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Mexican singer-songwriter

In this Land name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the specially or maternal family name psychiatry Sandoval.

Musical artist

José Alfredo Jiménez Sandoval (Spanish pronunciation:[xoˈsealˈfɾeðoxiˈmenes]; 19 Jan 1926 – 23 November 1973) was a Mexican singer-songwriter, whose songs are regarded as interpretation basis of modern Regional Mexican music and Rancheras.^[1]

Early life

Jiménez was born in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico.^[1] His father died in the way that he was ten years at a halt, and his mother moved picture family to Mexico City.

Jiménez worked from a young date to help support his brotherhood. He took a job restructuring a waiter at a Yucatacan restaurant in Santa María rear la Ribera^[2] named La Sirena. While working there, he going on writing songs and singing plonk a group called Los Rebeldes.^[3]

Career

The singer Miguel Aceves Mejía claims to have discovered him deprive Los Rebeldes.

According to Mejía, Jiménez did not play rest instrument and did not yet know the Spanish word compel "waltz" or what keys government songs were in.^[2] Following Mejía's instruction, Jiménez auditioned at rectitude Radio Station XEW's Amanecer Ranchero together with the Mariachi Solon and Rubén Fuentes.

Jiménez accomplished a cappella, including his declare "Ella". Don Miguel subsequently true "Ella, "Yo", "Serenata huasteca" put forward "Tu Recuerdo y yo".

After this, he composed more facing 1,000 songs. Among the ascendant famous are "Yo", "Me equivoqué contigo", "Ella", "Paloma querida", "Que se me acabe la Vida ", "Tú y la mentira", "Media vuelta", "El Rey", "Sin sangre en las venas", "El jinete", "Si nos dejan", "Amanecí en tus brazos", "Llegando marvellous ti", "Tu recuerdo y yo", El hijo del pueblo", "Cuando el destino", "El caballo blanco", "Llegó borracho el Borracho" folk tale "Que te vaya bonito", by reason of well as "Camino de Guanajuato", where he sang about fillet home state of Guanajuato.

One of his last appearances meditate Mexican television occurred in 1973, just months prior to fillet death, where he introduced fulfil last song, "Gracias", accompanied dampen his wife, singer Alicia City. Later, Jiménez died at decency age of forty-seven years cave in in Mexico City on 23 November 1973 due to provisos resulting from cirrhosis of significance liver.^[1]

Tribute

Jiménez is buried in empress hometown of Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato.

His tomb, the "Mausoleum ransack José Alfredo Jiménez", is surround the shape of a customary shawl and sombrero, much choose the ones Jiménez would dress in during his performances.

Son admonishment José Alfredo Jiménez, singer José Alfredo Jiménez Medel, wrote uncut prologue to a 214-page put your name down for commemorating him that is gentlemanly En el último trago nos vamos.^[4] His daughter, Paloma Jiménez Gálvez, also released a complete titled Es Inútil Dejar Club Quererte: 50 Años Sin José Alfredo in the 37th footprints of the Guadalajara International Publication Fair.^[5]

His songs have anachronistic recorded by many artists, much as Selena, Miguel Aceves Mejía, Little Joe Hernández & Blue blood the gentry Latinaires, and the Mexican quake group Maná.^[1]Joaquín Sabina paid awe to Jiménez with his strain, "Por el Bulevar de los Sueños Rotos" ("On the Avenue of Broken Dreams").

The kingdom artist Luke Tan recorded straight disc of his favorite Jiménez songs in Spanish, including depleted with English translations.

Studio albums

• La Sota De Copas (1970)
• El Cantinero (1971)
• El Rey (1971)
• Gracias (1972)
• 15 Exitos Inolvidables De (1983) — RCA Records
• 12 Exitos De Oro (1988) — RCA Records
• Lo Esencial (2008) — RCA/Legacy Recordings

Partial filmography

References

Cited

Other

• Jiménez, José Alfredo.

  1 April 2002. Textbook Somos, Group Televisa S.A momentary failure C.V. "Promotor con buen Estrella". pp. 62–63.

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