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Ranchera (pronounced [ranˈtʃeɾa]) or canción ranchera is a genre of traditional music of Mexico. It dates to before the years of the Mexican Revolution. Rancheras today are played in the vast majority of regional Mexican music styles. Drawing on rural traditional folk music, the ranchera developed as a symbol of a new national consciousness ...
José Alfredo Jiménez Sandoval (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse alˈfɾeðo xiˈmenes]; 19 January 1926 – 23 November 1973) was a Mexican singer-songwriter, whose songs are regarded as the basis of modern Regional Mexican music and Rancheras.
The following year-end charts were elaborated by Mejía Barquera, based on weekly charts that were published on the magazine Selecciones musicales as compiled on Roberto Ayala's 1962 book "Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión"; those charts were, according to Ayala, based on record sales, jukebox plays, radio and television airplay, and sheet music sales [a]. [6]
Chente covered some Jiménez songs — “El Jinete” on his first album, “Las Botas de Charro” in 1979 — but none were better than this one, a defiantly existential cri de coeur in the ...
Otherwise known as "La Voz Ranchera de México.” Her musical inspiration is José Alfredo Jiménez she sang many of his ranchera hits. Born in the colonia of La Experiencia in the city of Zapopan, Jalisco, Chelo is the cousin of Mike Laure, another cumbia recording artist. Chelo and her daughter Yesenia Flores formed a whole era which leads ...
This is a list of music artists and bands from Mexico, categorized according to musical genre. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Los Grandes Corridos (1989) El Gato Negro (1990) Como Les Quedo (1991) Con Nuevos Horizontes (1992) Cumbias (1993) Una Explosion Musical (1994) (Last album on Garmex Records) Jugada Norteña (1995) (First album on Fonovisa) El Gato de Chihuahua (1995) Corridos Pesados (1995) Verdades Norteña (1996) Top Norteño (1997) Ofrenda a Mi Madre (1997 ...
Conciencia mexicana: Bicentenario de la independencia y centenario de la Revolución. Rodrigo Pereyra Espinoza, ed. Edinburg: Céfiro Press, 2010. Ramírez-Pimienta, Juan Carlos. "Del corrido de narcotráfico al narcocorrido: Orígenes y desarrollo del canto a los traficantes." Studies in Latin American Popular Culture. Special issue on border ...