These are the monthly charts of the top-ten most popular songs in Mexico between September 1948 and December 1949 according to the magazine Selecciones Musicales and as compiled in the book Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión by Roberto Ayala. These charts were based on record sales, jukebox plays, radio and television airplay, and sheet music sales.[ a] [ 1]
As published in the Musicosas book, the charts only include the song titles and the names of the composers; the performers credited in this article are included for reference and where many performers are listed for the same song, they appear in alphabetical order, which may not reflect whose version was the most popular[ b]
1948
September
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Page 299 .
October
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Page 299 .
November
For unknown reasons, the Selecciones Musicales chart for this month doesn't include the seventh position.
No.
Title
Songwriter(s)
Artist(s)
1
"Verdad amarga"
Consuelo Velázquez
María Luisa Landín
2
"La rondalla"
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza
3
"¿Por qué has tardado?"
Carlos Gómez Barrera
Various artists
4
"Dos gardenias"
Isolina Carrillo
Avelina Landín / Daniel Santos con Sonora Matancera
5
"Convencida"
Abel Domínguez
Hermanas Águila / Johnny Albino y el Trío San Juan
6
"Al arrullo del mar"[ d]
Salvador Rangel
Hermanas Águila
8
"La embarcación"
Public domain[ e]
Miguel Aceves Mejía / Dueto Azteca / Hermanas López
9
"¿Hasta cuándo, mi vida?"
Chucho Rodríguez
Blanca Estela Pavón
10
"Madrid"
Agustín Lara
Ana María González
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Pages 299 and 300 .
December
No.
Title
Songwriter(s)
Artist(s)
1
"La rondalla"
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza
2
"¿Por qué has tardado?"
Carlos Gómez Barrera
Various artists
3
"Convencida"
Abel Domínguez
Hermanas Águila / Johnny Albino y el Trío San Juan
4
"Un poquito de tu amor"
Julio Gutiérrez
Ana María González / Pedro Vargas
5
"Mi todo"
Alfredo Parra Julio Flores / María Luisa Landín / Luis Lozano / Eduardo Solís
6
"Dos gardenias"
Isolina Carrillo
Avelina Landín / Daniel Santos con Sonora Matancera
7
"Nuestra cita"
Arturo Núñez Los Trovadores de México / Kiko Mendive / Trío Los Jaibos
8
"Al arrullo del mar"[ d]
Salvador Rangel
Hermanas Águila
9
"Qué me importa"
Mario Fernández Porta
Leo Marini
10
"Poquito poquito"
Delía Gasque Various artists
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Page 300 .
1949
January
No.
Title
Songwriter(s)
Artist(s)
1
"La rondalla"
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza
2
"Verdad amarga"
Consuelo Velázquez
María Luisa Landín
3
"Al arrullo del mar"[ d]
Salvador Rangel
Hermanas Águila
4
"Bonita"
Luis Arcaraz Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta
5
"¿Por qué has tardado?"
Carlos Gómez Barrera
Various artists
6
"Dos gardenias"
Isolina Carrillo
Avelina Landín / Daniel Santos con Sonora Matancera
7
"Sin ti"
Pepe Guízar Trío Los Panchos
8
"Mi todo"
Alfredo Parra
Julio Flores / María Luisa Landín / Luis Lozano / Eduardo Solís
9
"Aunque pasen los años"
Eduardo Alarcón Leal
Alarcón Leal y La Tamaulipeca / Jorge Negrete
10
"Bendita tú"
Manuel Sabre Marroquín [ f] Panchito Rodríguez
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Page 300 .
February
No.
Title
Songwriter(s)
Artist(s)
1
"La rondalla"
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza
2
"Sin ti"
Pepe Guízar
Trío Los Panchos
3
"Verdad amarga"
Consuelo Velázquez
María Luisa Landín
4
"Al arrullo del mar"[ d]
Salvador Rangel
Hermanas Águila
5
"Malos pensamientos"
Alberto Domínguez Maria Luisa Landín / Chelo Silva
6
"¿Por qué has tardado?"
Carlos Gómez Barrera
Various artists
7
"Bonita"
Luis Arcaraz
Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta
8
"Convencida"
Abel Domínguez
Hermanas Águila / Johnny Albino y el Trío San Juan
9
"El abandonado"
Public domain
Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán
10
"Dos gardenias"
Isolina Carrillo
Avelina Landín / Daniel Santos con Sonora Matancera
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Page 300 .
March
No.
Title
Songwriter(s)
Artist(s)
1
"La rondalla"
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza
2
"Malos pensamientos"
Alberto Domínguez
Maria Luisa Landín / Chelo Silva
3
"Bonita"
Luis Arcaraz
Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta
4
"Al arrullo del mar"[ d]
Salvador Rangel
Hermanas Águila
5
"Falsos juramentos"
Carlos Gómez Barrera
Pedro Vargas
6
"Sin ti"
Pepe Guízar
Trío Los Panchos
7
"Triste verdad"
Mario Ruiz Armengol Balde González / María Luisa Landín / Blanca Estela Pavón / Elvira Ríos
8
"El abandonado"
Public domain
Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán
9
"Convencida"
Abel Domínguez
Hermanas Águila / Johnny Albino y el Trío San Juan
10
"Aunque pasen los años"
Eduardo Alarcón Leal
Alarcón Leal y La Tamaulipeca / Jorge Negrete
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Pages 300 and 301 .
April
No.
Title
Songwriter(s)
Artist(s)
1
"Bonita"
Luis Arcaraz
Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta
2
"No me quieras tanto"
Rafael Hernández Trío Los Panchos
3
"Sin ti"
Pepe Guízar
Trío Los Panchos
4
"Al arrullo del mar"[ d]
Salvador Rangel
Hermanas Águila
5
"¿Tú donde estás?"
Gabriel Ruiz
Avelina Landín
6
"Si regresara el amor"
Alfredo Núñez de Borbón Trío Guayacán
7
"Falsos juramentos"
Carlos Gómez Barrera
Pedro Vargas
8
"Malos pensamientos"
Alberto Domínguez
Maria Luisa Landín / Chelo Silva
9
"Mi corazón abrió la puerta"
Gabriel Ruiz
Various artists[ g]
10
"La rondalla"
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Page 301 .
May
No.
Title
Songwriter(s)
Artist(s)
1
"Sin ti"
Pepe Guízar
Trío Los Panchos
2
"Bonita"
Luis Arcaraz
Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta
3
"La rondalla"
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza
4
"Malos pensamientos"
Alberto Domínguez
Maria Luisa Landín / Chelo Silva
5
"Un poquito de tu amor"
Julio Gutiérrez
Ana María González / Pedro Vargas
6
"Si regresara el amor"
Alfredo Núñez de Borbón
Trío Guayacán
7
"¿Tú donde estás?"
Gabriel Ruiz
Avelina Landín
8
"Verdad amarga"
Consuelo Velázquez
María Luisa Landín
9
"Falsos juramentos"
Carlos Gómez Barrera
Pedro Vargas
10
"Mi corazón abrió la puerta"
Gabriel Ruiz
Various artists[ g]
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Page 301 .
June
No.
Title
Songwriter(s)
Artist(s)
1
"Sin ti"
Pepe Guízar
Trío Los Panchos
2
"Bonita"
Luis Arcaraz
Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta
3
"Malos pensamientos"
Alberto Domínguez
Maria Luisa Landín / Chelo Silva
4
"Mi corazón abrió la puerta"
Gabriel Ruiz
Various artists[ g]
5
"Falsos juramentos"
Carlos Gómez Barrera
Pedro Vargas
6
"Al arrullo del mar"[ d]
Salvador Rangel
Hermanas Águila
7
"Triste verdad"
Mario Ruiz Armengol
Balde González / María Luisa Landín / Blanca Estela Pavón / Elvira Ríos
8
"No me quieras tanto"
Rafael Hernández
Trío Los Panchos
9
"La rondalla"
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza
10
"El abandonado"
Public domain
Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Pages 301 and 302 .
July
No.
Title
Songwriter(s)
Artist(s)
1
"Amorcito corazón"
Manuel Esperón (music) & Pedro de Urdimalas (lyrics)Pedro Infante / Trío Los Panchos
2
"Sin ti"
Pepe Guízar
Trío Los Panchos
3
"Bonita"
Luis Arcaraz
Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta
4
"Si regresara el amor"
Alfredo Núñez de Borbón
Trío Guayacán
5
"Mi corazón abrió la puerta"
Gabriel Ruiz
Various artists[ g]
6
"Malos pensamientos"
Alberto Domínguez
Maria Luisa Landín / Chelo Silva
7
"Falsos juramentos"
Carlos Gómez Barrera
Pedro Vargas
8
"No me quieras tanto"
Rafael Hernández
Trío Los Panchos
9
"Caminemos"
Alfredo Gil Trío Los Panchos
10
"Muchachita"
Mario Ruiz Armengol
Andy Russell
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Page 302 .
August
No.
Title
Songwriter(s)
Artist(s)
1
"Amorcito corazón"
Manuel Esperón (music) & Pedro de Urdimalas (lyrics)
Pedro Infante / Trío Los Panchos
2
"Sin ti"
Pepe Guízar
Trío Los Panchos
3
"No me quieras tanto"
Rafael Hernández
Trío Los Panchos
4
"Mi corazón abrió la puerta"
Gabriel Ruiz
Various artists[ g]
5
"Bonita"
Luis Arcaraz
Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta
6
"La rondalla"
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza
7
"Falsos juramentos"
Carlos Gómez Barrera
Pedro Vargas
8
"El abandonado"
Public domain
Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán
9
"Muchachita"
Mario Ruiz Armengol
Andy Russell
10
"¿Tú donde estás?"
Gabriel Ruiz
Avelina Landín
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Page 302 .
September
No.
Title
Songwriter(s)
Artist(s)
1
"Amorcito corazón"
Manuel Esperón (music) & Pedro de Urdimalas (lyrics)
Pedro Infante / Trío Los Panchos
2
"Tú, sólo tú "
Felipe Valdés Leal Dueto Azteca / Pedro Infante / Beny Moré / Trío Calaveras
3
"Sin ti"
Pepe Guízar
Trío Los Panchos
4
"Miseria"
Miguel Ángel Valladares Eva Garza / María Luisa Landín / Pedro Vargas / Rubén Reyes / Trío Los Panchos
5
"No me quieras tanto"
Rafael Hernández
Trío Los Panchos
6
"Mi corazón abrió la puerta"
Gabriel Ruiz
Various artists[ g]
7
"Bonita"
Luis Arcaraz
Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta
8
"La rondalla"
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza
9
"Falsos juramentos"
Carlos Gómez Barrera
Pedro Vargas
10
"El abandonado"
Public domain
Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Page 302 .
October
No.
Title
Songwriter(s)
Artist(s)
1
"Tú, sólo tú"
Felipe Valdés Leal
Dueto Azteca / Pedro Infante / Beny Moré / Trío Calaveras
2
"Miseria"
Miguel Ángel Valladares
Eva Garza / María Luisa Landín / Pedro Vargas / Rubén Reyes / Trío Los Panchos
3
"Amorcito corazón"
Manuel Esperón (music) & Pedro de Urdimalas (lyrics)
Pedro Infante / Trío Los Panchos
4
"Vacío"
José de Jesús Morales
Rosita Fernández / Trío Cantarrecio [ h]
5
"La Vie en rose "
Louiguy (music) & Édith Piaf (lyrics)[ i] Édith Piaf
6
"Sin ti"
Pepe Guízar
Trío Los Panchos
7
"Bonita"
Luis Arcaraz
Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta
8
"Mi corazón abrió la puerta"
Gabriel Ruiz
Various artists[ g]
9
"La rondalla"
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza
10
"El abandonado"
Public domain
Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Pages 302 and 303 .
November
For unknown reasons, the Selecciones Musicales chart for this month doesn't include the fourth position.
No.
Title
Songwriter(s)
Artist(s)
1
"Tú, sólo tú"
Felipe Valdés Leal
Dueto Azteca / Pedro Infante / Beny Moré / Trío Calaveras
2
"La Vie en rose"
Louiguy (music) & Édith Piaf (lyrics)[ i]
Édith Piaf
3
"El abandonado"
Public domain
Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán
5
"Amorcito corazón"
Manuel Esperón (music) & Pedro de Urdimalas (lyrics)
Pedro Infante / Trío Los Panchos
6
"Vacío"
José de Jesús Morales
Rosita Fernández / Trío Cantarrecio[ h]
7
"Sin ti"
Pepe Guízar
Trío Los Panchos
8
"Bonita"
Luis Arcaraz
Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta
9
"Mi corazón abrió la puerta"
Gabriel Ruiz
Various artists[ g]
10
"La rondalla"
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Page 303 .
December
No.
Title
Songwriter(s)
Artist(s)
1
"Tú, sólo tú"
Felipe Valdés Leal
Dueto Azteca / Pedro Infante / Beny Moré / Trío Calaveras
2
"La múcura"
Antonio Fuentes Beny Moré / Trío Los Panchos
3
"La Vie en rose"
Louiguy (music) & Édith Piaf (lyrics)[ i]
Édith Piaf
4
"El abandonado"
Public domain
Miguel Aceves Mejía / Jorge Negrete / Luis Pérez Meza / Trío Aztlán
5
"Jinetes en el cielo "
Stan Jones Pedro Vargas
6
"Amorcito corazón"
Manuel Esperón (music) & Pedro de Urdimalas (lyrics)
Pedro Infante / Trío Los Panchos
7
"Bonita"
Luis Arcaraz
Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta
8
"La rondalla"
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Luis Aguilar / Luis Pérez Meza
9
"Sin ti"
Pepe Guízar
Trío Los Panchos
10
"Miseria"
Miguel Ángel Valladares
Eva Garza / María Luisa Landín / Pedro Vargas / Rubén Reyes / Trío Los Panchos
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . Page 303 .
Notes
^ (Translated from Spanish) "Record agencies all over the country, jukebox operators, music publishers, recording houses and correspondents for Selecciones Musicales send local reports every week. In the headquarters, each one of those reports is assessed and by means of a scoreboard each song is rated so as to determine the position that it is to occupy on the "Hit Parade".
^ While many times, like in other countries, a song would be popularized by one particular performer and it became identified with them, in Mexico it was common practice in the 1940s and 50s for a song to be recorded by various singers from different record labels around the same time; therefore, this article may not include all of the performers who recorded the songs around that period.
^ The Selecciones Musicales chart incorrectly credits Felipe Valdés Leal as the composer; the mistake was corrected when the song reappeared on the January 1949 chart.
^ a b c d e f g h Listed in the Selecciones Musicales chart as "Arrullo de mar" .
^ Although the composer of this traditional ranchera song is unknown, the Selecciones Musicales chart and contemporary record releases credit Miguel Aceves Mejía as the arranger .
^ Although the Selecciones Musicales chart appears to credit his sibling José Sabre Marroquín as the composer, the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico (Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México ) credits Manuel Sabre Marroquín as the composer.[ 2]
^ a b c d e f g h There is a popular recording of this song by Los Tres Diamantes, but it's from 1950, a year after this chart was published.
^ a b There's a recording by Los Tecolines which is from 1952 or later.
^ a b c The Selecciones Music chart only credits Piaf as the composer.
References
^ Ayala, Roberto (1962). Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión . p. 298. ^ "Ficha obra - Bendita tú" . Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México . Retrieved 16 April 2023 .
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