Lucha Villa
Mexico's most famous ranchera singer, Lucha Villa earned more notice than Lola Beltran thanks to a long, successful film career in addition to her recording work. Born in the Chihuahua state town of Ciudad Camargo in the mid-'30s, young Luz Elena Bejarano entered a number of talent contests and was dubbed Lucha Villa by television producer Luis Dillon (the name is a contraction of Pancho Villa and the Chihuahua village where he spent time). Her biggest early hit was a version of the José Alfredo Jiménez standard "Media Vuelta," and after several minor film roles, she became a star with the 1965 cockfighting feature El Gallo de Oro.
As with her music, Villa specialized in rural and ranchera pictures, a genre especially connected to American audiences familiar with Westerns. During the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, she recorded dozens of albums and appeared in dozens of pictures, including the 1973 screwball comedy Mecánica Nacional, which won the Ariel award (Mexico's version of the Oscar). She also recorded songbook tributes to Jiménez and Juan Gabriel, and was saluted herself by Gabriel for his 1996 Las Tres Señoras (with Lola Beltran and Amalia Mendoza). Villa continued performing even after suffering a heart attack during surgery in 1997.
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El Mundo Es Mío
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 15 Mar 2002
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Colección De Oro: Lucha Villa Canta Lo Mejor De Juan Gabriel, Vol. 3
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 10 Dec 2009
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Joyas Musicales: Para Mis Amigos, Vol. 2
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 23 Jun 2009
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En Toda la Chapa
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 14 Nov 2007
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Colección de Oro: Lucha Villa Canta a José Alfredo Jiménez, Vol. 1
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 13 Nov 2009
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Popurrí Jalisco
Latin America - Released by Craft Recordings on 3 Dec 2021
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Puro Norte, Vol. 2
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 8 Nov 2005
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Las Grabaciónes Inéditas
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 14 May 2004
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El Golpe Traidor
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 9 Feb 2009
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Joyas Musicales: Una Gran Cantate Y Tres Grandes Compositores, Vol. 1
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 8 Sep 2009
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Colección De Oro: Con Mariachi, Vol. 2
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 11 Sep 2009
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Sus Grandes Corridos
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 19 Aug 2002
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Ídolos de América
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 15 Feb 1999
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Frente A Frente
Lucha Villa, Paquita La Del Barrio
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 11 May 2001
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Cuando El Destino
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 14 Nov 2007
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Ojitos Pajaritos
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 23 Jun 2010
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Ídolos de América: Lucha Villa Interpreta a Juan Gabriel
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 1 Jan 1990
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