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Pedro Infante To many Latin Americans, he wasn't just an actor and singer, but much, much more. |
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Javier Solis In his spare time he trained as an amateur boxer for six years with aspirations of becoming a professional boxer. He had his triumphs but after suffering a few defeats, his father would ask with to leave boxing for something more "decent". |
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Silvestre Vargas Silvestre Vargas--widely considered the most important individual in the history of mariachi music--died and was buried in Guadalajara in 1985. |
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Jose Alfredo Jimenez The story of Jose Alfredo Jimenez as told by the man who "discovered" him - Miguel Aceves Mejia. |
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Miguel Aceves Mejia From an personal interview he says: "I have many stories of mariachis..." |
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Amalia Mendoza Mendoza, known as "La Tariacuri," was famous for songs such as "Echame a mi la Culpa" . Born in the Michoacan town of San Juan Huetamo in 1923, she was part of a family of noted musicians. |
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Lola Beltran It is only once in an era that a singer has a great influence on a type of music, on a country, on a people. Only one can get the title of "La Reina de la musica ranchera"... |
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Tito Guizar His name was Tito Guizar, and like the gunslinging and ballad-singing American cowboy Roy Rogers, Guizar embodied the typical screen hero -- tall and dashing. |