Adoro (song)

"Adoro"
"Adoro"
Single by Armando Manzanero
Language	Spanish
B-side	"Perdoname"
Released	1967
Length	2:25
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Armando Manzanero
Producer(s)	Orquestra De Eduardo Magallanes

"Adoro" is a song by Mexican singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero. The song was originally recorded and released by RCA in 1967, becoming one of Manzanero's best known songs. Momento magazine in 1969 reported that the song had already sold 250,000 copies and been recorded in about 60 versions in its first two years.^[1]

The lyrics begin "Adoro, la calle en que nos vimos, la noche, cuando nos conocimos ..."^[2]

Versions[]

After the initial run of "sixty versions" 1967-1969 noted by Momento magazine, the song has further been covered by artists including:

"I Adore You", English version sung by Andra Willis, with new English lyrics by Sunny Skylar 1971
"Ben böyleyim", turkish

version by Ayten Alpman in 1975

Nini Rosso 1972
Salomé 1970
Adoro (Don't Tempt Me) by The Brass Ring Featuring Phil Bodner 1968
Franck Pourcel and his Orchestra - as title song of the album of the same name 1970, which went Gold in Japan.
Placido Domingo - as title song of the album of the same name 1982^[3]
Alejandro Sanz, on El Alma al Aire and as duet on Manzanero's Duetos album.
Noe Pro and The Semitones
Italian singer Mina from the album Lochness vol. 1-2 1993
Ketil Bjørnstad and Svante Henryson on Night Song

References[]

^ Momento 1969 - Page 47 "Se han vendido 250.000 copias de “Adoro", de la cual existen unas sesenta versiones. Sin embargo el éxito de “Esta tarde vi llover" ha sido muy superior: fue grabada por Tony Bennett en Estados Unidos y al poco tiempo se habían vendido ... "
^ The Americas Review - Volumes 16-17 - Page 7 University of Houston - 1988 ... Y Manzanero, "Adoro, la calle en que nos vimos, la noche, cuando nos conocimos ..."
^ The New Records - Volumes 50-51 - Page 36 1982 "The music is a delight, especially the title song, Adoro, a gentle serenade which Domingo sings in the warmest of half-tones."

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[1] Momento 1969 - Page 47 "Se han vendido 250.000 copias de “Adoro", de la cual existen unas sesenta versiones. Sin embargo el éxito de “Esta tarde vi llover" ha sido muy superior: fue grabada por Tony Bennett en Estados Unidos y al poco tiempo se habían vendido ... "

[2] The Americas Review - Volumes 16-17 - Page 7 University of Houston - 1988 ... Y Manzanero, "Adoro, la calle en que nos vimos, la noche, cuando nos conocimos ..."

[3] The New Records - Volumes 50-51 - Page 36 1982 "The music is a delight, especially the title song, Adoro, a gentle serenade which Domingo sings in the warmest of half-tones."

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