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"Bésame Mucho" is a Spanish language
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 song written in 1940
1940 in music

Events*January - Frank Sinatra joins the Tommy Dorsey orchestra*July 20 - Billboard magazine publishes its first "Music Popularity Chart"*May 27 - Quartetto Egie make their debut performance...
 by Mexican Consuelo Velázquez
Consuelo Velázquez

Consuelo Vel?zquez , was a Mexican songwriter. According to her obituary she was 88 years old when she died. Most music resources, however, list her birth date as August 29, 1924 in Ciudad Guzm?n Jalisco, Mexico....
 before her sixteenth birthday. The phrase "bésame mucho" can be translated into English as "kiss me a lot". According to Velázquez, she wrote this song even though she had never been kissed yet at the time. She was inspired by the aria "Quejas, o la Maja y el Ruiseñor" from the Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 1916 opera Goyescas
Goyescas

Goyescas is a piano suite written in 1911 in music by Spanish composer Enrique Granados. This piano suite is usually considered Granados's crowning creation and was inspired by the paintings of Francisco Goya, although the piano pieces have not been authoratively associated with any particular paintings....
 by Enrique Granados
Enrique Granados

Pantal?on Enrique Costanzo Granados y Campi?a was a Spain Catalonia pianist and composer of european classical music. His music is in a uniquely Spanish style and, as such, representative of musical nationalism....
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Emilio Tuero was the first to record the song.






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"Bésame Mucho" is a Spanish language
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 song written in 1940
1940 in music

Events*January - Frank Sinatra joins the Tommy Dorsey orchestra*July 20 - Billboard magazine publishes its first "Music Popularity Chart"*May 27 - Quartetto Egie make their debut performance...
 by Mexican Consuelo Velázquez
Consuelo Velázquez

Consuelo Vel?zquez , was a Mexican songwriter. According to her obituary she was 88 years old when she died. Most music resources, however, list her birth date as August 29, 1924 in Ciudad Guzm?n Jalisco, Mexico....
 before her sixteenth birthday. The phrase "bésame mucho" can be translated into English as "kiss me a lot". According to Velázquez, she wrote this song even though she had never been kissed yet at the time. She was inspired by the aria "Quejas, o la Maja y el Ruiseñor" from the Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 1916 opera Goyescas
Goyescas

Goyescas is a piano suite written in 1911 in music by Spanish composer Enrique Granados. This piano suite is usually considered Granados's crowning creation and was inspired by the paintings of Francisco Goya, although the piano pieces have not been authoratively associated with any particular paintings....
 by Enrique Granados
Enrique Granados

Pantal?on Enrique Costanzo Granados y Campi?a was a Spain Catalonia pianist and composer of european classical music. His music is in a uniquely Spanish style and, as such, representative of musical nationalism....
.

Emilio Tuero was the first to record the song. It is believed by some sources to be the most recorded song of all time.

The composition has been used on the soundtrack of numerous films including Great Expectations
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The Beatles
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 recorded this song for their audition with Decca Records
Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
. The recording was later released on Anthology 1
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 as part of The Beatles Anthology
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In 2007, Composer/Arranger and Jazz Trombonist Steve Wiest was nominated for a Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement for his version of "Besame Mucho" that was recorded by Maynard Ferguson on The One and Only Maynard Ferguson.

"Bésame Mucho" is also known by translated names such as "Kiss Me Much", "Kiss Me a Lot", "Kiss Me Again and Again", "Embrasse-Moi", "Stale Ma Bozkavaj" and "Szeretlek én".