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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.
Known For
The Three Caballeros
(1944)
Songs
El analfabeto
(1961)
Original Music Composer
El Siete Machos
(1951)
Original Music Composer
School for Tramps
(1955)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
Mientras México duerme
(1938)
Original Music Composer
Hombres del mar
(1938)
Original Music Composer
A Macabre Legacy
(1939)
Original Music Composer
El jefe máximo
(1940)
Original Music Composer
Lo que el viento trajo
(1941)
Original Music Composer
The Three Musketeers
(1942)
Original Music Composer
Alejandra
(1942)
Original Music Composer
Allá en el bajio
(1942)
Original Music Composer
¿Quién te quiere a tí?
(1942)
Original Music Composer
Story of a Great Love
(1942)
Music
Yo bailé con Don Porfirio
(1942)
Original Music Composer
Wild Flower
(1943)
Sound
El circo
(1943)
Original Music Composer
Romeo y Julieta
(1943)
Original Music Composer
Another Dawn
(1943)
Music
María Eugenia
(1943)
Original Music Composer
The Spirit's Canyon
(1943)
Original Music Composer
A Letter of Love
(1943)
Music
Escándalo de estrellas
(1944)
Original Music Composer
Gran Hotel
(1944)
Original Music Composer
Viva Mi Desgracia
(1944)
Original Music Composer
La mujer sin cabeza
(1944)
Music
México de mis recuerdos
(1944)
Original Music Composer
The Black Ace
(1944)
Music
The Three Caballeros
(1944)
Songs
Bugambilia
(1945)
Music
Me he de comer esa tuna
(1945)
Music
Canaima
(1945)
Music
Adam, Eve and the Devil
(1945)
Music
The Abandoned
(1945)
Music
Sol y sombra
(1946)
Music
El ahijado de la muerte
(1946)
Music
Cantaclaro
(1946)
Music
Los tres García
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Gran Casino
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Vuelven los García
(1947)
Music Director
La insaciable
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Soledad
(1947)
Music
La barca de oro
(1947)
Original Music Composer
La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra
(1947)
Original Music Composer
We the Poor
(1948)
Original Music Composer
You the Rich
(1948)
Original Music Composer
May God Forgive Me
(1948)
Original Music Composer
Algo flota sobre el agua
(1948)
Original Music Composer
El canto de la sirena
(1948)
Music
Si Adelita se fuera con otro
(1948)
Original Music Composer
Dicen que soy mujeriego
(1949)
Original Music Composer
The Great Madcap
(1949)
Original Music Composer
Midnight
(1949)
Original Music Composer
Perez Family
(1949)
Music
Allá en el Rancho Grande
(1949)
Music
El embajador
(1949)
Music
Ángeles de arrabal
(1949)
Music
La vorágine: abismos de amor
(1949)
Music
Una gallega en México
(1949)
Music
Las puertas del presidio
(1949)
Original Music Composer
La mujer del puerto
(1949)
Original Music Composer
No desearás la mujer de tu hijo
(1950)
Original Music Composer
The Devil Is a Woman
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Cuando acaba la noche
(1950)
Original Music Composer
The Possession
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Inmaculada
(1950)
Music
Red Rain
(1950)
Music
Entre tu amor y el cielo
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Si fuera una cualquiera
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Huellas del pasado
(1950)
Music
My Outlaw Brother
(1951)
Original Music Composer
El Siete Machos
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Daughter of Deceit
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Tierra baja
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Sandwiches Here!
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Heart of beast
(1951)
Music Director and Music
Por querer a una mujer
(1951)
Music
Los enredos de una gallega
(1951)
Music
El enamorado
(1952)
Music
A Place Close to Heaven
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Far from Heaven
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Angélica
(1952)
Music
Meat in Prison
(1952)
Music
La loca
(1952)
Music
Cuatro noches contigo
(1952)
Music
La huella de unos labios
(1952)
Music
La miel se fue de la luna
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Por ellas aunque mal paguen
(1952)
Music
Los hijos de María Morales
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Pepe El Toro
(1953)
Original Music Composer
Dos tipos de cuidado
(1953)
Original Music Composer
Me traes de un ala
(1953)
Original Music Composer
El vagabundo
(1953)
Original Music Composer
Nadie muere dos veces
(1953)
Music
¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera!
(1953)
Original Music Composer
From the Village to TV
(1953)
Original Music Composer
Mulata
(1954)
Music
The Abduction
(1954)
Original Music Composer
El mil amores
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Cuidado con el amor
(1954)
Original Music Composer
El hombre inquieto
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Prisionera del pasado
(1954)
Music
Si volvieras a mi
(1954)
Music
Reto a la vida
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Cuando me vaya
(1954)
Music
The Doctor of the Crazy Women
(1955)
Music
Music School
(1955)
Original Music Composer
School for Tramps
(1955)
Original Music Composer
La vida no vale nada
(1955)
Original Music Composer
Los líos de Barba Azul
(1955)
Original Music Composer
La mujer X
(1955)
Music
Love in Four Parts
(1955)
Music
Una gallega en La Habana
(1955)
Music
The Innocent
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Los hijos de Rancho Grande
(1956)
Music
Golden Wedding
(1956)
Music
El gato sin botas
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Comedians of the League
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Pretty sky!
(1957)
Music
Pobres millonarios
(1957)
Music
Each child, a cross
(1957)
Music
Trip to the Moon
(1958)
Original Music Composer
Refifí entre las mujeres
(1958)
Original Music Composer
La odalisca No. 13
(1958)
Music
Sueños de oro
(1958)
Music
El gran espectáculo
(1958)
Music
El farol de la ventana
(1958)
Music
Plazos traicioneros
(1958)
Music
Flor de canela
(1959)
Original Music Composer
Vivir del cuento
(1959)
Music
The Woman and the Beast
(1959)
Music
El que con niños se acuesta...
(1959)
Music
Una estrella y dos estrellados
(1960)
Original Music Composer
The Phantom of the Operetta
(1960)
Original Music Composer
Amor en la sombra
(1960)
Music
Bala Perdida
(1960)
Music Director
El analfabeto
(1961)
Original Music Composer
Juana Gallo
(1961)
Music
Muchachas que trabajan
(1961)
Original Music Composer
¡En peligro de muerte!
(1962)
Original Music Composer
The White Horse
(1962)
Music
Yo, el mujeriego
(1963)
Original Music Composer
El rey del tomate
(1963)
Original Music Composer
Así amaron nuestros padres
(1964)
Original Music Composer
La edad de piedra
(1964)
Music
Napoleoncito
(1964)
Music
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
(1964)
Original Music Composer
¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!
(1964)
Original Music Composer
Canción del alma
(1964)
Music
Escuela para solteras
(1965)
Music
Los reyes del volante
(1965)
Music
Juan Colorado
(1966)
Original Music Composer
Los dos rivales
(1966)
Original Music Composer
La cigüeña distraída
(1966)
Original Music Composer
The Four Juanes
(1966)
Music
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
(1966)
Music
La vida de Pedro Infante
(1966)
Music
La guerrillera de Villa
(1967)
Music
Tres mil kilómetros de amor
(1967)
Music
Un dorado de Pancho Villa
(1967)
Music
Agente 00 Sexy
(1968)
Original Music Composer
Báñame mi amor
(1968)
Original Music Composer
Requiem por un canalla
(1968)
Music
El crepúsculo de un dios
(1969)
Original Music Composer
Santo vs. Capulina
(1969)
Music
The Sin of Adam and Eve
(1969)
Music
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
(1970)
Original Music Composer
Chanoc vs. the Tiger and the Vampire
(1972)
Original Music Composer
Las tarántulas
(1973)
Original Music Composer
Chanoc en el foso de las serpientes
(1975)
Music
Chin-Chin el Teporocho
(1976)
Music
Pink Zone
(1976)
Music
Chanoc on the Island of the Dead
(1977)
Music
Los Reyes del Palenque
(1979)
Original Music Composer
La sotana del reo
(1979)
Music
357 Magnum
(1979)
Original Music Composer
El rey de los albures
(1982)
Original Music Composer
Una Gallina Muy Ponedora
(1982)
Original Music Composer
A Real Man
(1983)
Original Music Composer
Mundo mágico
(1983)
Music
El sexo de los pobres
(1983)
Music
Acorralado
(1984)
Music
Cruz de olvido
(1984)
Music
El regreso del carro rojo
(1984)
Music
No vale nada la vida
(1984)
Music Director
Masacre en el río Tula
(1985)
Original Music Composer
Por Tu Maldito Amor
(1990)
Sound
Mi querido viejo
(1991)
Music
Acting
Canto a mi tierra
(1938)
Vagabundo (as Los Cuatro Vagabundos)
¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!
(1964)
Pianista
Mariachi - Fiesta de sangre
(1977)
Self
Writing