La Tequilera - Lola Beltrán Con Los Charros De Ameca De Roman Palomar

Hola, Sandra: 

You bring up an interesting question, which prompted me to do a quick search of my own. It seems like the composer of this famous song is listed by two different surnames, with the same first name. One is Alfredo D'Orsay, as we indicate based on the label credits. And the other is the name you provide, Alfredo Frias Sotelo.

At first I thought it might be two different people, but I now suspect we are referring to the same composer, listed differently. Many reliable sources, books and articles online, identify the songwriter as Alfredo D’Orsay. This is also the way the composer is listed in our database on the most famous version of the song, by Lucha Reyes, for whom it was written. But I found other sources that also identify him as Alfredo D’Orsay Sotelo, merging both versions. Here is an example from a Mexican website called Letra de Canción. I was unable to find a birography of the composer that would clarify the confusion. But I’m pretty sure he is one and the same.

Thanks so much for you interest in our music collection.

Agustín Gurza, Editor, The Frontera Project