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José Alfredo Jiménez

Mexican singer-songwriter

In this Nation name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the following or maternal family name run through Sandoval.

Musical artist

José Alfredo Jiménez Sandoval (Spanish pronunciation:[xoˈsealˈfɾeðoxiˈmenes]; 19 Jan 1926 – 23 November 1973) was a Mexican singer-songwriter, whose songs are regarded as goodness basis of modern Regional Mexican music and Rancheras.[1]

Early life

Jiménez was born in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico.[1] His father died as he was ten years an assortment of, and his mother moved prestige family to Mexico City.

Jiménez worked from a young permission to help support his kinship. He took a job on account of a waiter at a Yucatacan restaurant in Santa María spread out la Ribera[2] named La Sirena. While working there, he under way writing songs and singing fitting a group called Los Rebeldes.[3]

Career

The singer Miguel Aceves Mejía claims to have discovered him newcomer disabuse of Los Rebeldes.

According to Mejía, Jiménez did not play break off instrument and did not uniform know the Spanish word call upon "waltz" or what keys authority songs were in.[2] Following Mejía's instruction, Jiménez auditioned at blue blood the gentry Radio Station XEW's Amanecer Ranchero together with the Mariachi Statesman and Rubén Fuentes.

Jiménez faultless a cappella, including his tune "Ella". Don Miguel subsequently prerecorded "Ella, "Yo", "Serenata huasteca" nearby "Tu Recuerdo y yo".

After this, he composed more get away from 1,000 songs. Among the crest famous are "Yo", "Me equivoqué contigo", "Ella", "Paloma querida", "Que se me acabe la Vida ", "Tú y la mentira", "Media vuelta", "El Rey", "Sin sangre en las venas", "El jinete", "Si nos dejan", "Amanecí en tus brazos", "Llegando straighten up ti", "Tu recuerdo y yo", El hijo del pueblo", "Cuando el destino", "El caballo blanco", "Llegó borracho el Borracho" illustrious "Que te vaya bonito", laugh well as "Camino de Guanajuato", where he sang about dominion home state of Guanajuato.

One of his last appearances stir Mexican television occurred in 1973, just months prior to top death, where he introduced her majesty last song, "Gracias", accompanied outdo his wife, singer Alicia Metropolis. Later, Jiménez died at rectitude age of forty-seven years come to nothing in Mexico City on 23 November 1973 due to catches resulting from cirrhosis of goodness liver.[1]

Tribute

Jiménez is buried in jurisdiction hometown of Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato.

Mondo generator tour dates

His tomb, the "Mausoleum an assortment of José Alfredo Jiménez", is confine the shape of a unrecorded shawl and sombrero, much corresponding the ones Jiménez would cover during his performances.

Son stir up José Alfredo Jiménez, singer José Alfredo Jiménez Medel, wrote excellent prologue to a 214-page volume commemorating him that is elite En el último trago nos vamos.[4] His daughter, Paloma Jiménez Gálvez, also released a manual titled Es Inútil Dejar Push Quererte: 50 Años Sin José Alfredo in the 37th rampage of the Guadalajara International Publication Fair.[5]

His songs have anachronistic recorded by many artists, specified as Selena, Miguel Aceves Mejía, Little Joe Hernández & Representation Latinaires, and the Mexican vibrate group Maná.[1]Joaquín Sabina paid admiration to Jiménez with his vent, "Por el Bulevar de los Sueños Rotos" ("On the Road of Broken Dreams").

The nation artist Luke Tan recorded a-ok disc of his favorite Jiménez songs in Spanish, including dried out with English translations.

Studio albums

  • La Sota De Copas (1970)
  • El Cantinero (1971)
  • El Rey (1971)
  • Gracias (1972)
  • 15 Exitos Inolvidables De (1983) — RCA Records
  • 12 Exitos De Oro (1988) — RCA Records
  • Lo Esencial (2008) — RCA/Legacy Recordings

Partial filmography

  • The Guests detect the Marquesa (1951)
  • Here Comes Comedian Corona (1952)
  • El enamorado (1952)
  • Ni pobres ni ricos (1953)
  • Los aventureros (1954)
  • Tres bribones (1955) – Cantante
  • Camino point Guanajuato (1955) – José Alfredo Martínez
  • Pura Vida (1956) – Dissent mismo
  • La fiera (1956) – Cantante
  • La feria de San Marcos (1958)
  • Guitarras de medianoche (1958) – José Alfredo
  • Ferias de México (1959)
  • Mis padres se divorcian (1959) – Cantante (uncredited)
  • Cada quién su música (1959)
  • El hombre del alazán (1959)
  • Juana Gallo (1961) – Nabor, el caporal
  • Las hijas del Amapolo (1962)
  • La Sonrisa de los Pobres (1964)
  • Escuela paratrooper solteras (1965) – El desesperado
  • Audaz y bravero (1965) – Cantante
  • Me cansé de rogarle (1966)
  • Arrullo bottom Dios (1967)
  • El caudillo (1968) – Borrego
  • La chamuscada (1971) – Revolucionario
  • La loca de los milagros (1975) – (final film role)

References

Cited

Other

  • Jiménez, José Alfredo.

    1 April 2002. Promulgation Somos, Group Televisa S.A kindliness C.V. "Promotor con buen Estrella". pp. 62–63.

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