It was through these groups that he met Felipe Arriaga.
Initially, he sang for tips at the Amanecer Tapatio, serenaded drivers who sat waiting to move in traffic, and continued with "La Calandria Musical." From there he went on to sing with some of Mexico's best-known mariachi groups, such as Amanecer de Pepe Mendoza and the Mariachi of Jose Luis Aguilar. He and his ranchera music have become most popular in Latin America and in Spain.Īt 21, Fernandez decided to make his living by singing. At age 21 he was in the show "La Calandria Musical" where he received his first payment for singing. Vicente got his start when he won a Guadalajara singing contest. He was booed off the stage by the audience and vowed never to sing to the city again." This material is intended for PERSONAL USE ONLY. During his youth he sung at a festival in Arandas, Jalisco. This file is the work if its transcriptor and it represents his/her own interpretation of the song. Later, he served as cashier and manager of his uncle's restaurant. Fernandez worked as a shoeshine boy, a waiter and dishwasher. In his native Mexico, Vicente Fernández is hailed as the "king of the rancheras." He was born and raised in Huentitán el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico on Februto a poor family and had to work in his childhood to maintain himself. Fernández's life could be described as a rags-to-riches story-having come from humble beginnings, he eventually established himself as a famous musician. He is the father of Alejandro Fernández, also a popular Mexican artist. Vicente Fernández (born Vicente Fernández Gómez on February 17, 1940) is a Mexican ranchera singer. In addition to his own hit recordings, many of his songs have been recorded successfully by recording artists around the Spanish-speaking world, most notably by Pedro Infante, Rocío Durcal, Javier Solís, Pedro Fernández, Jorge Negrete, Vikki Carr, Luis Miguel, Lola Beltrán, Lucha Villa, Vicente Fernández and by spaniards Joaquín Sabina and Manolo García. El último trago o En el último trago, es una canción ranchera, del compositor mexicano José Alfredo Jiménez, es una de las canciones más típicas de su repertorio y una de sus composiciones más famosas. Among the most famous are Ella, Media Vuelta, El Rey, El Jinete, Si Nos Dejan, Amanecí Entre Tus Brazos, Cuando el Destino, El Caballo Blanco, Llegó Borracho el Borracho and Que Te Vaya Bonito, as well as Camino de Guanajuato, where he sang about his home state of Guanajuato as well as his home town of Dolores Hidalgo Guanajuato. Nonetheless he composed more than 1000 songs. He had no musical training-according to the singer Miguel Aceves Mejía, Jiménez didn't play an instrument and didn't even know the Spanish terms for "waltz" and "key". His songs are considered part of the Mexican musical heritage and comparable, for instance, to what Woody Guthrie meant to American folk music. The album includes the single "Maldito Texto" which was an award-winning song at the 2009 BMI Latin Awards.José Alfredo Jiménez (born Januin Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, died Novemin Mexico City, Mexico) was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style. Hace 45 años falleció el gran compositor y cantante guanajuatense José Alfredo Jiménez, pilar indiscutible de la música tradicional mexicana, a quien hoy se le recuerda. The album spent four weeks on the Top Latin Albums in early 2008 and sold 21,000 copies in the U.S. ¡Qué Chulada! is a studio album by Tierra Caliente group, La Dinastía de Tuzantla, released on December 4, 2007.