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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Ídolos de América: Lucha Villa Interpreta a Juan Gabriel
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 1 Jan 1990
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La Noche de Mi Mal
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 14 Nov 2007
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Ídolos De América: La Voz De Lucha Villa
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 1 Jan 2001
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Colección De Oro: Lucha Villa Canta Lo Mejor De Juan Gabriel, Vol. 1
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 7 Jun 2005
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Una Mujer, Una Banda, Un Pueblo...
World - Released by Producciones WEA, S.A. de C.V. on 1 Jan 1990
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Joyas Musicales: Una Gran Cantate Y Tres Grandes Compositores, Vol. 2
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 8 Sep 2009
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No Sigas Llorando
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 28 Apr 2005
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De Todos Sabores Y Colores
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 14 Nov 2007
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Lo Sé Pero Te Vas
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 14 Nov 2007
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A La Luz De Los Cocuyos
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 14 Nov 2007
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Lucha Villa con Tambora
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 7 Oct 1999
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Besos Callejeros
World - Released by Musart-Balboa on 14 Nov 2007
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Éxitos en Vivo (En Vivo)
Latin America - Released by Caudal on 3 May 1997
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