soldado raso
Zarape E.Z.-168 · Dallas, Texas
- Artist
- Mariachi Jalisciense
- Title
- soldado raso
- Release
- El soldado raso / Que seas feliz
- Label
- Zarape # E.Z.-168
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Mariachi · Tex-Mex
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs
Tex-Mex group, featuring Rubén Fuentes. The song "El soldado raso" (El Zarape # E.Z.-168) ("The Common Soldier") was released in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Mariachi Jalisciense was a mariachi ensemble whose recordings are held in UCLA's Strachwitz Frontera Collection and which also appears on Discogs under the variant names El Mariachi Alma Jalisciense, Mariachi Fuentes and El Mariachi Jalisciense de Rubén Fuentes. The Frontera Collection indexes a "Soldado Raso" against this ensemble, but the artist page could not be opened to confirm the label, catalogue number or date of that specific recording. 'El Soldado Raso' is a widely covered Mexican composition by Felipe Valdés Leal, so several distinct recordings circulate. [Source: Strachwitz…
Themes
In collections
Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs