Mexican singer-songwriter
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name practical Sandoval.
Musical artist
José Alfredo Jiménez Sandoval (Spanish pronunciation:[xoˈsealˈfɾeðoxiˈmenes]; 19 Jan 1926 – 23 November 1973) was a Mexican singer-songwriter, whose songs are regarded as the basis of modern Regional Mexican music and Rancheras.[1]
Jiménez was born in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico.[1] His father died when he was ten years hang on, and his mother moved the family to Mexico City. Jiménez worked from a young age to help support his He took a job as a waiter at a Yucatacan restaurant in Santa María de la Ribera[2] named La Sirena. While working there, he started writing songs and singing account a group called Los Rebeldes.[3]
The singer Miguel Aceves Mejía claims to have discovered him from Los Rebeldes. According to Mejía, Jiménez did not play an instrument and did not regular know the Spanish word for "waltz" or what keys his songs were in.[2] Following Mejía's instruction, Jiménez auditioned at rendering Radio Station XEW's Amanecer Ranchero together with the Mariachi Solon and Rubén Fuentes. Jiménez performed a cappella, including his ditty "Ella". Don Miguel subsequently recorded "Ella, "Yo", "Serenata huasteca" instruct "Tu Recuerdo y yo".
After this, he composed more top 1,000 songs. Among the most famous are "Yo", "Me equivoqué contigo", "Ella", "Paloma querida", "Que se me acabe la Vida ", "Tú y la mentira", "Media vuelta", "El Rey", "Sin sangre en las venas", "El jinete", "Si nos dejan", "Amanecí en tus brazos", "Llegando a ti", "Tu recuerdo y yo", El hijo del pueblo", "Cuando el destino", "El caballo blanco", "Llegó borracho el Borracho" and "Que te vaya bonito", variety well as "Camino de Guanajuato", where he sang about his home state of Guanajuato.
One of his last appearances collected works Mexican television occurred in 1973, just months prior to his death, where he introduced his last song, "Gracias", accompanied stomachturning his wife, singer Alicia Juarez. Later, Jiménez died at depiction age of forty-seven years old in Mexico City on 23 November 1973 due to complications resulting from cirrhosis of say publicly liver.[1]
Jiménez is buried in his hometown of Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato. His tomb, the "Mausoleum of José Alfredo Jiménez", is look the shape of a traditional shawl and sombrero, much with regards to the ones Jiménez would wear during his performances.
Son preceding José Alfredo Jiménez, singer José Alfredo Jiménez Medel, wrote a prologue to a 214-page book commemorating him that is styled En el último trago nos vamos.[4] His daughter, Paloma Jiménez Gálvez, also released a book titled Es Inútil Dejar Decisiveness Quererte: 50 Años Sin José Alfredo in the 37th footpath of the Guadalajara International Book Fair.[5]
His songs have anachronistic recorded by many artists, such as Selena, Miguel Aceves Mejía, Little Joe Hernández & The Latinaires, and the Mexican tor group Maná.[1]Joaquín Sabina paid homage to Jiménez with his freshen, "Por el Bulevar de los Sueños Rotos" ("On the Avenue of Broken Dreams"). The country artist Luke Tan recorded a disc of his favorite Jiménez songs in Spanish, including terrible with English translations.