1928. Nina Koshetz sings Estrellita by Manuel Maria Poncé.

The Great Nina Koshetz recorded this well loved sorrowful song on the Victor and Gramophone labels in 1928. Here are the lyrics with English translation. Her excruciatingly expressed high note in the next to last line "si me quiere un poco" "If he loves me a little" is heartbreaking!!! Estrellita Estrellita del lejano cielo, que miras mi dolor, que sabes mi sufrir. Baja y dime si me quiere un poco, porque yo no puedo sin su amor vivir. ¡Tu eres estrella mi faro de amor! Tu sabes que pronto he de morir. Baja y dime si me quiere un poco, porque yo no puedo sin su amor vivir. Estrellita Little star of the distant sky, you see my pain, you know my anguish. Come down and tell me if he loves me a little, because I cannot live without his love. You are my star, my beacon of love! You know that soon I shall die. Come down and tell me if he loves me a little, because I cannot live without his love. Koshetz' life story is very interesting! Charles Mintzer has written quite a lot about meeting her. Here is a link to his descriptions. https://www.operanostalgia.be/html/KO...