Allá en el Rancho Grande (song)


"Allá en el Rancho Grande" is a Mexican song. It was written in the 1920s for a musical theatrical work, but now is most commonly associated with the eponymous 1936 Mexican motion picture Allá en el Rancho Grande, in which it was sung by renowned actor and singer Tito Guízar and with mariachis.
Bing Crosby recorded the song on April 3, 1939 as "El Rancho Grande" and it reached the No. 6 spot in the charts during a ten-week stay in 1939. Crosby recorded the song again in 1954 for the album.
The song was featured in the film Mexicali Rose starring Gene Autry. Autry also made a commercial recording of the song.
Others to record the song are Al Bowlly, Artie Shaw and Dean Martin.
In 1958 the song was covered by Rex Allen on his album Mister Cowboy on the Decca record label.
Elvis Presley sang the song when playing around at the rehearsals for the documentary film '. His performance was recorded and, in 1995, released by BMG on the box set '.

Musical style

The song is a typical ranchera, with mariachi choruses and lyrics dealing with life in a traditional Mexican ranch. The American arrangement of the song was copyrighted as a "rumba", a term largely used in the US to denote Americanized Afro-Cuban and Latin ballroom music According to the book The Course of Mexican Music,

Track listing of Presley CD

Elvis La Canta A Mexico "Allá En El Rancho Grande"
  1. "Allá en el Rancho Grande"
  2. "Guadalajara"
  3. "México"