Amalia Mendoza García (10 July 1923 – 11 June 2001),
nicknamed ''La Tariácuri'', was a Mexican
singer
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and
actress
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.
"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
The Purépecha (endonym pua, P'urhepecha ) are a group of indigenous people centered in the northwestern region of Michoacán, Mexico, mainly in the area of the cities of Cherán and Pátzcuaro.
They are also known by the pejorative "Tarascan ...
people, who inhabited present-day
Michoacán
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. 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
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singer of
ranchera
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music (''bolerista de ranchero'').
Through the majority of her career she was accompanied by the
Mariachi
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Vargas de Tecalitlán
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, and recorded numerous
ranchera
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s and
bolero
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s by
José Alfredo Jiménez
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Biography
Jiménez was born in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, M ...
,
Cuco Sánchez
José Refugio "Cuco" Sánchez Saldaña (3 May 1921 – 5 October 2000) was a Mexican singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor.
Sánchez was one of Mexico's most popular singers and recorded most of his singles and studio albums for Columbia R ...
,
José Ángel Espinoza
José Ángel Espinoza Aragón (2 October 1919 – 6 November 2015), also known as ''Ferrusquilla'', was a Mexican singer-songwriter and film actor. He was the father of actress Angélica Aragón. There is a statue of him along Olas Altas Promen ...
,
Gabriel Ruiz, and
Tomás Méndez
Tomás Méndez (born Tomás Méndez Sosa; July 25, 1927 – June 19, 1995) was a Mexican composer and singer of Mexican music and ranchera music. He was born in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico. He obtained his first success in 1954 with the Mexican ...
.
She died four weeks and one day before her 78th birthday.
Discography
*''La Tariácuri'' (1958)
*''La Tariácuri Vol. II'' (1959)
*''La Tariácuri Vol. III'' (1960) (re-issued on CD as ''Amalia Vol. 1'')
*''La viuda abandonada'' (Vol. IV) (1961) (re-issued on CD as ''Mucho corazón... y otros éxitos más'')
*''Boleros con Amalia Mendoza'' (1962)
*''Las canciones que siempre quise grabar'' (1963)
*''México en la voz de Amalia Mendoza'' (1965)
*''Las tres señoras'' (1995) (with
Lola Beltrán
María Lucila Beltrán Ruiz (7 March 1932 – 24 March 1996), known professionally as Lola Beltrán, was a Mexican actress and singer.
Beltrán is and was one of Mexico's most acclaimed singers of Ranchera and Huapango music. She made the ...
and
Lucha Villa
Luz Elena Ruiz Bejarano (born November 30, 1936), more commonly known by her stage name Lucha Villa, is a Mexican singer and actress.
Early life
Born in Camargo, Chihuahua, Luz Elena Ruiz Bejarano was given her pseudonym "Lucha Villa" by telev ...
)
Filmography
References
External links
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Mexican film actresses
1923 births
2001 deaths
Ranchera singers
Golden Age of Mexican cinema
Actresses from Michoacán
Singers from Michoacán
Mexican people of Purépecha descent
People from Huetamo
20th-century Mexican actresses
20th-century Mexican women singers
Indigenous Mexican women
Women in Latin music