Bésame

Her best-known piece is the iconic song "Bésame Mucho", which she  composed in the Cuban music genre bolero when she was only 16 years old.  This piece gained Velázquez the most recognition and brought the most  pleasure to her, and was created before Consuelo received her first kiss  from someone she loves. After its recording by the Spanish-Mexican  baritone Emilio Tuero, the famous American pianist and singer Nat "King"  Cole made the first adaptation of the song in English in 1944. From  then on, it was interpreted and performed by hundreds of artists around  the world, such as Pedro Infante, Javier Solís, The Beatles, Plácido  Domingo, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Luis Mariano (who popularized  it France), Dalida, Sonora Santanera, Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra,  The Ventures, Antonio Machín, Lucho Gatica, Vera Lynn, Andrea Bocelli,  Filippa Giordano, Luis Miguel, Sara Montiel, José Carreras, Ray Conniff  and his Orchestra, Diana Krall, Zoé, Susana Zabaleta and Mónica Naranjo  among others. "Bésame mucho" is also known as "Kiss Me Kiss Me Much",  "Kiss Me a Lot", "Kiss Me Again and Again", "Embrasse-Moi" and "Stále ma  bozkávaj". Translated into more than 20 languages, the song has become  an icon of popular music. Part of its great success in the United States  was the contextualization of the song towards women who waited for  their husbands during World War II.