Acércate Más (Come Closer to Me)
1958 song performed by Nat King Cole
"Acércate Más" is a 1946 hit song by Osvaldo Farrés.
The song was translated into English as "Come Closer to Me," in the film Easy to Wed by Carlos Ramírez.
The song was covered by Nat King Cole in 1958, in both English and Spanish. This version peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2013, a posthumous duet was created with his daughter Natalie Cole.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 19, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q16960199. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1946, 1958 and 2013.
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