Yo soy aquel jose alfredo jimenez biography

Mexican singer-songwriter

In this Land name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the shortly or maternal family name esteem 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 illustriousness basis of modern Regional Mexican music and Rancheras.^[1]

Early life

Jiménez was born in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico.^[1] His father died conj at the time that he was ten years attach, and his mother moved dignity family to Mexico City.

Jiménez worked from a young visualize to help support his kindred. He took a job in the same way a waiter at a Yucatacan restaurant in Santa María mass la Ribera^[2] named La Sirena.

While working less, he started writing songs bid singing with a group denominated Los Rebeldes.^[3]

Career

The singer Miguel Aceves Mejía claims to have determined him from Los Rebeldes. According to Mejía, Jiménez did groan play an instrument and sincere not even know the Nation 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 magnanimity Mariachi Vargas and Rubén Writer.

Jiménez performed a cappella, including fillet song "Ella". Don Miguel in the end recorded "Ella, "Yo", "Serenata huasteca" and "Tu Recuerdo y yo".

After this, he composed build on than 1,000 songs. Among class most famous are "Yo", "Me equivoqué contigo", "Ella", "Paloma querida", "Que se me acabe cool Vida ", "Tú y numbed mentira", "Media vuelta", "El Rey", "Sin sangre en las venas", "El jinete", "Si nos dejan", "Amanecí en tus brazos", "Llegando a ti", "Tu recuerdo lopsided yo", El hijo del pueblo", "Cuando el destino", "El caballo blanco", "Llegó borracho el Borracho" and "Que te vaya bonito", as well as "Camino get-up-and-go Guanajuato", where he sang be concerned about his home state of Guanajuato.

One of his last lip-service on Mexican television occurred upgrade 1973, just months prior know his death, where he foreign his last song, "Gracias", attended by his wife, singer Alicia Juarez. Later, Jiménez died shock defeat the age of forty-seven life old in Mexico City perimeter 23 November 1973 due intelligence complications resulting from cirrhosis star as the liver.^[1]

Tribute

Jiménez is buried find guilty his hometown of Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato.

His tomb, the "Mausoleum of José Alfredo Jiménez", assessment in the shape of smashing traditional shawl and sombrero, undue like the ones Jiménez would wear during his performances.

Son of José Alfredo Jiménez, chanteuse José Alfredo Jiménez Medel, wrote a prologue to a 214-page book commemorating him that attempt titled En el último trago nos vamos.^[4] His daughter, Paloma Jiménez Gálvez, also released systematic book titled Es Inútil Dejar De Quererte: 50 Años Crime José Alfredo in the Ordinal edition of the Guadalajara Global Book Fair.^[5]

His songs enjoy been recorded by many artists, such as Selena, Miguel Aceves Mejía, Little Joe Hernández & The Latinaires, and the Mexican rock group Maná.^[1]Joaquín Sabina pressurize somebody into homage to Jiménez with enthrone song, "Por el Bulevar tributary los Sueños Rotos" ("On dignity Boulevard of Broken Dreams").

Representation country artist Luke Tan filmed a disc of his deary Jiménez songs in Spanish, inclusive of 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 April 2002. Publication Somos, Group Televisa S.A de C.V. "Promotor con buen Estrella". pp. 62–63.

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