AGUSTÍN LARA

Releases
Daniel Santos Canta a Agustín Lara
Agustín Lara, Canciones
Esquivel
Guillermo Portabales, Guillermo Portabales
Javier Solís
Hermanos Ajo y Su Organo Oriental
Hugo Winterhalter Goes… Latin
Tesoro Mío, Agustín Lara
Piensa En Mí, Agustín Lara
Cuco Sánchez, Cuco Sánchez
Hermanas Aguila, Piensa en Mí
Perlas Cubanas: Chico O'farrill
David Lama Con el Mariachi México de Pepe Villa
Danzones de Cuba, Abelardito Valdés
Roberto Ledesma, Roberto Ledesma
Yo Canto para Ti, Bobby Capó
Vicentico Valdés, Noro Morales
Latin Impressions, Alberto Socarrás
Barroso y la Sensación, Abelardo Barroso
Orquesta Sensación De Rolando Valdés
Acerina, Danzones Clásicos
Toña la Negra, Toña la Negra
Tito Guízar, Tito Guízar
Trío Tamaulipeco de Los Hermanos Samperio
Marimba Orquesta De Ernesto Domínguez
José Luis Moneró, José Luis Moneró
Hermanos Martínez Gil
Freddy, Freddy
Visión Española y Saxo, El Negro Flamenco
Piano, Your Favorite Latin Rhythms, Damiron
Noro Morales at the Harvest Moon Ball
Esquivel, Juan García Esquivel
Conjunto Casino de Roberto Espí
El Trovador Codina
Enrique Jorrín y el Cha Cha Chá
La Voz de Zoraida Marrero y Fernando González
Hammond Organ, Eddie Layton
Boleros para una Cita, Ñico Membiela
Aquellos Ojos Verdes, Leo Marini
Bolero, Guajira, Canción Clave, Julito Rodríguez
Alma Llanera, Gregorio Barrios
Xavier Cugat in France, Spain and Italy, Xavier Cugat
Canta en Español, Andy Russell
Tú Lo Sabes, Alfonso Ortíz Tirado
Mexican!, Pedro Vargas
Quisiera Ser Golondrina, El Negro Peregrino
Peregrina, René Cabel
El Manisero, Carmen Barros
La Novia, Antonio Prieto
Piano and Rhythm, Joe Loco
La Voz y el Piano de Dos Genios Juntos, Pedro Vargas, Agustin lara
Café del Danzón, Antonio María Romeu
Invitación Guaguancó, La Gloria Matancera
México!, Roland Shaw
Los Chavales de España vs. Los Churumbeles de España
Noches Mexicanas, Chucho Zarzosa
Diez Años, Julita Ross
Tropic Nights, Elvira Ríos
Tropicana Special, Orlando Cachaito López
Homenaje a Rafael Hernández, Trío Vegabajeño
Dame un Chance, Ernesto Duarte
Romántico, Jorge Fernandez
Ritmo y Metales, Carlos Barberia
Marimbas Mexicanas, Marimba Chiapas
Pedro Vargas, Pedro Vargas
Ojos Traicioneros, Víctor Hugo Ayala
Chavela Vargas, 24 Primeras Canciones
On Rute 66, Anita Bryant
Abbe Lane, Abbe Lane
Un Compromiso, Ana María González
Boleros Desde Paraguay, Alberto de Luque
Lucho Gatica, Lucho Gatica
Genaro Salinas
Brisa Española, Trio San José
La Emocional Elvira Rios
Piensa en Mí, Los Tres Ases
Lucho Gatica, Lucho Gatica
Merengue Emblema Nacional, Emilio Reyes
Noche De Ronda, Elder Barber
Luis Mariano, Luis Mariano
Rhumbas For Dancing, Carmen Cavallaro
La Novia de la Canción, Eva Garza
Canta En Español, Connie Francis
Sings In Spanish, Caterina Valente
Canta En Español, Connie Francis
La Cumbancha, Conjunto Los Cariñosos
De Paris A Granada, Caterina Valente
Huapango de la Caña Brava, Trío Tamaulipeco
Madrid, Ana María González
Andy Williams Sings, Andy Williams
Noches De Veracruz, Lucho Gatica
Chavela Vargas vs. María Dolores Pradera
Cachito, Gloria Lasso
Agustín Lara Canta Para Tí
Ponle un Bolero a la Noche, Boleros
México Lindo, Irma Vila
México 100 Canciones Vintage
101 Rancheras de Amor y Odio
Tropicana, Los Rivero
Vals Peruano, Varios Artistas
Nuestros Boleros, Varios Artistas
Boleros y Más
100 Boleros, 100 Intérpretes
Videos
Biography
Agustín Lara (October 30, 1897, México – November 6, 1970)
Agustín Lara, Ángel Agustín María Carlos Fausto Mariano Alfonso del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Lara y Aguirre del Pino ), known as Agustín Lara was a Mexican singer and songwriter.
Agustín Lara was born in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz. Later, the Lara family had to move to Mexico City, establishing their house in the borough of Coyoacán. After their mother died, Agustín and his siblings lived in a hospice run by their aunt, Refugio Aguirre del Pino. It was there that he had his first contact with music.
Lara’s first musical composition was Marucha, written in honor of one of his first loves. In 1927 he already was working in cabarets. He subsequently moved to Puebla, but returned to Mexico City in 1928. That same year he started working for the tenor Juan Arvizu as composer and accompanist. In September 1930, Lara began a successful radio career. At the same time he acted and composed songs for such films as Santa.
Lara’s first tour, to Cuba in 1933, was a failure because of political turmoil on the island. Later, more successful tours in South America, as well as such new compositions as Solamente Una Vez (composed in Buenos Aires and dedicated to José Mojica), Veracruz, Tropicana, and Pecadora increased his fame.
By the beginning of the 1940s, Lara was well known in Spain. In 1965, the Spanish Caudillo, Francisco Franco, gave him a house in Granada to show his appreciation of Lara’s songs with Spanish themes, such as Toledo, Cuerdas de mi Guitarra, Granada, Seville and Madrid. He received additional honors and decorations from around the world.
In 1968, Lara’s health began to decline rapidly; an accident that fractured his pelvis further aggravated his condition. On November 6, 1970, Lara died. He was buried in the Rotonda de los Hombres Ilustres of the Panteón de Dolores in Mexico City. By the time of his death, Lara had written more than 700 songs.
Agustín Lara was a son of Joaquín Lara and María Aguirre y Pino. He had an aunt named Refugio Aguirre del Pino and younger sister, María Teresa Lara. He married beautiful María Félix and was a stepfather to the actor Enrique Álvarez Félix, who died in 1996.