What is the meaning behind the song Bésame Mucho” by Consuelo Velázquez. A defining song essential to Latin music’s songbook.

Bésame Mucho The Mexican pianist and composer Consuelo Velázquez was only 16 when she wrote Bésame Mucho. It would go on to become one of the most recorded Spanish-language songs of all time.

The track was first recorded by Spanish-Mexican actor and singer Emilio Tuero in 1940. American composer Sunny Skylar wrote an English version in 1944.

Stories of one of the most recorded Spanish-language songs of all time.