"Salsa" Remakes Exposed

One of the rarer cases of salsa tracks making it to Cuba:

Johnny & Celia - Dime si llegué a tiempo (1975)

Written by Puerto Rican Junior Cepeda in his 20s (famous as the composer of Químbara, and apparently shot dead by his 40 year old partner in New York at age 25, before these recordings were released).

Issac Delgado - Con la punta del pie (1997)

Sonora Gloria Matancera - Con la punta del pie (2004?)

The latter is the one I hear most. Probably because spotify DJs find it by name and don't know the original title...
 
I could swear we had Margie in the original bolero version here before, but I can't find it (Cuarteto Flores, 1941)


The well-known version is Ray Barretto from 1966


But what about this one from Georgie y su Nuevo Tumbao:


Does anyone when it's from? Apparently Georgie y su Nuevo Tumbao are from Juncos, PR. Arrangement is credited to Orlando Pabellón, himself from Juncos. The arrangement doesn't seem to differ from Ray Barretto's significantly enough to credit, does it? There are also YouTube comments claiming it could be earlier than Ray Barretto's, but I doubt that given Orlando Pabellón would have been a teen (born 1952).

For sure it's also a worthy entry to the "out of tune" thread that's around here somewhere.
 
Gaviota said:
Albaizín - Mala mujer (Spain, 1977)

La Sonora Matancera - Mala mujer (US, 1978)
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There's a cover of Sonora Matancera's arrangement by the Colombian group Sonora Guantanamera, with Joe Arroyo on vocals, from the same year 1978.

Can't say I've heard that one on dance floors.

 
Palhaçada (Haroldo Barbosa/Luís Reis), samba from 1961

Doris Monteiro - Palhaçada (1961)

Tito Rodríguez - Cara de payaso (1962)

Tito Puente - Payaso (1962, instrumental)

Current recordings also credit José Manuel Vidal Zapater, Spanish founder of Hispavox, who was also active as a composer and arranger under the alias J. M. Pater. Was he involved in the Spanish translation, and/or is this just a rights ownership thing? Both preceding singles credit only Barbosa/Reis.

Miltinho - Palhaçada (1963)

Cortijo e Ismael - Cara de payaso (1964)

Lots more covers, e.g. Fania All Stars with Justo Betancourt, Jimmy Sabater & Son Boricua, Andy Montañez.

And very recently this one by Diego Guerrero & Muerdo, accompanied by the Ensamble de Big Band de Cristian Letelier, recorded in Madrid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPhluL5gu0c
 
Joe Quijano also recorded it in 1962, with additional credits to Argentinian Ben Molar -- maybe he translated that version? I haven't compared the translations, but the Quijano version sounds different enough at first listen that I could see this being a separate adaptation.

 
From Gia Fu's English salsa set, this one has me confused a bit

Cierra los ojos y juntos recordemos, written Eduardo Franco of Los Iracundos (Uruguay).

Recorded in 1975 by Puerto Rican Yolandita Monge

English/Spanish salsa cover by TNT Orchestra in 1977 (with Tito Ramos cocredited -- translation/arrangement I guess)

TNT Orchestra - Hello My Love (1977)

First album by Los Iracundos where it featurs is from 1978

Did Eduardo Franco write this for Yolandita? Or had Los Iracundos been performing it prior to 1975, and Yolandita's is a cover of that? Or was there an earlier release by Los Iracundos, as single maybe?

There's also this salsa version:

Jose Alberto "El Canario" - Cierra los ojos (1989) (arr. Isidro Infante)
 
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