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)
Brazil - Released by Rise International Music Ltd on 15 Oct 2012
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Yo Soy Mexicano
Latin America - Released by Universal Digital Enterprises on 26 Dec 1959
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Yo soy mexicano!
Jorge Negrete, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, El Mariachi Jorge Negrete, Mariachi Pulido, el Mariachi Vargas
World - Released by Edition Estela - Tesoros Musicales on 1 Jul 2022
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Así Cantaba Jorge Negrete
World - Released by RCA Records Label on 10 Apr 2012
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Grandes Canciones (Remastered)
Latin America - Released by Universal Digital Enterprises on 20 Jun 2018
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Jorge Negrete Legendario
Latin America - Released by Seamusic on 9 Apr 2015
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Concierto En La Habana
Latin America - Released by Rama Lama on 1 Jan 2005
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Fiesta Mexicana
World - Released by RCA Records Label on 1 Apr 1992
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Viva México (Remastered)
Latin America - Released by Master Tape Records on 6 Sep 2019
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Pedro Infante y Jorge Negrete
Latin America - Released by WM Mexico on 1 Apr 2022
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Jorge Negrete, Grandes Éxitos
Latin America - Released by Tam-Tam Media on 1 Jan 1995
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Ay, Jalisco no te Rajes
Latin America - Released by Svetlana Novojilova Shulguina on 29 Mar 2005
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Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno
World - Released by Play Music on 27 Mar 2019
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Canciones Inolvidables de Jorge Negrete
World - Released by 2023 Send Digital on 29 Dec 2023
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Tesoros de Colección - Jorge Negrete - 100 Años Del Más Grande Intérprete...
World - Released by RCA Records Label on 2 Jan 2012
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Jorge Negrete
Latin America - Released by Pueblo Viejo on 30 Apr 2020
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El Charro Inmortal Grandes Éxitos de Sus Peliculas, Vol. 2
Latin America - Released by WM Mexico on 1 Apr 2022
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Serenata Mexicana
Latin America - Released by WM Mexico on 1 Apr 2022
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Grandes Éxitos, Jorge Negrete Vol. 1
World - Released by 2021 ISWJ Digital on 30 Jun 2023
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Jorge Negrete - Éxitos Inolvidables
Latin America - Released by ISJRDigital on 20 Sep 2015
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Nuestra Tradición
World - Released by Sony Music Latin on 5 Jun 2007
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