El Son de la Negra / Guadalajara

"El Son de la Negra" is a son jalisciense from Tepic, Nayarit, best known through Blas Galindo's 1940 adaptation in his suite Sones de mariachi; the ethnologist Jesús Jáuregui argues it changed over time and can hardly be attributed to a single author or epoch. Carlos Martínez told EFE in 2022 that it is the group's anthem. "Guadalajara" was written and composed by Pepe Guízar in 1937 in honor of his hometown, popularized by Lucha Reyes and recorded by Flor Silvestre (1950), Percy Faith (1958), Nat King Cole (1962) and Elvis Presley in Fun in Acapulco (1963).

Our recording is the official video of the medley, and a search listing mentions a 2021 single of that name, which we could not confirm. We found no writer credits for this arrangement, no recording date, studio or personnel, and no chart history.