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, Guízar was among the few Mexicans who made history in the early years of Hollywood.

Career

In a career that spanned over seven decades, Guízar trained early as an opera singer and traveled to New York City in 1929 to record the songs of

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. In addition, Guízar performed both operatic and Mexican popular songs at Carnegie Hall, but he succeeded with his arrangements of popular Mexican and Spanish melodies such as ''

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'', and '' You Belong to My Heart'' (English version of ''Solamente una Vez''). In 1936, his song " Allá en el Rancho Grande" ("There on the Big Ranch") launched the singing '' charro'' in Mexico after appearing in the film of the same name, succeeding as well in the United States. Guízar made numerous television appearances, toured in most of

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countries, recorded a significant number of songs, and had his own radio show in Los Angeles, ''Tito Guízar y su Guitarra'' ''(Tito Guízar and his Guitar)''.

Films

He also appeared in dozens of films, including '' The Big Broadcast of 1938'' (1938), '' Tropic Holiday'' (1938), ''

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. In the 1990s, he continued playing series parts in Mexican television.

Death

Guízar died from natural causes in

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, Texas at the age of 91.

Partial filmography

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'' (1935) - Café Singer * '' Allá en el Rancho Grande'' (''There on the Big Ranch'') (1936) - José Francisco Ruelas * ''Amapola del camino'' (1937) - Antonio Rosales * '' The Big Broadcast of 1938'' (1938) - Specialty * '' Tropic Holiday'' (1938) - Ramón * ''

Mis Dos Amores ''Mis dos amores'' is a 1938 American Spanish-language drama film. Directed by Nick Grinde, the film stars Tito Guízar, Blanca de Castejón, and Emilia Leovalli. It was previewed in New York City on August 11, 1938, and opened in San Juan, ...

'' (''My Two Loves'') (1938) - Julio Bertolin * ''El trovador de la radio'' (1938) - Mario del Valle * ''

'' (1939) - Rafael San Ramos * '' Bachelor Father'' (1939) - Carlos del Rio *''

'' (1939) - Enrique Ibarra aka The Llano Kid * ''El rancho del pinar'' (1939) - Alberto Galindo * ''

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'' (''Back in the Tropics'') (1940) - José Juan García * '' De México llegó el amor'' (1940) - Tito * ''

Blondie Goes Latin ''Blondie Goes Latin'', also known as ''Conga Swing'', is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and Robert Sparks and starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, and Larry Simms. It is the eighth of the Blondie films. The film show ...

'' (1941) - Manuel Rodríguez * '' Beautiful Michoacán'' (1943) - Ernesto * ''

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'' (1944) - Tito * ''

'' (1944) - Miguel Soares * ''Adiós, Mariquita linda'' (1944) * ''

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'' (1945) - Jorge * Como México no hay dos'!'' (1945) * '' Mexicana'' (1945) - 'Pepe' Villarreal * ''

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'' (1946) - Himself * '' On the Old Spanish Trail'' (1947) - Rico - aka The Gypsy * '' The Gay Ranchero'' (1948) - Nicci Lopez * ''

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'' (1948) - Gabriel * ''

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'' (''In the Highlands of Jalisco'') (1948) - Juan Chávez * ''Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio'' (1949) * ''De Tequila, su mezcal'' (1950) - Tito * ''Sindicato de telemirones'' (1954) - Luis Manrique * ''De ranchero a empresario'' (1954) - Tito * ''El plagiario'' (1955) * ''

The Sin of Being a Woman ''The Sin of Being a Woman'' (Spanish: ''El pecado de ser mujer'') is a 1955 Mexican drama film directed by Zacarías Gómez Urquiza and starring Tito Guízar and Alma Rosa Aguirre.Alcerreca, p. 158 The film's sets were designed by art director J ...

'' (1955) - Javier Morales * ''Los hijos de Rancho Grande'' (1956) - José Francisco * ''Locura musical'' (1958) - Himself * '' Music and Money'' (1958) * ''Música en la noche'' (1958) * ''The Time and the Touch'' (1962) - Max * ''Allá en el rancho de las flores'' (1983) * ''Reclusorio'' (1997) - Tito Iriarte (segment "Eutanasia o asesinato") * ''La Usurpadora'' (1998) - Don Panchito

References

External links

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Tito Guizar singing with the actress Alma Rosa Aguirre
in the film ''El Pecado de Ser Mujer'' (''The Sin of Being a Woman'') on archive.org ">Alma Rosa Aguirre"> Tito Guizar singing with the actress Alma Rosa Aguirre
in the film ''El Pecado de Ser Mujer'' (''The Sin of Being a Woman'') on archive.org br>Tito Guizar singing with orchestra on record albums archived on archive.orgPortrait of Tito Guízar and his family, wife Carmen and daughter Nina, Los Angeles, 1935.
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Tito Guizar recordings
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