Jorge Negrete
The first nationally famous ranchera singer, Jorge Negrete appeared in three dozen films and recorded almost 200 songs during the 1930s, '40s, and early '50s, before dying at the height of his career. Born into a military family (his father earned the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Mexican Army during the revolution), Negrete initially followed in his father's footsteps, enrolling in Heroico Colegio Militar (his country's West Point) in 1925 and joining the army three years later.
In addition to the military, Negrete was also interested in music; he studied voice with José Pierson and became a talented opera singer (at one time, New York's Metropolitan Opera House offered him a secondary position). When hired by radio station XEW in 1930, however, he struggled to make the transition from opera to the more commercial ranchera style. After four years of development and growing acclaim, Negrete made a trip to New York to perform and was promptly hired by NBC. His career exploded during his brief stay in America; he collaborated with Xavier Cugat, earned bookings at Latin clubs, met his first wife (dancer Elisa Christy), and connected with cinematographer Ramón Peon, who cast Negrete in his first film, 1937's La Madrina del Diablo. Four years later, Ay Jalisco, No Te Rajes! assured his fame as "El Charro Cantor," the singing cowboy. He made 38 films in all and recorded several huge hits, including "Paloma Querida," "El Hijo del Pueblo," "Tequila con Limón," and the patriotic anthems "Mexico Lindo y Querido" and "Yo Soy Mexicano."
During the early '50s, Negrete worked with Pedro Infante, one of his main ranchera rivals, in Dos Tipos de Cuidado, and wed another film star, María Felix, in a marriage that Mexicans dubbed "the wedding of the century" (Felix's first appearance was in a Negrete film). One year later, he was dead from cirrhosis, not caused by alcoholism but hepatitis.
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Puro Mexicano
World Music - Erschienen bei Soundbox am 01.01.2015
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El Principio De Una Leyenda Jorge Negrete - Sus Primeras Grabaciones
Jazz - Erschienen bei Alma Latina am 01.01.2013
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Éxitos de Siempre, Vol. 2
World Music - Erschienen bei ISDigital am 11.07.1965
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Jorge Negrete
World Music - Erschienen bei Andrius & Rospi Digital am 05.07.2016
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Voces Legendarias (Mexico)
Jorge Negrete, Pedro Infante, Miguel Aceves Mejía
World Music - Erschienen bei Rise International Music Ltd am 14.01.2013
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Canciones Mexicanas
Brasilianische Musik - Erschienen bei Rise International Music Ltd am 15.10.2012
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Jorge Negrete: Un Charro en la Habana (Live)
World Music - Erschienen bei TheFeelin´Club am 20.06.2013
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32 Grandes Exitos (Remastered)
World Music - Erschienen bei Efen Records am 15.05.2007
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El Gallero
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Svetlana Novojilova Shulguina am 11.01.2011
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El Sueño
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Bela Records am 19.10.2009
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Entre Suspiro y Suspiro
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Svetlana Novojilova Shulguina am 11.01.2011
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Parece Mentira
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Bela Records am 19.10.2009
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La Brisa y yo
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Svetlana Novojilova Shulguina am 11.01.2011
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Vintage México Nº10 - EPs Collectors
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Vintage Music am 12.03.1957
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Vintage México Nº9 - EPs Collectors
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Vintage Music am 06.05.1957
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La Voz Inmortal De Jorge Negrete Vol. V
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei RCA Records Label am 19.08.2003
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Las Primeras Grabaciones De Jorge Negrete
Bolero - Erschienen bei RCA Records Label am 01.08.2011
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Colección 5 Estrellas. Jorge Negrete. Vol.1
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Brisa Records am 19.04.2011
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Yo Soy Mexicano
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La Valentina
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