The first ever songs of José Alfredo Jiménez to be recorded.Īfter this promising beginning, he composed more than 1,000 songs. He recorded "Ella, "Yo", "Serenata huasteca" and "Tu Recuerdo y yo". Don Miguel was impressed and promised to support him and record his songs. A few days later, José Alfredo arrived to the radio and started singing a capella his songs “Ella” and some more. Miguel asked him to look for him at the Radio Station XEW, where he had an audition called Amanecer Ranchero, together with the Mariachi Vargas and Rubén Fuentes. Would you like to hear some? Maybe you like them”. I`m waiter because of necessity, but I compose songs. The clerk came to him and asked: “Don Miguel. One day in 1948, Miguel Aceves Mejía and some friends arrived for dinner to a restaurant called La Sirena, in Santa Maria de la Rivera. He was discovered in 1948 by the singer Miguel Aceves Mejía and according to him he did not play an instrument and did not even know the Spanish word for " waltz" or what " keys" his songs were in. 26 January 2022.Jiménez was born in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico. "Jiménez, José Alfredo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. In Discography of American Historical Recordings. "Jiménez, José Alfredo," accessed January 26, 2022. Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensembleĭiscography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble Miguel Aceves Mejia Mariachi Silvestre Vargasįernando Fernández Mariachi Pulido Lupita Palomeraįemale-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensembleĬuarteto América Fernando Fernández Mariachi Pulido Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble Notes: Surname sometimes spelled Jiménes. Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, arranger
Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA licenseīirth and Death Data: Born Janu(Dolores Hidalgo), Died Novem(Mexico City)ĭate Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1951. Jiménez received the accolade due to the fact six of the fourteen tracks in the album were composed by him, thus making Jiménez eligible for the award. In 2018, Jiménez was posthumously awarded the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year for ¡México Por Siempre! by Luis Miguel. It was his way of thanking the public for all of the affection they had shown him throughout his career as one of the most prolific and highly regarded composers and singers Mexico has ever produced. One of his last appearances on Mexican television occurred in 1973, just months prior to his death, where he introduced his last song, "Gracias", accompanied by his wife, singer Alicia Juarez. He was only forty-seven years old when he died in Mexico City, of complications resulting from cirrhosis of the liver. Like many of his contemporary stars, such as Jorge Negrete, Pedro Infante, and Javier Solís, Jiménez died young. The country artist Luke Tan recorded a disc of his favorite Jiménez songs in Spanish, including some English translations. In addition, Joaquín Sabina paid homage to Jiménez with his song, "Por el Bulevar de los Sueños Rotos" ("On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams"). In addition to his own recordings, many of his songs have been recorded by renowned artists from around the Spanish-speaking world, most notably by the following artists: Selena, which she sang “Cuando Nadie Te Quiera”, Miguel Aceves Mejía, Enrique Bunbury, Antonio Aguilar, Luis Aguilar, Lola Beltrán, Vikki Carr, Gualberto Castro, Rocío Dúrcal, Alejandro Fernández, Pedro Fernández, Vicente Fernández, Los Relámpagos Del Norte con Cornelio Reyna y Ramón Ayala, Los Tigres del Norte, Manolo García, Little Joe Hernández & The Latinaires, Julio Iglesias, Pedro Infante, the Mexican rock group Maná, Luis Miguel, Jorge Negrete, Sunny Ozuna & The Sunliners, María Dolores Pradera, Javier Solís, and Chavela Vargas and Selena. Among the most 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 a ti", "Tu recuerdo y yo", El hijo del pueblo", "Cuando el destino", "El caballo blanco", "Llegó borracho el Borracho" and "Que te vaya bonito", as well as "Camino de Guanajuato", where he sang about his home state of Guanajuato. Nonetheless, he composed more than 1,000 songs. According to the singer Miguel Aceves Mejía, he did not play an instrument and did not even know the Spanish word for "waltz" or what "keys" his songs were in. Jiménez was born in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico. José Alfredo Jiménez-Sandoval ( Spanish pronunciation: 19 January 1926 – 23 November 1973) was a Mexican singer-songwriter of rancheras, whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage.
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