"Bésame Mucho", which translates to "Kiss Me a Lot" in English, is a Spanish song written in 1940 by Consuelo Velazquez before her sixteenth birthday. This song rapidly became one of the most popular songs of the 20th century, and has been performed by many artists. See also: 1939 in music, other events of 1940, 1941 in music and the list of years in music. Events January - Frank Sinatra joins the Tommy Dorsey orchestra July 20 - Billboard magazine publishes its first Music Popularity Chart May 27 - Quartetto Egie make their debut performance November 23 - Dmitri Shostakovich... Consuelo Velázquez died on January 22, 2005. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

According to Velazquez herself, she was inspired by an aria from an Italian opera by Enrique Granados. Enrique Granados Enrique Granados (July 27, 1867 – March 24, 1916) was a Spanish composer and pianist of classical music; he is commonly considered to be a representative of musical Nationalism, and as such his music is in a uniquely Spanish style. ...