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María Luisa Landín
María Luisa Landín (9 October 1921 – 20 June 2014) was a Mexican singer. She sang bolero, Latin ballad and mariachi styles and was most noted for bolero. She began her career singing as a duo with her sister, but her most memorable works were as a solo singer after their duet broke up. Her 1949 interpretation of "Amor perdido" by Puerto Rican composer Pedro Flores became her signature song, is the second most frequently played song in the history of the Mexican broadcasting and earned her the title "Queen of the Bolero". She recorded over 150 songs with RCA Records between 1939 and 1967, was a featured artist on La Voz Dominicana Television and appeared as a singer in several movies. Biography María Luisa Landín Rodríguez was born on 9 October 1921 in the Tepito neighborhood of Mexico City, Mexico to Magdalena Rodríguez, a singer, and Irineo Landín, a guitarist. She began singing with her sister Avelina Landín in 1935 at parties and private functions and they were hire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs or ''demarcaciones territoriales'', which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or ''colonias''. The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere (behind São Paulo, Brazil), and the largest Spanish language, Spanish-speaking city (city proper) in the world. Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product, GDP of $411 billion in 2011, which makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Hernández Marín
Rafael Hernández Marín (October 24, 1892 – December 11, 1965) was a Puerto Rican songwriter, author of hundreds of popular songs in the Latin American repertoire. He specialized in Puerto Rican styles such as the canción, bolero and guaracha. Among his most famous compositions are "Lamento Borincano", "Capullito de alhelí", "Campanitas de cristal", "Cachita", " Silencio", "El cumbanchero", "Ausencia" and "Perfume de gardenias". Career Early years Rafael Hernández Marín was born in the town of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, into a poor family, on October 24, 1892. His parents were María Hernández Marín and Miguel Angel Rosa, though he was given only his mother's surname. As a child, he learned the craft of cigar making, from which he made a modest living. He also grew to love music and asked his parents to permit him to become a full-time music student. When he was 12 years old, Hernández studied music in San Juan, under the guidance of music professors Jose Ruellan Lequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Antonieta Pons
Maria Antonieta Pons (November 6, 1922 in Havana, Cuba – August 20, 2004 in Mexico City) was a Cuban-born Mexican film actress and dancer. She was the first actress in the ''Rumberas films'' in the 1940s and 1950s, in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Career María Antonieta Pons began her career as a dancer in Cuba in numerous theaters and night clubs. When she was 16, she met Spanish actor and film director Juan Orol, who became her partner in various dance competitions on the island. After becoming Orol's wife, he took her to Mexico so she could act in films. María Antonieta Pons debuted in the Cinema of Mexico in the film '' Siboney'' (1938). After her debut in this film, Maria Antonieta performed with Orol in international dance tours in the United States, particularly in New York and Chicago. Towards the end of 1943, Pons returned to film, invited by the producer Guillermo Calderon to act in the film ''Noches de ronda'', along with the actors Susana Guizar and Ramon Arme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amalia Mendoza
Amalia Mendoza García (10 July 1923 – 11 June 2001), nicknamed ''La Tariácuri'', was a Mexican singer and actress. "Échame a mi la culpa" and "Amarga navidad" were some of her greatest hits. her best friend since youth was Martha De Miranda Jimenez "Martuquia" as she called her, she was her companion for many years when Amalia was on tour. Career Tariácuri, from whom Mendoza received her nickname, was an indigenous leader of the Purépecha people, who inhabited present-day Michoacán. The nickname was used before in her brothers' musical group (Trío Tariácuri) and in her own duo (Las Tariacuritas) with her sister, Perla. She gained notice as a solo singer when she began to sing for the XEW radio station in 1954. She recorded 36 albums. In 1962, she won the Macuilxóchitl Award for best female bolero singer of ranchera music (''bolerista de ranchero''). Through the majority of her career she was accompanied by the Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, and recorded numerous r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Elena Marqués
María Elena Marqués Rangel (14 December 1926 – 11 November 2008) was a Mexican actress and singer who was a star during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Biography She was born on December 14, 1926 in Mexico City. She was discovered by the film director Fernando de Fuentes, who was her neighbor. Her first film was ''Dos corazones y un tango'' (1942) where she performed with the Argentine tango singer Andrés Falgás. In 1943 she worked in '' Doña Bárbara'' with María Félix, ''Romeo y Julieta'', with Cantinflas, and ''Así se quiere en Jalisco'', with Jorge Negrete. She worked again with Negrete in ''Me he de comer esa tuna'' (1945) and ''Tal para cual'' (1951). In her best-known role, Marqués starred in the 1947 film '' La perla'' (''The Pearl''); she played the wife of a fisherman who finds the ill-fated pearl. The film was based on John Steinbeck's book '' The Pearl''. The film was directed by Emilio Fernández and her co-star was Pedro Armendár ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Fernández (actor)
Fernando Fernández "El Crooner de México" (1916–1999) was a Mexican actor, singer and director. He was born on November 9, 1916, in Monterrey, Mexico, and died in Mexico City, Mexico, on November 24, 1999. Fernando was the son of Eloisa Reyes. He was brother of the film director Emilio Fernández and actor Jaime Fernández and cousin to Emilio Fernández. He was married to singer Lupita Palomera, who died in 2008. Fernando Fernández was known as "the Crooner of Mexico." Fernández first began singing at radio station XEH in Monterrey in 1933, then moved on to radio station XEN located in Mexico City, Mexico, and then later at radio station XEB also located in Mexico City. Fernández returned to Monterrey at his father's request and became a producer at radio station XET, then worked at radio station XET in Mexico City. Fernández then spent six months working for Radio Mil Diez in Havana, Cuba. Fernández appeared in movies such as '' La feria de las flores (The flower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Ibáñez
Juan Ibáñez (April 20, 1938 – September 12, 2000) was a Mexican actor, film director, producer and writer. He was born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato and died in Mexico City. Works *''Un alma pura'', (1965) writer, director *''Los caifanes'' (a.k.a. ''The Outsiders'') (1967) writer, director *''Fear Chamber'' (1968) co-director *''House of Evil'' (1968) co-director *''The Adolescents'' (1968) writer *''The Incredible Invasion'' (a.k.a. ''Alien Terror'') (1971) co-director *''La generala'' (1971) writer, director *''Isle of the Snake People ''Snake People'' (''La muerte viviente''/ ''The Living Dead'') a.k.a. ''Isle of the Snake People'', is a 1968 Mexican horror film directed by Juan Ibáñez and starring Boris Karloff and Julissa. (It was filmed in May 1968, but was only released ...'' (1971) writer, co-director (as Jhon Ibanez) *'' Divinas palabras'' (1978) writer, director *''A fuego lento'' (1980) writer, director *''Olimpica'', (1975(?) theater director External links *Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julián Soler
Julián Soler (born Julián Díaz Pavia; 17 February 1907 – 5 May 1977) was a Mexican film director, actor, and screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. In his career spanning half a century, Soler received two Ariel Award nominations. Early life Julián Soler was born in Ciudad Jiménez, Chihuahua, as Julián Díaz Pavía on 17 February 1907 to Domingo Díaz García and Irene Pavía Soler. He was the elder brother of Mercedes Soler and the younger brother of Fernando Soler, Andrés Soler, and Domingo Soler. His family is known as the Soler Dynasty. Selected filmography Actor * '' Cruz Diablo'' (1934) * '' Por mis pistolas'' (1938) * '' The Coward'' (1939) * '' The Whip'' (1939) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * '' Doña Bárbara'' (1943) * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1944) * '' Amok'' (1945) * '' He Who Died of Love'' (1945) * ''Rostros olvidados'' (1952) Director * '' Una gallega en México'' (1949) * ''La miel se fue de la luna'' (1951) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Morayta
Miguel Morayta (15 August 1907 – 19 June 2013) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 74 films between 1944 and 1978. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Morayta was a Spanish artillery officer, who joined the Republican side. After Francisco Franco's victory, he left Spain for France and Africa, finally arriving in Mexico in 1941, where he started his career. He was living in Mexico when he died aged 105. Selected filmography * ''Amor perdido'' (1951) * '' Road of Hell'' (1951) * ''The Martyr of Calvary'' (1952) * '' Pain'' (1953) * '' Amor se dice cantando'' (1959) * ''The Bloody Vampire'' (1962) * ''La invasión de los vampiros'' (1963) * ''Doctor Satán'' (1966) * ''The Partisan of Villa'' (1967) * ''La Bataille de San Sebastian ''Guns for San Sebastian'' () is a 1968 action- adventure film based on the 1962 novel ''A Wall for San Sebastian'', written by Rev. Fr. William Barnaby "Barby" Faherty, S.J. The film is directed by Frenchman Henri V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amor Perdido
''Amor perdido'' (''Lost Love'') is a 1951 Mexican drama film directed by Miguel Morayta and starring Amalia Aguilar and Víctor Junco. The plot is inspired by the famous bolero of the same name by Pedro Flores (composer), Pedro Flores. Plot A young rumba dancer named Amalia (Amalia Aguilar), is supported by her friend, a young composer named Ernesto (Tito Novaro) to become a cabaret dancer. She meets and falls in love with the gangster Luis (Victor Junco). She has an accident on her face caused by the jealous lover of Luis, Celia (Yadira Jiménez), and has to wear a maskso she decides to leave without telling anyone. The gangster discovers her dancing in a cabaret and decides to kill her, not knowing the reason for her disappearance. Cast * Amalia Aguilar ... ''Amalia'' * Víctor Junco ... ''Luis'' * Tito Novaro ... ''Ernesto'' * Yadira Jiménez ... ''Celia'' * María Victoria * María Luisa Landín References External links * 1951 films Mexican black-and-white films Rumb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
, total_type = Total , population_density_km2 = auto , timezone = AST (UTC −4) , area_code_type = Area codes , area_code = 809, 829, 849 , postal_code_type = Postal codes , postal_code = 10100–10699 ( Distrito Nacional) , website Ayuntamiento del Distrito Nacional Santo Domingo ( meaning "Saint Dominic"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán and Ciudad Trujillo, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. As of 2022, the city and immediate surrounding area (the Distrito Nacional) had a population of 1,484,789, while the total population is 2,995,211 when including Greater Santo Domingo (the "metropolitan area"). The city is coterminous with the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional ("D.N.", "National District"), itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province. Founded by the Spanish in 1496, on the east bank of the Ozama River and then moved by Nicolás de Ovando in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Beltrán Ruiz
Pablo Beltrán Ruiz (born 5 March 1915 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico - died 29 July 2008) was a Mexican composer and bandleader, most famous for composing the song "¿Quién será?", a Spanish-language hit that, with English lyrics by Norman Gimbel, was made famous internationally by Dean Martin as " Sway" in 1954, and by Bobby Rydell in 1960. Other songs by Beltràn include "''Picnic a Go-Go''" (1966) and "''La Sombra de tu Sonrisa''" (1966), an instrumental version of "''The Shadow of Your Smile''". Biography Pablo Beltrán Ruiz was born in 1915 to Ladislao Rosas and Felipa Rodríguez. He moved to Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ... where he studied Law for one year and Chemistry for 3 years. He also studied music at the Escuela Libre de Música (Free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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