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Guerrero is known as the father of Chicano music. [5] He recorded and wrote many songs in all sorts of genres. He recorded over 700 songs since his first record in 1939 with Los Carlistas on Vocalion Records. As a songwriter Guerrero wrote songs for El Trio los Panchos, Lola Beltrán, and many other famous artists.
President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, called him one of Mexico's "greatest musical icons". [5] United States President Barack Obama also commented on Juan Gabriel's death and complimented his music for "transcending borders and generations" and that "his spirit will live on in his enduring songs, and in the hearts of the fans who love him". [60]
After having multiple conversations with the duo, the author decided to focus on the Mexican-American experience, specifically from the Texas border area. Hinojosa states that one of his first audiences was Tomás Rivera, another prominent Chicano author who had already published his well known work, ...y no se lo tragó la tierra (1971).
Mary Helen Ponce, author of The Wedding (1989) and the collection Taking Control (1987) [1] Estela Portillo Trambley (1936–1998), author of Trini (1986), the play The Day of the Swallows (1971) and the collection Rain of Scorpions and Other Writings (1975) for which she became the first woman to receive the Quinto Sol Literary Prize. [1]
Her first of many contributions to the society was to Texas and Southwestern Lore, [8] "a collection of popular folklore from Texas and the Southwest, including ballads, cowboy songs, Native American myths, superstitions and other miscellaneous folk tales." [10] She added tales and songs "of the masculine world of the vaqueros."
Lopez is one of the all-time greatest female golfers. She was the best player in the game from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. ... She was the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel ...
From memoirs to noir and YA to essays, these books feature fresh perspectives and diverse voices—and you won't be able to put them down! The post The 20 Best Books by Latinx Authors You’ll ...
The waltz "Sobre las olas" ("Over the Waves") is the best-known work of Mexican composer Juventino Rosas (1868–1894), who first published it in 1888. [1] It "remains one of the most famous Latin American pieces worldwide", according to the "Latin America" article in The Oxford Companion to Music. [2]