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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28 Grandes Exitos de Jorge Negrete (47 Anos de Leyenda)
Brasilianische Musik - Erschienen bei Rise International Music Ltd am 15.10.2012
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Yo Soy Mexicano
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Universal Digital Enterprises am 26.12.1959
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Yo soy mexicano!
Jorge Negrete, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, El Mariachi Jorge Negrete, Mariachi Pulido, el Mariachi Vargas
World Music - Erschienen bei Edition Estela - Tesoros Musicales am 01.07.2022
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Así Cantaba Jorge Negrete
World Music - Erschienen bei RCA Records Label am 10.04.2012
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Grandes Canciones (Remastered)
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Universal Digital Enterprises am 20.06.2018
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Jorge Negrete Legendario
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Seamusic am 09.04.2015
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Concierto En La Habana
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Rama Lama am 01.01.2005
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Fiesta Mexicana
World Music - Erschienen bei RCA Records Label am 01.04.1992
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Viva México (Remastered)
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Master Tape Records am 06.09.2019
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Jorge Negrete, Grandes Éxitos
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Tam-Tam Media am 01.01.1995
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Pedro Infante y Jorge Negrete
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei WM Mexico am 01.04.2022
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Ay, Jalisco no te Rajes
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Svetlana Novojilova Shulguina am 29.03.2005
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Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno
World Music - Erschienen bei Play Music am 27.03.2019
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Canciones Inolvidables de Jorge Negrete
World Music - Erschienen bei 2023 Send Digital am 29.12.2023
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Tesoros de Colección - Jorge Negrete - 100 Años Del Más Grande Intérprete...
World Music - Erschienen bei RCA Records Label am 02.01.2012
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Jorge Negrete, Vol II.
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei WM Mexico am 01.04.2022
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Jorge Negrete
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Pueblo Viejo am 30.04.2020
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El Charro Inmortal Grandes Éxitos de Sus Peliculas, Vol. 2
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei WM Mexico am 01.04.2022
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Serenata Mexicana
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei WM Mexico am 01.04.2022
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Grandes Éxitos, Jorge Negrete Vol. 1
World Music - Erschienen bei 2021 ISWJ Digital am 30.06.2023
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Jorge Negrete - Éxitos Inolvidables
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei ISJRDigital am 20.09.2015
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