Any song that has been caressed by Nat “King” Cole, rocked by the Grateful Dead, jazzed by Carmen McRae and thundered by the Red Army Choir clearly shatters stylistic borders. But the hundreds of ...
Consuelo Velázquez is one of Mexico’s best-known songwriters. Her defining song, “Bésame Mucho,” is essential to Latin music’s songbook, and it’s the quintessential romantic song of the 20 th century.