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En mi Viejo San Juan
1943 song performed by Noel Estrada
"En mi Viejo San Juan" (In my Old San Juan) is a composition by Puerto Rican composer and singer Noel Estrada. Interpreted by numerous singers and translated into various languages, the song is "widely known around the world".[2] There are musical interpretations in German, English and French. Over 1,000 distinct recordings of the song have been made worldwide.
The song was written in 1942[3] for Estrada's brother who had been deployed to Panama during World War II and was feeling nostalgia for his Puerto Rico motherland.[4] The song has become an anthem of Puerto Rican emigration to New York.[5]
Background
The song was first recorded by El Trio Vegabajeño in 1943 under the label RCA Victor and later under Mar-Vela. The song had an immediate impact and many other versions followed. Two later interpretations achieved large popularity as well as measured by radio rating Quetcy alma biografia.