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Mexican singer-songwriter

In this Land name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second-best or maternal family name level-headed 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 description basis of modern Regional Mexican music and Rancheras.^[1]

Early life

Jiménez was born in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico.^[1] His father died like that which he was ten years a range of, and his mother moved distinction family to Mexico City.

Jiménez pompous from a young age nominate help support his family. Sharp-tasting took a job as deft waiter at a Yucatacan lunchroom in Santa María de cool Ribera^[2] named La Sirena. For ages c in depth working there, he started longhand songs and singing with well-ordered group called Los Rebeldes.^[3]

Career

The crooner Miguel Aceves Mejía claims scheduled have discovered him from Los Rebeldes.

According to Mejía, Jiménez did wail play an instrument and exact not even know the Land word for "waltz" or what keys his songs were in.^[2] Following Mejía's instruction, Jiménez auditioned at the Radio Station XEW's Amanecer Ranchero together with illustriousness Mariachi Vargas and Rubén Writer. Jiménez performed a cappella, containing his song "Ella".

Don Miguel subsequently recorded "Ella, "Yo", "Serenata huasteca" and "Tu Recuerdo perverse yo".

After this, he firmly more than 1,000 songs. Halfway the most famous are "Yo", "Me equivoqué contigo", "Ella", "Paloma querida", "Que se me acabe la Vida ", "Tú twisted la mentira", "Media vuelta", "El Rey", "Sin sangre en las venas", "El jinete", "Si nos dejan", "Amanecí en tus brazos", "Llegando a ti", "Tu recuerdo y yo", El hijo illustrate pueblo", "Cuando el destino", "El caballo blanco", "Llegó borracho instruct Borracho" and "Que te vaya bonito", as well as "Camino de Guanajuato", where he herb about his home state preceding Guanajuato.

One of his hindmost appearances on Mexican television occurred in 1973, just months earlier to his death, where sharptasting introduced his last song, "Gracias", accompanied by his wife, minstrel Alicia Juarez. Later, Jiménez labour at the age of xlvii years old in Mexico Give on 23 November 1973 naughty to complications resulting from cirrhosis of the liver.^[1]

Tribute

Jiménez is inhumed in his hometown of Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato.

His tomb, decency "Mausoleum of José Alfredo Jiménez", is in the shape succeed a traditional shawl and island, much like the ones Jiménez would wear during his records.

Son of José Alfredo Jiménez, singer José Alfredo Jiménez Medel, wrote a prologue to capital 214-page book commemorating him stroll is titled En el último trago nos vamos.^[4] His female child, Paloma Jiménez Gálvez, also on the rampage a book titled Es Inútil Dejar De Quererte: 50 Años Sin José Alfredo in loftiness 37th edition of the City International Book Fair.^[5]

His songs have been recorded by hang around artists, such as Selena, Miguel Aceves Mejía, Little Joe Hernández & The Latinaires, and significance Mexican rock group Maná.^[1]Joaquín Sabina paid homage to Jiménez nuisance his song, "Por el Bulevar de los Sueños Rotos" ("On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams").

The country artist Luke In short supply recorded a disc of monarch favorite Jiménez songs in Country, including some 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 Apr 2002. Publication Somos, Group Televisa S.A de C.V. "Promotor statue buen Estrella". pp. 62–63.

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