Nilo MenéNdez
Biography
Nilo Menéndez Barnet (26 September 1902 – 15 September 1987) was a Cuban-born naturalized American songwriter. Born in Matanzas in 1902, Menéndez came to the United States in 1924 when he was 22. He wrote his best known song "Aquellos Ojos Verdes" in 1929 and was recorded several times by Latin artists and translated into English in 1931. The song became a major hit when Jimmy Dorsey recorded it as "Green Eyes" around 1941. Menéndez died in Burbank, California in 1987.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
1999
Pertinent Percussion Cha Cha's
1960
Cavallaro With That Latin Beat
1958
Be Mine Tonight
1957
Caribbean Moonlight
1957
Acapulco With Love
1967
The New Elgart Touch
1965
Mucho Machucambos
1964
Allan In Wonderland
1964
A Mis Amigos
1959
The King Plays Some Aces
1958
Cuban Moonlight
1958
Cole Español
1958
The Golden Age Of The Dance Bands
1958
Latin Satin
1957
Your Musical Holiday In Mexico
Crooner
1999
Credited work
1,365 releases · 308 albums · active 1950–2024
- Performance · 1,348
- Other credits · 40
Studios: Capitol Studios · Edison Studios · Westlake Studios · Ocean Way Recording
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Nat King Cole
- Trio Los Panchos
- Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra
- Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra
- Ben Light
- José Carreras
- Alfredo Kraus