Francisco Avitia Tapia (13 May 1915 – 29 June 1995), commonly known as "El Charro Avitia", was a Mexican singer, primarily of ''

ranchera Ranchera () 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 virtually all regional Mexican music styles. Drawing on rural traditional folk music ...

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corrido The corrido () is a popular narrative metrical tale and poetry that forms a ballad. The songs are often about oppression, history, daily life for criminals, the vaquero lifestyle, and other socially relevant topics. Corridos were widely popular ...

'' genres. His best known songs include "Maquina 501," "Caballo alazán lucero," and "El Muchacho Alegre". He also acted in films such as ''

Primero soy mexicano ''Primero soy mexicano'' ("First I am Mexican") is a 1950 Mexican drama-comedy film starring Joaquín Pardavé (who also wrote and directed it),El zurdo ''El zurdo'' ( en, The Left-Handed, italic=yes) is a 1965 Mexican drama film directed by Arturo Martínez and starring Rodolfo de Anda with Germán Robles, Andrés Soler, Noé Murayama and special performances by Ofelia Montesco, Francisco Avitia, ...

'' (1965). Avitia was born in Pilar de Conchos (Valle de Zaragoza), Chihuahua, and at the age of six his family moved to

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. He died from cardiac arrest in a

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hospital at the age of 80.

Filmography

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Primero soy mexicano ''Primero soy mexicano'' ("First I am Mexican") is a 1950 Mexican drama-comedy film starring Joaquín Pardavé (who also wrote and directed it),If I Were Just Anyone ''If I Were Just Anyone'' (Spanish: ''Si fuera una cualquiera'') is a 1950 Mexican drama film directed by Ernesto Cortázar and starring Meche Barba and Fernando Fernández. The film is the sequel to the film '' Love Street''. Plot Fernando ( Fer ...

'' (1950) * ''

The Masked Tiger ''The Masked Tiger'' (Spanish:''El tigre enmascarado'') is a 1951 Mexican western film directed by Zacarías Gómez Urquiza and starring Luis Aguilar, Flor Silvestre and Aurora Segura.Pitts p.356 The film's art direction was by Jorge Fernánde ...

'' (1951) *''La venganza del Diablo'' (1955) *''Sed de amor'' (1959) *''

El zurdo ''El zurdo'' ( en, The Left-Handed, italic=yes) is a 1965 Mexican drama film directed by Arturo Martínez and starring Rodolfo de Anda with Germán Robles, Andrés Soler, Noé Murayama and special performances by Ofelia Montesco, Francisco Avitia, ...

'' (1965) *''Variedades de media noche'' (1977) *''Viva México'' (1977)

References

Ranchera singers Mexican male film actors People from Chihuahua (state) 1915 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Mexican male actors 20th-century Mexican male singers {{Mexico-singer-stub