List of number-one songs from the 1950s (Mexico)
The following lists the monthly number-one songs on the Mexican Selecciones Musicales chart from January 1950 to December 1960. The source for these charts is the book Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión by Roberto Ayala, who was the director of the Selecciones Musicales magazine. These charts were based on nationwide 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].
The longest-running number-one song of the decade was "Usted", written by Gabriel Ruiz and José Antonio Zorrilla and recorded by Los Tres Diamantes, which spent six consecutive months at the number-one position from May to October 1951.
1950[edit]
| Issue Date | Song | Composer | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | "Tú, sólo tú" | Felipe Valdés Leal | Pedro Infante / Beny Moré / Trío Calaveras |
| February | |||
| March | "La múcura" | Antonio Fuentes | Beny Moré con la Orquesta de Pérez Prado / Trío Los Panchos |
| April | "Pobre corazón" | Chucho Monge | Pedro Infante |
| May | |||
| June | "Qué rico mambo" | Dámaso Pérez Prado | Pérez Prado y su Orquesta |
| July | "Viajera" | Luis Arcaraz | Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta |
| August | "Quinto patio" | ||
| September | |||
| October | "Soy feliz" | Juan Bruno Tarraza | María Victoria con Orquesta de Luis Arcaraz |
| November | |||
| December | "Ella" | José Alfredo Jiménez | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Pedro Infante |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 303-306.
1951[edit]
| Issue Date | Song | Composer(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | "El fronterizo" | Los Cuates Castilla[c] | Pedro Infante |
| February | |||
| March | "Ella" | José Alfredo Jiménez | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Pedro Infante |
| April | |||
| May | "Usted" | Gabriel Ruiz & José Antonio Zorrilla | Los Tres Diamantes |
| June | |||
| July | |||
| August | |||
| September | |||
| October | |||
| November | "Cuando el destino" | José Alfredo Jiménez | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Pedro Infante |
| December | "Carta a Eufemia" | Rubén Fuentes & Rubén Méndez | Pedro Infante |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 307-310.
1952[edit]
| Issue Date | Song | Composer(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | "Carta a Eufemia" | Rubén Fuentes & Rubén Méndez | Pedro Infante |
| February | |||
| March | "Amor, qué malo eres" | Luis Marquetti | Lucho Gatica / Los Tres Diamantes / Pedro Vargas |
| April | "El plebeyo" | Felipe Pinglo Alva | Fernando Fernández / Pedro Infante |
| May | |||
| June | "Nube gris" | Eduardo Márquez Talledo | Pedro Infante |
| July | "Peso sobre peso" | Chava Flores | |
| August | |||
| September | "Pénjamo" | Rubén Méndez | |
| October | |||
| November | |||
| December | "Tu recuerdo y yo" | José Alfredo Jiménez | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Pedro Infante |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 310-313.
1953[edit]
| Issue Date | Song | Composer(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | "Tu recuerdo y yo" | José Alfredo Jiménez | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Pedro Infante |
| February | |||
| March | "Piel canela" | Bobby Capó | Bobby Capó con la Sonora Matancera / Lucho Gatica / Pedro Vargas |
| April | |||
| May | "El jinete" | José Alfredo Jiménez | Jorge Negrete |
| June | |||
| July | "Anna (El Negro Zumbón)" | R. Vatro | Pérez Prado y su Orquesta / Flo Sandon's |
| August | "Candilejas" | Charles Chaplin[d] | Los Tecolines |
| September | |||
| October | |||
| November | "Vaya con Dios" | Larry Russell, Inez James & Buddy Pepper | Pedro Infante / Nat King Cole |
| December | "Ruega por nosotros" | Alberto Cervantes & Rubén Fuentes | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Lucho Gatica / Pedro Infante |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 314-317.
1954[edit]
| Issue Date | Song | Composer(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | "Ruega por nosotros" | Alberto Cervantes & Rubén Fuentes | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Lucho Gatica / Pedro Infante |
| February | |||
| March | |||
| April | "Cien años" | Pedro Infante / Hermanos Martínez Gil | |
| May | |||
| June | |||
| July | |||
| August | |||
| September | "Contigo en la distancia" | César Portillo de la Luz | Lucho Gatica / Pedro Infante / Andy Russell |
| October | "Tres días" | Tomás Méndez | Lola Beltrán |
| November | "Espinita" | Nico Jiménez | Ana María González / Virginia López / Trío Los Panchos |
| December |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 317-321.
1955[edit]
| Issue Date | Song | Composer(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | "Mil besos" | Ema Elena Valdelamar | María Victoria |
| February | |||
| March | "Dime de quién es tu corazón"[e] | José de Jesús Morales | Los Cuatro Soles / Marilú |
| April | "Mi último fracaso" | Alfredo Gil | Trío Los Panchos |
| May | |||
| June | |||
| July | |||
| August | "Un mundo raro" | José Alfredo Jiménez | Pedro Infante / Trío Calaveras |
| September | "Rogaciano" | Valeriano Trejo | Miguel Aceves Mejía |
| October | |||
| November | "La enramada" | Graciela Olmos | Los Tres Ases [es] |
| December | "Historia de un amor" | Carlos Almarán | Libertad Lamarque / Los Tres Ases / Pérez Prado y su Orquesta / Sonora Matancera con Leo Marini |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 321-324.
1956[edit]
| Issue Date | Song | Composer(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | "Historia de un amor" | Carlos Almarán | Libertad Lamarque / Los Tres Ases [es] / Pérez Prado y su Orquesta / Sonora Matancera con Leo Marini |
| February | |||
| March | "No me platiques más"[f] | Vicente Garrido | Lucho Gatica / Pedro Infante / Los Tres Ases[g] |
| April | |||
| May | |||
| June | "Grítenme, piedras del campo" | Cuco Sánchez | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Amalia Mendoza / Rosita Quintana |
| July | "Estoy perdido" | Víctor Manuel Mato | Los Tres Ases |
| August | "Pobre gente de París" | Marguerite Monnot | Les Baxter / Édith Piaf / Los Tres Diamantes |
| September | "Que seas feliz" | Consuelo Velázquez | Los Tres Ases |
| October | |||
| November | "Amor mío" | Álvaro Carrillo | Lucho Gatica / Los Tres Diamantes |
| December |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 324-327.
1957[edit]
| Issue Date | Song | Composer(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | "La cama de piedra" | Cuco Sánchez | Cuco Sánchez |
| February | |||
| March | "El reloj" | Roberto Cantoral | Los Tres Caballeros |
| April | |||
| May | "La barca" | ||
| June | "Espérame en el cielo" | Paquito López | Lucho Gatica / Pedro Vargas / Trío Los Panchos |
| July | "Tú me acostumbraste" | Frank Domínguez | Olga Guillot |
| August | "Ay, cosita linda" | Francisco "Pacho" Galán | Pacho Galán y su Orquesta / Sonora Matancera con Carlos Argentino |
| September | |||
| October | "Te me olvidas" | Vicente Garrido | Los Tres Caballeros |
| November | "Cariñito azucarado" | Enrique Cerón | Virginia López |
| December | "Échame a mí la culpa" | José Ángel Espinoza | Amalia Mendoza / Javier Solís |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 328-331.
1958[edit]
| Issue Date | Song | Composer(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | "Sabrás que te quiero" | Teddy Fregoso | Los Tres Ases [es]/ Raúl Shaw Moreno / Javier Solís |
| February | |||
| March | |||
| April | |||
| May | "Cuando tú me quieras" | Mario Barrios & Raúl Shaw Moreno | |
| June | |||
| July | "Fascinación" | Fermo Dante Marchetti[h] | Tito Guízar / Trío Hermanos Michel / Sara Montiel / Los Cuatro Hermanos Silva |
| August | "Regálame esta noche" | Roberto Cantoral | Los Tres Caballeros |
| September | |||
| October | "Corazón de melón" | Carlos Rigual | Los Hermanos Rigual |
| November | "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" | Franco Migliacci & Domenico Modugno | Domenico Modugno |
| December |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 331-334.
1959[edit]
| Issue Date | Song | Composer(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | "Gema" | Güicho Cisneros | Los Dandys |
| February | "Nuestro juramento" | Benito de Jesús | Julio Jaramillo |
| March | "Lágrimas del alma" | Bonny Villaseñor | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Lucho Gatica / Flor Silvestre / Javier Solís |
| April | "Nuestro juramento" | Benito de Jesús | Julio Jaramillo |
| May | "Bala perdida" | Tomás Méndez | Lola Beltrán |
| June | "La margarita" | Mariano Mercerón | Mariano Mercerón y su Orquesta |
| July | "Asómate a mi alma" | Fernando Valadés | Los Tecolines / Los Tres Reyes / Virginia López / Elvira Quintana / Trío Los Astros |
| August | "Jacaranda" | Enrique Fabregat & Mario Molina Montes | Los Tres Ases [es]/ Trío Los Santos |
| September | |||
| October | "Me extraña" | Luis Martínez Serrano | Los Tres Caballeros |
| November | "Un telegrama" | Alfredo & Gregorio García Segura | Monna Bell |
| December | "Qué bonito amor" | José Alfredo Jiménez | Miguel Aceves Mejía / Elvira Ríos / Flor Silvestre / Javier Solís |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 334-338.
1960[edit]
| Issue Date | Song | Composer(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | "Ya la pagarás" | Mario de Jesús | Virginia López |
| February | "Limosnero de amor" | Alberto Videz | Alberto Beltrán / Javier Solís |
| March | |||
| April | "Sabor a mí" | Álvaro Carrillo | Rolando Laserie / Los Tres Ases [es] |
| May | "Canción de Orfeo" | Luis Bonfá[i] | Los Tres Diamantes |
| June | "La boa" | Félix Reina & Carlos Lico[j] | Sonora Santanera |
| July | |||
| August | "Ayúdame, Dios mío" | Mario de Jesús | María Elena Sandoval |
| September | "Bésame y olvídame" | Beatriz Jiménez | Javier Solís |
| October | "Adiós" | Alfredo Carrasco | Los Tecolines |
| November | "La plaga" | John Marascalco & Robert Blackwell[k] | Los Teen Tops |
| December | "Saca la botella" | Jorge Sareli | Sonora Santanera |
Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 338-341.
Notes[edit]
- ^ (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.
- ^ Artistic name of siblings Miguel Angel and José Angel Díaz y González de Castilla.
- ^ Spanish lyrics by Mario Molina Montes.
- ^ Usually abbreviated to "De quién es tu corazón".
- ^ Also titled "No me platiques ya" or "No me platiques" in some releases
- ^ According to the composer Vicente Garrido, Los Tres Ases were the first to make the song a success, leading Gatica and Infante to record their own versions shortly after.[2]
- ^ Spanish lyrics by Mario Molina Montes.
- ^ Spanish lyrics by Mario Molina Montes.
- ^ The song is based on a Cuban instrumental danzón titled "Angoa", composed by Félix Reina. The Mexican musician Carlos Lico later wrote lyrics to it and recorded it with his group, Los Pao, with the new title "La boa", which became a nationwide hit when Sonora Santanera covered it.
- ^ Spanish lyrics by Los Teen Tops.
References[edit]
- ^ Ayala, Roberto (1962). Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. p. 298.
- ^ ""VICENTE GARRIDO" Su Musica Y Sus Interpretes (minute 22:25)". YouTube (in Spanish). MAMBISITOW. Retrieved 30 July 2023.