Trini Lopez
Essential Classics, Vol. 60
(Essential Classics)
An astute adage of disputed authorship holds that only two song types exist: good ones and bad ones. Trini understood that. As truth is liberating, it freed the illustrious performer to make merry in diverse idioms. From Folk to Latin to Pop to Rock'n'Roll, he found and raised up for appreciation magnetic joyfulness. Around the globe, admiring throngs crowded his appearances and returned his name to charts time and again. Small wonder, as his material choices were impeccable and, throughout his celebrated career, he surrounded himself with only accompanists of executive facility. To hear him -- whether then or now -- is to become a sing-along, clap-along, celebrant whose delight busts out all over.
Recommended, disc one: "If I Had a Hammer," "If You Wanna Be Happy," "Lemon Tree," "Smile," "Unchain My Heart," "La Bamba," "This Land Is Your Land," "Bananas"
Recommended, disc two: "Made In Paris," "Adelita," "Cuando Calienta el Sol," "Cielito Lindo," "You Are My Sunshine," "Sinner Not a Saint," "Heart of My Heart," "Bye Bye Blackbird," "Goody Goody"
Video: "If You Wanna Be Happy" (live)
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