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 the vast majority of regional Mexican music styles. Drawing on rural traditional fo ...

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 and Discos CBS.

Life and career

Jiménez was born in

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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 w ...

and

La Prieta Linda Enriqueta "Queta" Jiménez Chabolla (4 July 1922 – 21 September 2021), known by her stage name La Prieta Linda ("The Beautiful Dark-skinned Woman"), was a Mexican singer and actress. Early life La Prieta Linda was born on 4 July 1922 in Sala ...

. 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''
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