Harry James recorded a version in 1941 on Columbia 36146., and a version in English titled "No More" with lyrics by Don Robertson and Hal Blair was recorded by both Dean Martin and Elvis Presley. German and French versions appeared in the 1860s. In the Portuguese novel O Crime do Padre Amaro ( The Crime of Father Amaro), written in 1871 by the Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queirós, it is referred to as " a Chiquita, an old Mexican song".
This inspired the notion that such birds bring home a final message of love from a sailor who is lost at sea. Those were most probably homing pigeons which the Persian fleet carried with them when sallying forth out of Persia for battle. The Persian fleet under Mardonius was caught in a storm off the shore of Mount Athos and wrecked, when the Greeks observed white doves escaping from the sinking Persian ships. The motif of "La Paloma" (the dove) can be traced back to an episode that occurred in 492 BC, before Darius the Great's invasion of Greece, a time when the white dove had not yet been seen in Europe. There are more than one thousand versions of this song, and together with " Yesterday" by The Beatles, is one of the most-recorded songs in the history of music it is certainly the most-recorded Spanish song. It may be considered one of the first universal popular hits and has appealed to artists of diverse musical backgrounds. Over the years, the popularity of "La Paloma" has surged and receded periodically, but never subsided. In many places, including Afghanistan, Cuba, Colombia, Hawaii, the Philippines, Germany, Romania, Venezuela, Zanzibar, and Goa it gained the status of a quasi- folk song. Very quickly, "La Paloma" became popular outside of Spain, particularly in Mexico, and soon spread around the world. Iradier was to die in obscurity within few years, never to learn how popular his song would become. In 1879, it was registered at the copyright office in Madrid as a "Canción Americana con acompañamiento de Piano". The song was written by the Spanish Basque composer Sebastián Iradier (later Yradier) around 1860 after a visit to Cuba. " La Paloma", " The Dove" in English, is a popular Spanish song that has been produced and reinterpreted in diverse cultures, settings, arrangements, and recordings over the last 140 years. Problems playing these files? See media help.
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