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"Golpe Y Pasaje"
Single by Simón Díaz
from the album Caballo Viejo
Released1980
Recorded1980
GenreFolk (Música Llanera)
Length2:59
LabelPalacio
Songwriter(s)Simón Díaz

"Caballo Viejo" ('Old Horse') is a Venezuelan folk song written and composed by Simón Díaz,[1] which appears on the 1980 album Golpe Y Pasaje. It has become one of the most important folk songs in Venezuela and is regarded as a classic. "Bamboléo", a potpourri by the Gipsy Kings, has some verses from Caballo Viejo, and it is also popular internationally.

Versions and translations

The song has been translated into many different languages.

It has been recorded as "Caballo Viejo" or as "Bamboleo" by dozens of singers, such as Celia Cruz, Papo Lucca y la Sonora Ponceña, María Dolores Pradera, Julio Iglesias, Gilberto Santa Rosa, José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", Polo Montañes, Freddy López, Oscar D'León, Celso Piña, Gipsy Kings, Ray Coniff, Rubén Blades, Roberto Torres and Plácido Domingo. Roberto Torres's cover of the song was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007.[2]

It was covered in Serbian language under the title "Španska kraljica" (Spanish Queen) by Eurodance group Beat Street in 1995.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ United States Copyright Office (ed.). "WebVoyage Record View 1 - Caballo Viejo". Retrieved 2011-09-03.
  2. ^ "Latin GRAMMY Hall Of Fame". Latin Grammy Award. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. 2007. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  3. ^ "Information on the song and its album "Napokon" on Discogs.com". Discogs.

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