Manuel Esperón

Manuel Esperón González (August 3, 1911 – February 13, 2011 ) was a Mexican songwriter and composer. Along with the famous Mexican author Ernesto Cortazar, Esperón cowrote many songs for Mexican films, including “¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes!” for the 1941 film of the same name, “Cocula” for El Peñón de las Ánimas (The Rock of Souls) (1943), and “Amor con amor se paga” for Hay un niño en su futuro (1952). In 2001, he was given a tribute at the Palace of Fine Arts in the historical center of Mexico City. Until his death in 2011, he was the honorary President for life of the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico. Selected filmography * Come on Ponciano (1937) * While Mexico Sleeps (1938) * Father’s Entanglements (1939) * The League of Songs (1941) * When the Stars Travel (1942) * I Danced with Don Porfirio (1942) * The Rock of Souls (1942) * Alejandra (1942) * María Eugenia (1943) * The Rebel (1943) * Land of Passions (1943) * The Escape (1944) * The Three Caballeros (1945) * The Mulatta of Cordoba (1945) * Adam, Eve and the Devil (1945) * Love Makes Them Crazy (1946) * Ramona (1946) * Caribbean Rose (1946) * Tragic Wedding (1946) * It’s Not Enough to Be a Charro (1946) * The Assoc