Poncho Villagomez

Imploracion de un padre

Del Rio DDR-023 · San Antonio, Texas

Imploracion de un padre – Poncho Villagomez (A-side label)

Artist
Poncho Villagomez
Title
Imploracion de un padre
Release
Imploracion de un padre / Yo vi llorar a dios
Label
Del Rio # DDR-023
Format
7" · Single
Language
Spanish
Country
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Songwriter
Manuel Nunez
Genre
Hispanic Music · Ranchera

Annotation — US Domestic Perspective Songs

The Ranchera song "Imploracion de un padre" ("Imploration of a Father"), a cover of the song above - there are two single releases of this version: Del Bravo # B-210, released in Mexico, and Del Rio # DDR-023, released in San Antonio, Texas. The artist, Poncho Villagomez, is a member of the Mexican group Los Coyotes del Río Bravo.&

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Christmas Songs

The Ranchera song "Imploracion de un padre" ("Imploration of a Father"), a cover of the song above - there are two single releases of this version: Del Bravo # B-210, released in Mexico, and Del Rio # DDR-023, released in San Antonio, Texas. The artist, Poncho Villagomez, is a member of the Mexican group Los Coyotes del Río Bravo.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

About the artist

Poncho Villagomez (Alfonso Villagomez) was a Tejano/norteno conjunto bandleader, founder of Poncho Villagomez y sus Coyotes del Rio Bravo, with a discography running from Del Bravo Records (San Antonio) singles in the 1960s-70s through Alvi Music, Rio Bravo and later Cintas Acuario albums into the 2000s. "Imploracion de un padre" b/w "Yo vi llorar a Dios" (Del Bravo B-210, 1969) sits directly in his documented Discogs discography, confirming the identification. He was interviewed for an oral-history project (Cathy Ragland, 21 August 1998, recorded in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon) now held by UTRGV…

Themes

Home Front Perspective · Christmas · Religion

In collections

US Domestic Perspective Songs · Christmas Songs · Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs