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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Grandes Éxitos de Jorge Negrete
Latijns-Amerika - Released by Digital Worls Music - Novoson on 10 mrt. 2014
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Jorge Negrete, Vol. 1 (Digitally Remastered)
Latijns-Amerika - Released by Artemis on 4 mei 2018
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Las Canciones de Jorge Negrete
Latijns-Amerika - Released by Universal Digital Enterprises on 6 mei 1947
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Jorge Negrete, Vol. 2 (Digitally Remastered)
Wereldmuziek - Released by Artemis on 4 mei 2018
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Music for Dreaming
Pop - Released by Golden Bridge Records on 8 nov. 2019
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Yo Soy Mexicano
Latijns-Amerika - Released by MARFER on 13 jul. 1995
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Fonograma de Oro Jorge Negrete
Latijns-Amerika - Released by Pueblo Viejo on 5 apr. 2019
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El Charro Inmortal Musica Original de Sus Peliculas
Latijns-Amerika - Released by WM Mexico on 1 apr. 2022
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Jorge Negrete
Latijns-Amerika - Released by Vintage 2015 on 29 jul. 2015
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Jorge Negrete - Éxitos Inolvidables, Vol. 2
Latijns-Amerika - Released by Iswjdigital on 3 mei 1965
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Jorge Negrete Sus 20 Grandes Éxitos (The Best of Jorge Negrete)
Latijns-Amerika - Released by OK Records on 1 jan. 2008
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El Ahijado de la Muerte
Wereldmuziek - Released by Viking Records on 16 okt. 2014
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Grandes Éxitos de Jorge Negrete
Latijns-Amerika - Released by Piros - ISdigital on 19 okt. 2014
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Mitos de Mexico, Vol. 1
Jorge Negrete, Irma Vila, Trio Calaveras
Wereldmuziek - Released by Imex Media on 25 feb. 2015
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Jorge Negrete - Sus Grandes Éxitos
Latijns-Amerika - Released by Isyppdigital on 4 jun. 2016
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Top Clásicas, Vol. 8
Klassiek - Released by Guateque Records on 31 mei 2021
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En Tiempos de Jorge Negrete (Vol. 1)
Divers - Released by A y M on 9 mei 2018
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México Gran Colección Ranchera: Jorge Negrete
Latijns-Amerika - Released by WM Mexico on 1 jan. 2009
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