
| 4 | "Al arrullo del mar"[d] | Salvador Rangel | Hermanas Águila |
| 5 | "Malos pensamientos" | Alberto Domínguez | Maria Luisa Landín / Chelo Silva |
| 6 | "¿Por qué has tardado?" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Various artists |
| 7 | "Bonita" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 8 | "Convencida" | Abel Domínguez | Hermanas Águila / Johnny Albino y el Trío San Juan |
| 9 | "El abandonado" | Public domain | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán |
| 10 | "Dos gardenias" | Isolina Carrillo | Avelina Landín / Daniel Santos con Sonora Matancera |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Page 300.
March[edit]
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "La rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza |
| 2 | "Malos pensamientos" | Alberto Domínguez | Maria Luisa Landín / Chelo Silva |
| 3 | "Bonita" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 4 | "Al arrullo del mar"[d] | Salvador Rangel | Hermanas Águila |
| 5 | "Falsos juramentos" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Pedro Vargas |
| 6 | "Sin ti" | Pepe Guízar | Trío Los Panchos |
| 7 | "Triste verdad" | Mario Ruiz Armengol | Balde González / María Luisa Landín / Blanca Estela Pavón / Elvira Ríos |
| 8 | "El abandonado" | Public domain | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán |
| 9 | "Convencida" | Abel Domínguez | Hermanas Águila / Johnny Albino y el Trío San Juan |
| 10 | "Aunque pasen los años" | Eduardo Alarcón Leal | Alarcón Leal y La Tamaulipeca / Jorge Negrete |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Pages 300 and 301.
April[edit]
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bonita" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 2 | "No me quieras tanto" | Rafael Hernández | Trío Los Panchos |
| 3 | "Sin ti" | Pepe Guízar | Trío Los Panchos |
| 4 | "Al arrullo del mar"[d] | Salvador Rangel | Hermanas Águila |
| 5 | "¿Tú donde estás?" | Gabriel Ruiz | Avelina Landín |
| 6 | "Si regresara el amor" | Alfredo Núñez de Borbón | Trío Guayacán |
| 7 | "Falsos juramentos" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Pedro Vargas |
| 8 | "Malos pensamientos" | Alberto Domínguez | Maria Luisa Landín / Chelo Silva |
| 9 | "Mi corazón abrió la puerta" | Gabriel Ruiz | Various artists[g] |
| 10 | "La rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Page 301.
May[edit]
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Sin ti" | Pepe Guízar | Trío Los Panchos |
| 2 | "Bonita" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 3 | "La rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza |
| 4 | "Malos pensamientos" | Alberto Domínguez | Maria Luisa Landín / Chelo Silva |
| 5 | "Un poquito de tu amor" | Julio Gutiérrez | Ana María González / Pedro Vargas |
| 6 | "Si regresara el amor" | Alfredo Núñez de Borbón | Trío Guayacán |
| 7 | "¿Tú donde estás?" | Gabriel Ruiz | Avelina Landín |
| 8 | "Verdad amarga" | Consuelo Velázquez | María Luisa Landín |
| 9 | "Falsos juramentos" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Pedro Vargas |
| 10 | "Mi corazón abrió la puerta" | Gabriel Ruiz | Various artists[g] |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Page 301.
June[edit]
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Sin ti" | Pepe Guízar | Trío Los Panchos |
| 2 | "Bonita" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 3 | "Malos pensamientos" | Alberto Domínguez | Maria Luisa Landín / Chelo Silva |
| 4 | "Mi corazón abrió la puerta" | Gabriel Ruiz | Various artists[g] |
| 5 | "Falsos juramentos" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Pedro Vargas |
| 6 | "Al arrullo del mar"[d] | Salvador Rangel | Hermanas Águila |
| 7 | "Triste verdad" | Mario Ruiz Armengol | Balde González / María Luisa Landín / Blanca Estela Pavón / Elvira Ríos |
| 8 | "No me quieras tanto" | Rafael Hernández | Trío Los Panchos |
| 9 | "La rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza |
| 10 | "El abandonado" | Public domain | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Pages 301 and 302.
July[edit]
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Amorcito corazón" | Manuel Esperón (music) & Pedro de Urdimalas (lyrics) | Pedro Infante / Trío Los Panchos |
| 2 | "Sin ti" | Pepe Guízar | Trío Los Panchos |
| 3 | "Bonita" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 4 | "Si regresara el amor" | Alfredo Núñez de Borbón | Trío Guayacán |
| 5 | "Mi corazón abrió la puerta" | Gabriel Ruiz | Various artists[g] |
| 6 | "Malos pensamientos" | Alberto Domínguez | Maria Luisa Landín / Chelo Silva |
| 7 | "Falsos juramentos" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Pedro Vargas |
| 8 | "No me quieras tanto" | Rafael Hernández | Trío Los Panchos |
| 9 | "Caminemos" | Alfredo Gil | Trío Los Panchos |
| 10 | "Muchachita" | Mario Ruiz Armengol | Andy Russell |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Page 302.
August[edit]
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Amorcito corazón" | Manuel Esperón (music) & Pedro de Urdimalas (lyrics) | Pedro Infante / Trío Los Panchos |
| 2 | "Sin ti" | Pepe Guízar | Trío Los Panchos |
| 3 | "No me quieras tanto" | Rafael Hernández | Trío Los Panchos |
| 4 | "Mi corazón abrió la puerta" | Gabriel Ruiz | Various artists[g] |
| 5 | "Bonita" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 6 | "La rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza |
| 7 | "Falsos juramentos" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Pedro Vargas |
| 8 | "El abandonado" | Public domain | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán |
| 9 | "Muchachita" | Mario Ruiz Armengol | Andy Russell |
| 10 | "¿Tú donde estás?" | Gabriel Ruiz | Avelina Landín |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Page 302.
September[edit]
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Amorcito corazón" | Manuel Esperón (music) & Pedro de Urdimalas (lyrics) | Pedro Infante / Trío Los Panchos |
| 2 | "Tú, sólo tú" | Felipe Valdés Leal | Dueto Azteca / Pedro Infante / Beny Moré / Trío Calaveras |
| 3 | "Sin ti" | Pepe Guízar | Trío Los Panchos |
| 4 | "Miseria" | Miguel Ángel Valladares | Eva Garza / María Luisa Landín / Pedro Vargas / Rubén Reyes / Trío Los Panchos |
| 5 | "No me quieras tanto" | Rafael Hernández | Trío Los Panchos |
| 6 | "Mi corazón abrió la puerta" | Gabriel Ruiz | Various artists[g] |
| 7 | "Bonita" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 8 | "La rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza |
| 9 | "Falsos juramentos" | Carlos Gómez Barrera | Pedro Vargas |
| 10 | "El abandonado" | Public domain | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Page 302.
October[edit]
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Tú, sólo tú" | Felipe Valdés Leal | Dueto Azteca / Pedro Infante / Beny Moré / Trío Calaveras |
| 2 | "Miseria" | Miguel Ángel Valladares | Eva Garza / María Luisa Landín / Pedro Vargas / Rubén Reyes / Trío Los Panchos |
| 3 | "Amorcito corazón" | Manuel Esperón (music) & Pedro de Urdimalas (lyrics) | Pedro Infante / Trío Los Panchos |
| 4 | "Vacío" | José de Jesús Morales | Rosita Fernández / Trío Cantarrecio[h] |
| 5 | "La Vie en rose" | Louiguy (music) & Édith Piaf (lyrics)[i] | Édith Piaf |
| 6 | "Sin ti" | Pepe Guízar | Trío Los Panchos |
| 7 | "Bonita" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 8 | "Mi corazón abrió la puerta" | Gabriel Ruiz | Various artists[g] |
| 9 | "La rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza |
| 10 | "El abandonado" | Public domain | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Pages 302 and 303.
November[edit]
For unknown reasons, the Selecciones Musicales chart for this month doesn't include the fourth position.
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Tú, sólo tú" | Felipe Valdés Leal | Dueto Azteca / Pedro Infante / Beny Moré / Trío Calaveras |
| 2 | "La Vie en rose" | Louiguy (music) & Édith Piaf (lyrics)[i] | Édith Piaf |
| 3 | "El abandonado" | Public domain | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán |
| 5 | "Amorcito corazón" | Manuel Esperón (music) & Pedro de Urdimalas (lyrics) | Pedro Infante / Trío Los Panchos |
| 6 | "Vacío" | José de Jesús Morales | Rosita Fernández / Trío Cantarrecio[h] |
| 7 | "Sin ti" | Pepe Guízar | Trío Los Panchos |
| 8 | "Bonita" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 9 | "Mi corazón abrió la puerta" | Gabriel Ruiz | Various artists[g] |
| 10 | "La rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Page 303.
December[edit]
| No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Tú, sólo tú" | Felipe Valdés Leal | Dueto Azteca / Pedro Infante / Beny Moré / Trío Calaveras |
| 2 | "La múcura" | Antonio Fuentes | Beny Moré / Trío Los Panchos |
| 3 | "La Vie en rose" | Louiguy (music) & Édith Piaf (lyrics)[i] | Édith Piaf |
| 4 | "El abandonado" | Public domain | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán |
| 5 | "Jinetes en el cielo" | Stan Jones | Pedro Vargas |
| 6 | "Amorcito corazón" | Manuel Esperón (music) & Pedro de Urdimalas (lyrics) | Pedro Infante / Trío Los Panchos |
| 7 | "Bonita" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| 8 | "La rondalla" | Alfonso Esparza Oteo | Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza |
| 9 | "Sin ti" | Pepe Guízar | Trío Los Panchos |
| 10 | "Miseria" | Miguel Ángel Valladares | Eva Garza / María Luisa Landín / Pedro Vargas / Rubén Reyes / Trío Los Panchos |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. Page 303.
Notes[edit]
- ^ (Translated from Spanish) "Record agencies all over the country, jukebox operators, music publishers, recording houses and correspondents for Selecciones Musicales send local reports every week. In the headquarters, each one of those reports is assessed and by means of a scoreboard each song is rated so as to determine the position that it is to occupy on the "Hit Parade".
- ^ While many times, like in other countries, a song would be popularized by one particular performer and it became identified with them, in Mexico it was common practice in the 1940s and 50s for a song to be recorded by various singers from different record labels around the same time; therefore, this article may not include all of the performers who recorded the songs around that period.
- ^ The Selecciones Musicales chart incorrectly credits Felipe Valdés Leal as the composer; the mistake was corrected when the song reappeared on the January 1949 chart.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Listed in the Selecciones Musicales chart as "Arrullo de mar".
- ^ Although the composer of this traditional ranchera song is unknown, the Selecciones Musicales chart and contemporary record releases credit Miguel Aceves Mejía as the arranger.
- ^ Although the Selecciones Musicales chart appears to credit his sibling José Sabre Marroquín as the composer, the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico (Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México) credits Manuel Sabre Marroquín as the composer.[2]
- ^ a b c d e f g h There is a popular recording of this song by Los Tres Diamantes, but it's from 1950, a year after this chart was published.
- ^ a b There's a recording by Los Tecolines which is from 1952 or later.
- ^ a b c The Selecciones Music chart only credits Piaf as the composer.
References[edit]
- ^ Ayala, Roberto (1962). Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. p. 298.
- ^ "Ficha obra - Bendita tú". Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México. Retrieved 16 April 2023.