Nilo Menendez
Musical Artist
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Who is Nilo Menendez?
Nilo Menéndez Barnet was a Cuban-born naturalized American songwriter. Menéndez came to the United States in 1924 when he was 22. He wrote his best known song Aquellos Ojos Verdes in 1929 and was recorded several times by Latin artists and translated into English in 1931. When Jimmy Dorsey recorded it as "Green Eyes" around 1941 it became a major hit.
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