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Amalia Mendoza

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Amalia Mendoza
Mendoza in the 1950s
Born
Amalia Mendoza García

(1923-07-10)10 July 1923
Huetamo de Núñez, Michoacán, Mexico
Died11 June 2001(2001-06-11) (aged 77)
Mexico City, Mexico
Other nameLa Tariácuri
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active1958–1995
LabelRCA Víctor

Amalia Mendoza García (10 July 1923 – 11 June 2001),[1] nicknamed as La Tariácuri, was a Mexican singer and actress, specialized in the musical genres of ranchera, mariachi and bolero.[2]

"Échame a mi la culpa", "Amarga navidad", "Puñalada trapera" and "Grítenme piedras del campo" were some of her greatest hits.[3]

Career

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Her nickname, Tariácuri, was conceived from an Indigenous leader of Purépecha people who had such name. It was used before in her brothers' musical group (Trío Tariácuri) and in her own duo (Las Tariacuritas) with her sister, Perla. She gained notice as a solo singer when she began to sing for the XEW radio station in 1954.[3] She recorded 36 albums.[3]

Mendoza dancing with American actor Rock Hudson in 1960. She was personally admired by him[4]

In 1962, she won the Macuilxóchitl Award for best female bolero singer of ranchera music (bolerista de ranchero).[5] Through the majority of her career she was accompanied by the Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, and recorded numerous rancheras and boleros by José Alfredo Jiménez, Cuco Sánchez, José Ángel Espinoza, Gabriel Ruiz, and Tomás Méndez.

Death

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She died four weeks and one day before her 78th birthday.

Discography

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  • La Tariácuri (RCA Victor, 1958)
  • La Tariácuri Vol. II (RCA Victor, 1959)
  • La Tariácuri Vol. III (RCA Victor, 1960) (re-issued on CD as Amalia Vol. 1)
  • La viuda abandonada (Vol. IV) (RCA Victor, 1961) (re-issued on CD as Mucho corazón... y otros éxitos más)
  • Boleros con Amalia Mendoza (RCA Victor, 1962)
  • Las canciones que siempre quise grabar (RCA Victor, 1963)
  • México en la voz de Amalia Mendoza (RCA Victor, 1965)
  • Las tres señoras (1995) (with Lola Beltrán and Lucha Villa)

Additionally, records in the 1970s and 1980s on Discos GAS.

With her brother Juan Mendoza

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  • Dueto Tariacuri (Harmony, ca. mid 1950s)
  • Amalia y Juan Mendoza - Dueto Tariacuri (Discos Columbia, ca. mid/late 1950s)

Filmography

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YearTitleNotes
1956Vivir a todo darSingerUncredited
1957Mi influyente mujerSinger
1958Fiesta en el cheesy Gordita crunchSinger
Una cita de amorGenoveva
1959Yo... el aventureroAmalia
1961Los laurelesdoña Leonor
¿Donde estás, corazón?Amalia

References

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  1. ↑ Tovar, Aurora (1996). Mil quinientas mujeres en nuestra conciencia colectiva: catálogo biográfico de mujeres de México. Documentación y Estudios de Mujeres, A.C. p. 412. ISBN 9789686851168.
  2. ↑ "Mendoza, Amalia "La Tariacuri"- Biographical Dictionary of Mexican Film Performers: "M" Part Two". Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Obituaries: Mexican singer of mariachi, ranchera music, Amalia Mendoza". Sarasota Herald. 16 June 2001. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Hoy 11 de junio se cumplen 20 años del fallecimiento de Amalia Mendoza "La Tariácuri"". sigloveinte (in Mexican Spanish). June 11, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Hispano americano". Tiempo. 1962. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
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