Que Nadie Sepa Mi Sufrir - Alberto Castillo

This version ("1953") of Alberto Castillo inspired Edith Piaf to make her famous song "La Foule" in "1957".




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QUE NADIE SEPA MI SUFRIR

No te asombres si te digo lo que fuiste,
una ingrata con mi pobre corazón,
porque el brillo de tus lindos ojos negros
alumbraron el cariño de otro amor.

Y pensar que te adoraba tiernamente,
que a tu lado como nunca me sentí.
Y por esas cosas raras de la vida
sin el beso de tu boca yo me vi.

Amor de mis amores,
reina mía, qué me hiciste
que no puedo consolarme
sin poderte contemplar.
Ya que pagaste mal
a mi cariño tan sincero,
lo que conseguirás
que no te nombre nunca más.

(((...
Amor de mis amores
si dejaste de quererme,
no hay cuidado que la gente
de eso no se enterará.
Que gano con decir
que una mujer cambió mi suerte,
se burlarán de mi,
qué nadie sepa mi sufrir.
...)))

(from Wikipedia)

Alberto Castillo (December 7, 1914 -- July 23, 2002) was a prominent Argentine tango singer and actor. He was born Alberto Salvador De Luca in the Mataderos district of Buenos Aires, the son of Italian immigrants Salvatore De Luca and Lucia De Paola (from Teggiano, near Salerno). Castillo made his professional debut in the 1930s and began a successful recording career in 1941; his first hit was his cover of the Alfredo Pelala tune "Recuerdo".

With his keen sense of rhythm and his tendency to go hoarse, Castillo made a name for himself as the main interpreter of the black-oriented genres of candombe and milonga. One of his most successful recordings was "Cien Barrios Porteños" (The hundred barrios of Buenos Aires), to the point that presenters would announce him as "the singer of the 100 barrios".

Beginning in 1946, Castillo appeared in a number of Argentine films.

Castillo was also a physician by training. This fact famously convinced his fiancee's parents to let her marry Alberto (since being "just a tango singer" would not have been enough), and was utilized as a plot device in the Argentine movie Moon of Avellaneda (Sp: "Luna de Avellaneda"), where Castillo is summoned to deliver a baby right after finishing his set at a carnival fair (the story is fictitious).

Among his later releases was a cover of his candombe hit "Siga el Baile", recorded with Argentine band Los Auténticos Decadentes.

Castillo is buried in La Chacarita Cemetery in Buenos Aires.