YOU BELONG TO MY HEART = ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK

ENGELBERT’S BEAUTIFUL RENDITION OF THIS SONG. “You Belong to My Heart“ is the name of an English language version of the Mexican Bolero song “Solamente una vez“ (Only One Time, in English}. This song was composed by Mexican songwriter Agustín Lara and originally performed by tenor José Mojica in the 1941 film Melodías de América.[1]“Solamente una vez“ has been performed by many artists including Daniel Rodríguez,[2] Quartetto Gelato,[3] Arielle Dombasle,[4] Benny Moré,[5] Ignacio Piñeiro,[6] Pedro Vargas,[7] Julio Iglesias,[8] Roberto Carlos,[9] Andrea Bocelli,[10] Chucho Valdés,[11] Plácido Domingo,[12] Nat King Cole,[13] Marty Robbins, Lucho Gatica,[14] Guadalupe Pineda,[15] and Roland Shaw & His Orchestra.[16] Luis Miguel,[17] BING CROSBY, WILLIE NELSON, JACKIE WILSON, CLIFF RICHARD, SLIM WHITMAN, CONNIE FRANCIS, DON ESTELLE......... “Solamente una vez“, retitled “You Belong to My Heart“, was featured in the Disney film “The Three Caballeros“ with English lyrics written by Ray Gilbert and sung by Dora Luz.[18] Gilbert’s lyrics bear no similarity to Lara’s original Spanish language lyrics.
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