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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En Tiempos de Jorge Negrete (Vol. 2)
Miscellaneous - Lançado por A y M em 10/05/2018
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El Increíble Jorge Negrete
Latin America - Lançado por Universal Digital Enterprises em 07/04/1947
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Tequila con limón (Remastered)
Latin America - Lançado por Artemis em 15/01/2024
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Mexico Lindo
Latin America - Lançado por MNR Media em 08/12/2010
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20 Auténticas Joyas
World - Lançado por Pueblo Viejo em 03/10/2020
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Grandes Éxitos, Jorge Negrete Vol. 2
World - Lançado por 2021 ISWJ Digital em 30/06/2023
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Éxitos de Siempre, Vol. 1
World - Lançado por ISDigital em 11/07/1965
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El Hijo del Pueblo
Latin America - Lançado por RCA Records Label em 19/08/2003
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Vintage Music No. 105 - LP: Jorge Negrete
Latin America - Lançado por Vintage Music em 20/05/2010
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Lola Beltran, Pedro Infante y Jorge Negrete : Tres Estrellas En El Cielo, Vol. II
Lola Beltrán, Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete
Latin America - Lançado por WM Mexico em 01/04/2022
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Jalisco Canta en Sevilla
Latin America - Lançado por Svetlana Novojilova Shulguina em 05/04/2011
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Vintage México Nº6 - EPs Collectors
Latin America - Lançado por Vintage Music em 19/08/1957
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RCA 100 Anos De Musica - Segunda Parte
Folk - Lançado por RCA Records Label em 07/11/2002
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"Serie All Stars Music" Nº26 Exclusive Remastered From Original Vinyl First Edition (Vintage Lps)
Latin America - Lançado por Vintage Music em 02/06/2009
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Perjura
World - Lançado por RCA Records Label em 01/01/1944
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Corridos y Rancheras Sensacionales
Latin America - Lançado por Musicas de Mexico em 12/08/2016
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Cuando Un Mexicano Quiere
World - Lançado por MNR Media em 24/12/2010
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Jorge Negrete, Vol. 1 (Digitally Remastered)
Latin America - Lançado por Artemis em 04/05/2018
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Las Canciones de Jorge Negrete
Latin America - Lançado por Universal Digital Enterprises em 06/05/1947
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Jorge Negrete, Vol. 2 (Digitally Remastered)
World - Lançado por Artemis em 04/05/2018
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Music for Dreaming
Pop - Lançado por Golden Bridge Records em 08/11/2019
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