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Manuel Esperón
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Manuel Esperón González (August 3, 1911 – February 13, 2011) was a Mexican song writer and composer. He wrote many songs for Mexican films, including Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! for…
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Manuel Esperón González (August 3, 1911 – February 13, 2011) was a Mexican song writer and composer. He wrote many songs for Mexican films, including Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! for the 1941 film of the same name, Cocula for El peñón de las ánimas (The Rock of Souls) (1943), and Amor con Amor Se Paga for Hay un niño en su futuro (1952). Other Esperón compositions have become Latin standards such as Yo Soy Mexicano, Noche Plateada and No Volveré which was used in the first episode of the 2001 soap opera El juego de la vida. Among other performers, Chavela Vargas, Pedro Infante, Los Panchos, and Jorge Negrete have made his songs well-known. His fame in the USA derives from when his song The Three Caballeros was used in the Disney film The Three Caballeros (1944). In 1989 Esperón was awarded the Premier National Prize of Mexico for Art and Traditional Culture (de Artes y Tradiciones Populares). In 2001, he was given a tribute at the Palace of Fine Arts in the historical center of Mexico City. Until his Death in 2011 he was the honorary President for life of the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico. His songs continued to be used in filmmaking and television productions.
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2002
Las Lunas del Auditorio
TV show Self
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1991
Mi Querido Viejo
Movie Original Music Composer
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1990
Por Tu Maldito Amor
Movie Original Music Composer
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1989
Acorralado
Movie Music
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1985
Rafaga De Plomo
Movie Original Music Composer
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1985
Masacre en el río Tula
Movie Original Music Composer
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1984
Cruz de olvido
Movie Original Music Composer
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1984
El regreso del carro rojo
Movie Music
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1984
No vale nada la vida
Movie Music Director
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1983
Mundo mágico
Movie Original Music Composer
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1983
Todo un hombre
Movie Original Music Composer
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1983
El sexo de los pobres
Movie Original Music Composer
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1982
Una gallina muy ponedora
Movie Original Music Composer
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1982
El rey de los albures
Movie Original Music Composer
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1979
357 Magnum
Movie Original Music Composer
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1979
Los Reyes del Palenque
Movie Original Music Composer
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1979
La sotana del reo
Movie Original Music Composer
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1977
Mariachi - Fiesta de sangre
Movie Self
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1977
Chanoc on the Island of the Dead
Movie Original Music Composer
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1976
Chin Chin el teporocho
Movie Original Music Composer
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1976
Red Zone
Movie Original Music Composer
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1975
Chanoc en el foso de las serpientes
Movie Original Music Composer
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1973
Las tarántulas
Movie Original Music Composer
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1972
Chanoc vs. the Tiger and the Vampire
Movie Original Music Composer
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1970
La mujer de oro
Movie Original Music Composer
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1970
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
Movie Original Music Composer
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1969
Santo vs. Capulina
Movie Original Music Composer
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1969
El crepúsculo de un dios
Movie Esperón
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1969
The Sin of Adam and Eve
Movie Music
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1968
Stranger in the House
Movie Original Music Composer
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1968
Requiem por un canalla
Movie Original Music Composer
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1968
Agente 00 Sexy
Movie Original Music Composer
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1968
The Angels of Puebla
Movie Original Music Composer
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1968
Báñame mi amor
Movie Original Music Composer
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1967
Tres mil kilómetros de amor
Movie Original Music Composer
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1967
La guerrillera de Villa
Movie Original Music Composer
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1967
Ven a cantar conmigo
Movie Compositor
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1967
Un dorado de Pancho Villa
Movie Original Music Composer
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1966
The Two Rivals
Movie Original Music Composer
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1966
Juan Pistolas
Movie Original Music Composer
