Miguel Aceves MejÃa (13 November 1915 – 6 November 2006) was a Mexican actor, composer and singer.
Miguel Aceves MejÃa, or "the God 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 musi ...
" as he was popularly known, was born in
El Paso,
Texas
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, and was registered in
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez ( ; ''Juarez City''. ) is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is commonly referred to as Juárez and was known as El Paso del Norte (''The Pass of the North'') until 1888. Juárez is the seat of the Juà ...
in the state of
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Places
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**Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state
**Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state
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. He became a popular
Mexican film
Mexican cinema dates to the late nineteenth century during the rule of President Porfirio DÃaz. Seeing a demonstration of short films in 1896, DÃaz immediately saw the importance of documenting his presidency in order to present an ideal ...
star during its golden age and was widely regarded for his interpretations of various Mexican musical genres, particularly the
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 musi ...
.
Originally part of a traveling theater company, Aceves began recording for the first time in 1938 with the trio ''Los Porteños''. At the beginning of his career he interpreted mainly
boleros, and
Mexican Rancheras rhythms. During his career he recorded more than 1600 songs on 140 discs and starred in 64 films.
He was one of the three greatest of all time with his dearly friends
Pedro Infante
Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera music singer and actor, whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. His popularity spread across Latin America.
Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinalo ...
and
Jorge Negrete
Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno (; 30 November 1911 – 5 December 1953) was a Mexican singer and actor.
Life and career
Negrete was born in the city of Guanajuato and had two brothers and three sisters; his father was a Mexican Army Colonel who f ...
. He was the first Mexican folkloric singer to travel around the American continent with world tours, accompanied by the
Mariachi Vargas of Tecatitlán. His fame took him in a tour to Spain where he filmed two movies with the great actress and singer La Faraona
Lola Flores.
Among his greatest hits are ''El Pastor'', ''La del Rebozo Blanco'', ''Se Me Hizo Fácil'', ''Yo TenÃa un Chorro de Voz'', ''
Vaya con Dios'', ''La
Malagueña Salerosa
— also known as — is a well-known Son Huasteco or Huapango song from Mexico, which has been covered more than 200 times by recording artists.
The song is that of a man telling a woman (from Málaga, Spain) how beautiful she is, and how he ...
'', ''El Jinete'', ''El Crucifijo de Piedra'' and ''Cuatro Caminos''. He was noted for composing such songs as ''El Pescado Nadador'' and ''Oh, Gran Dios'', even though his forté was primarily as a singer in his own right.
Following the rise to popularity of Jalisco-born ranchera singer,
David Záizar. MejÃa's status as "the King of the falsetto" was given to Záizar by the public.
In 1945, Aceves began dedicating himself solely to singing and, following the deaths of
Pedro Infante
Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera music singer and actor, whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. His popularity spread across Latin America.
Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinalo ...
and
Jorge Negrete
Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno (; 30 November 1911 – 5 December 1953) was a Mexican singer and actor.
Life and career
Negrete was born in the city of Guanajuato and had two brothers and three sisters; his father was a Mexican Army Colonel who f ...
, ventured into the world of cinema.
In 1959 he appeared in ''
Amor se dice cantando
''Amor se dice cantando'' ("Love is Said Singing") is a 1959 in film, 1959 Mexico, Mexican- Argentina, Argentine comedy-drama film directed by Miguel Morayta and written by MarÃa Luisa Algarra. It stars Miguel Aceves MejÃa and Julia Sandoval.
...
''.
Aceves died just a few days short of his 91st birthday on 6 November 2006 in
Mexico City
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. As is tradition in Mexico, his body lay under the rotunda of the
Palacio de las Bellas Artes
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(Palace of Fine Arts) in Mexico City. This honour is reserved for only the greatest Mexican figures of arts and letters.
Filmography
* ''
Los apuros de dos gallos'' (1963)
* ''
Dos gallos y dos gallinas'' (1963)
* ''
Los valientes no mueren'' (1962)
* ''
Camino de la horca'' (1962)
* ''
Si yo fuera millonario'' (1962)
* ''
El asesino enmascarado'' (1962)
* ''
El rey de la pistola'' (1962)
* ''
Los cinco halcones'' (1962)
* ''
Asesinos de la lucha libre'' (1962)
* ''
MartÃn Santos el llanero'' (1962)
* ''
Viva Chihuahua'' (1961)
* ''
¿Dónde estás, corazón'' (1961)
* ''
El Buena Suerte'' (1961)
* ''
Paloma brava'' (1961)
* ''
Los fanfarrones'' (1960)
* ''Bala perdida'' (1960)
* ''
¡Viva quien sabe querer!'' (1960)
* ''
Las canciones Unidas'' (1960)
* ''
Viva la parranda'' (1960)
* ''
Three Black Angels'' (1960)
* ''
Me importa poco'' (1960)
* ''
Dos tipos con suerte
''Dos tipos con suerte'' is a 1960 Argentine musical comedy film directed by Miguel Morayta. It stars Miguel Aceves MejÃa and Ana Casares. Production design for the film was by Emilio RodrÃguez Mentasti.
Cast
* Miguel Aceves MejÃa
* Ana ...
'' (1960)
* ''
El ciclón'' (1959)
* ''
Échame la culpa
"Échame la Culpa" (; ) is a song by Puerto Rican singer and songwriter Luis Fonsi and American singer Demi Lovato. Fonsi co-wrote the song with Alejandro Rengifo and its producers Andrés Torres and Mauricio Rengifo. It was released through U ...
'' (1959)
* ''
Mi niño, mi caballo y yo'' (1959)
* ''
El cariñoso'' (1959)
* ''
Amor se dice cantando
''Amor se dice cantando'' ("Love is Said Singing") is a 1959 in film, 1959 Mexico, Mexican- Argentina, Argentine comedy-drama film directed by Miguel Morayta and written by MarÃa Luisa Algarra. It stars Miguel Aceves MejÃa and Julia Sandoval.
...
'' (1959)
* ''
Bajo el cielo de México
''Beneath the Sky of Mexico'' (Spanish: ''Bajo el cielo de México'') is a 1937 Mexican dramedy film. It was directed by Fernando de Fuentes and starred David Silva
David Josué Jiménez Silva (born 8 January 1986) is a Spanish professional ...
'' (1958)
* ''
Sabrás que te quiero'' (1958)
* ''
Música de siempre
Música de siempre is a 1958 film produced by the A.N.D.A. that provided work for hundreds of union members at a time when the Regent of Mexico City Ernesto P. Uruchurtu cracked down on the entertainment business. The film is a combination of acts ...
'' (1958)
* ''
Música en la noche'' (1958)
* ''
Guitarras de medianoche'' (1958)
* ''
Tú y la mentira'' (1958)
* ''
Cuatro copas'' (1958)
* ''
La feria de San Marcos'' (1958)
* ''
El gallo colorado'' (1957)
* ''
Mal de amores'' (1957)
* ''
Hay ángeles con espuelas'' (1957)
* ''Que me toquen las golondrinas'' (1957)
* ''
¡Que seas feliz!'' (1956)
* ''
Historia de un amor'' (1956)
* ''
Limosna de amores'' (1955)
* ''
To the Four Winds'' (1955)
* ''
El águila negra en 'El vengador solitario''' (1954)
* ''
Camelia'' (1954)
* ''
El asesino enmascarado'' (1953)
* ''
La mentira'' (1952)
* ''
Cartas a Ufemia'' (1952)
* ''
We Maids'' (1951)
* ''
Ella y yo'' (1951)
* ''
Por querer a una mujer'' (1951)
* ''
Donde nacen los pobres'' (1950)
* ''
De pecado en pecado'' (1948)
* ''
Pecadora'' (1947)
* ''
Rancho Alegre'' (1941)
References
External links
*
El MundoBiografÃa de Miguel Aceves MejÃa
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Ranchera singers
1915 births
2006 deaths
Mexican composers of popular or traditional folk music
People from Ciudad Juárez
Mexican male film actors
People from Chihuahua (state)
Mexican male composers
20th-century Mexican male actors
20th-century Mexican male singers