María de la Luz Jiménez Chabolla, known professionally as Mary Jiménez or Mari Jiménez, is a Mexican

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 ...

singer who was nicknamed ''La Folklórica Sexy'' ("The Sexy Folk Singer") because of her sensuous voice. She has recorded albums for well-known Mexican record labels, such as

Discos GAS Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric piano, ...

and

Discos CBS Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC (often referred to as Sony Music Latin) is a record label owned by Sony Music. The label focuses on artists of Latin music. History In 1979, CBS Records (now Columbia Records) ended its partnership with C ...

Life and career

Jiménez was born in

Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritag ...

Guanajuato Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...

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, to Jesús Jiménez Cervantes (1904-1971) and María de Jesús Chabolla Peña (1907-1993). She is the younger sister of singers

Flor Silvestre Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla (16 August 1930 – 25 November 2020), known professionally as Flor Silvestre, was a Mexican singer and actress. She was one of the most prominent and successful performers of Mexican and Latin American music, and ...

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La Prieta Linda Enriqueta "Queta" Jiménez Chabolla (4 July 1933 – 21 September 2021), known by her stage name La Prieta Linda ("The Beautiful Dark-skinned Woman"), was a Mexican singer and actress. She was part of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Early lif ...

. In 1979, she recorded an album, ''Quédate con él'', for the Mexican record company Discos GAS (currently Discos Orfeón). "Quédate con él" and "Silencio corazón", two songs from this album, were also released on a 45 RPM single. In 1983, she recorded an album, ''No recuerdas, bien mío'', for Harmony Series (a CBS record label). This album was produced by the songwriter and artistic director María Guadalupe "Lupita" Ramos, with musical arrangements by Román Palomar and Raúl Fuentes.

Discography

* ''Quédate con él'' (GAS, 1979) * ''No recuerdas, bien mío'' (Harmony BS 1983)

References

External links

Mary Jiménez singing "Acurrúcate en mi pecho" for the television program ''Lázaro y sus estrellas''

Another video of Mary Jiménez singing for the television program ''Lázaro y sus estrellas''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jiménez, Mary Living people People from Salamanca, Guanajuato Mexican women singers Ranchera singers Singers from Guanajuato Year of birth missing (living people)