hypersongs

Mujer Hilandera

Their first hit in Peru, a Spanish-language cover of the Brazilian "Mulher Rendeira".
Juaneco y Su Combo, from El Gran Cacique (1972)

Olivier Conan of Barbes told Sounds and Colours in 2010 that it is a complete cover of a famous Brazilian song, that most Peruvians do not know it is Brazilian, and that the original was in an award-winning film shown at Cannes. Barbes dates the hit to 1970 and calls it adapted from a 1950s Brazilian song. UCLA's Frontera archive lists an earlier "Mujer Hilandera" by Trio Irakitan on a Victor 78 as a baiao from the film O Cangaceiro, recorded in Mexico, with the composer credited as Mario Molina Montes.

Authorship is contested: Trome quotes Juan Pezo Wong crediting Noé Fachín as composer, which does not fit a traditional Brazilian song. Bareto covered it around 2008, and Juaneco re-recorded it on the 2009 CD No se ha muerto mi abuelo. We found no chart history, video, setlist counts or samples.

Covers and versions

  • Bareto (2008)

Sources

  1. Amazonian hallucinogens, wah-wah guitar, a plane crash, Sounds and Colours (2010-04-19)
  2. Mujer Hilandera, UCLA Frontera
  3. Juaneco y su Combo, Trome
  4. Juaneco y su Combo, Barbes Records