The successes for which José José will be remembered
The successes for which José José will be remembered
The singer died on Saturday at 71. His successes will remain in the memory of entire generations who fell in love with their melodies
José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz, better known as José José, died this Saturday, September 28,. With a career of more than 50 years, he left a legacy that marked his fans and a musical repertoire that he will not forget.
The sad
It was thanks to the interpretation of the song written by the composer Roberto Cantoral within the Latin Song Festival (after OTI) the most impressive and what catapulted him to international stardom. Although the singer did not win the contest, his third album was titled as the song and thus the tours of the continent began.
"Gavilán or Paloma"
It was the title that appeared on the album "Reunion" and then it was the title of the film about his 1985 life. José José played himself and Christian Bach played his romantic interest. In the soundtrack of the movie that was also named so appear songs like "Taste to Me", "Pillow" and "Love and Love."
"The Ship of Oblivion"
This song written by the Argentine Dino Ramos was the first national success of the singer, and a sample of the powerful interpretations that the Mexican would give in the future. Also the name of the second album of "The prince of the song", which was creditor of gold and platinum disc. .
"Love and love"
It was José José who told the world what the important difference was between simply wanting and truly loving. This classic written by Manuel Alejandro is in his eleventh studio album, "Reunion", published in 1977.
"Prince"
Written by the native of Michoacán, Manolo Marroquín, it was thanks to this song and the homonymous album that was given the alias of “the prince of the song”. Within the album published in 1976, the Mexican recorded the Spanish version of "Our Love is the Most Beautiful", original by the Canadian singer, Paul Anka.
"Volcano"
It was within the twelfth production of the namesake singer, published in 1978. This song reached the top of the popularity charts that year, as well as "O you or I," "Farolero" and "Ask her." The Spanish Rafael Pérez Botija, served as arranger and producer of the album.
"The past past"
Juan Gabriel composed a couple of songs for José José's next album, which premiered in 1978: The Past, Past and Not Now. The album also included another classic, What it was not will not be, written by José María Napoleón.
"Pillow"
This song tells the story of a man in love and tormented by alcohol and excesses. It was within the thirteenth production that this simple one was also written by Nicaraguan Adam Torres, who assured the newspaper La Prensa that his inspiration was immigration and the nostalgia of feeling away from his wife while he lived in the United States.
"If you leave me now"
"I am imprisoned among the networks of a poem, it is you who can help me or condemn me." At the end of the seventies, BMG Ariola had planned a plan to strengthen the internationalization of two Mexican titans: José José and Juan Gabriel. The namesake production under the label production joined "the prince of the song" with the recently deceased Camilo Sesto, where they composed this song and "Where are you going". Sesto also recorded his version of this ballad.
"I doubt it"
It was the most successful single from his album "Secrets", which was the best selling production of his career with two million copies in the first weeks. It lasted 40 weeks on the Latin American popularity charts and earned him a Grammy nomination. The album included the songs "Love ends" and "I will fill you all."
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