[78-L] Cielito Lindo

[Cary Ginell]

Milton Brown & his Brownies did it in 1936 on Decca 5303.

 

The original Nite Owls release is Vocalion 04372.

 

The Ferera/Paaluhi disc is a Hawaiian version of it - translated as Sonniger Himmel, issued on OKeh 10472, recorded June 21, 1927. 

 

Bob Wills performs it in a medley of several Mexican waltzes on Vocalion 05523, recorded in 1940.

 

Another western swing version is by the Tune Wranglers on Bluebird B-7089.

 

I also have the version by the Castillians, which was issued on Vocalion 14693.

 

Cary Ginell
 
> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:56:16 -0500
> From: garioch at texas.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: [78-L] Cielito Lindo
> 
> Poking around the "Online Discography Project" I've found these early 
> recordings of Cielito Lindo listed:
> 
> Artist: Max Dolin's Orchestra
> Date Recorded: 12/22/21
> 
> Artist: Vincent Lopez & His Orch
> Date Recorded: 11/1/23
> 
> Artist: Castillians (l.katzman)
> Date Recorded: 10/??/23
> 
> Artist: Imperial D.o. (samuels)
> Date Recorded: 11/29/23
> 
> Artist: Bob Haring & His Orch
> Date Recorded: 02/22/24
> 
> Artist: Frank Ferrera & John Poaluhi
> Date Recorded: 06/09/25
> 
> Artist: Ferera & Paaluhi
> Date Recorded: 6/??/27
> 
> Artist: Stieff,ruth
> Date Recorded: 12/14/28
> 
> Artist: Galla-rini
> Date Recorded: 8/?/28
> 
> And many, many more from the late thirties when the tune must have had a 
> spell of popularity. The earliest version I have is the Nite Owls 
> (Columbia 20234) from 1938. (I'd love to hear that Ferrera - 
> Poaluhi/Paaluhi one!) Does anyone know of recordings of Cielito Lindo 
> from the cylinder era, in other words, from the 'teens or before? I'm 
> interested because of a story my late aunt wrote in the 1970's about her 
> remembrances of life in her hometown of Kingsville.
> 
> --------
> 
> "In 1911, the Cinco de Mayo was the most beautiful ever seen by a young 
> Mary Bartlett. Wilbur Bartlett, who spoke fluent Spanish and had 
> friends among the young fiesta promoters, had learned that a large 
> platform of forty feet square was being built for dancing. Wilbur also 
> learned that some of the young fellows were paying their little brothers 
> a penny a piece for each bug of a certain type that they could bring to 
> the fiesta. 
> 
> " Wilbur insisted that the entire Bartlett family attend the fiesta that 
> night. The weather was good and the moon was bright. The ladies wore 
> full skirts and the men wore dark suits; they moved gracefully around 
> the platform to the spirited music. 
> 
> "At 9:00 the (newly installed) lights went out, the band played "Cielito 
> Lindo" and the dancing went on. What a beautiful sight it was. The 
> bugs brought by the little boys were the harmless fireflies of spring; 
> now they were blinking and sparkling in the ladies' hair. The music 
> played that night will forever bring to mind the lovely fiesta scene to 
> everyone who witnessed it that night.
> 
> --------
> 
> Literally bringing the "beautiful sky" down to the dance floor! The 
> boys and young men that danced that night would soon be swallowed up in 
> the Great War, but the world was full of promise then. The railroad had 
> come through town, and now electricity. My aunt doesn't describe the 
> band, but I like to imagine it as a mix of a mariachi conjunto and a 
> military band - that's what would have been available. I would love to 
> hear what a contemporaneous recording might have sounded like. Was 
> probably about the last time you *could* turn off all the lights, and I 
> can't imagine getting the girls to put bugs in their hair today, even 
> if they were "harmless fireflies"...
> 
> Bart
> 
> 
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