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10 Latin Ballads to Make You Swoon

Classic boleros celebrate the magic, mystery and melodrama of love

by: Ernesto Lechner, from: AARP, February 13, 2011

Ibrahim Ferrer

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Dos Gardenias

Listen to "Two Gardenias" by the Buena Vista Social Club.

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Dos Gardenias (Two Gardenias)

Buena Vista Social Club

In 1997, a recording changed the history of Latin music forever. Cuban musician Juan de Marcos González and American guitarist Ry Cooder made a recording with Cuban musicians called the Buena Vista Social Club, which unleashed a fascination for the golden years of Cuban music — including boleros. Veteran Ibrahim Ferrer's rendition of "Dos Gardenias" is one of the most moving pieces of the recording, showing the importance of the bolero as a genre.

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