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Lydia Mendoza“The Best of Lydia Mendoza”CD 536
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Lydia Mendoza was the first Queen of Tejano Music, with a recording career
that began in 1928 and lasted more than 60 years. Known as "La Alondra de
la Frontera" (the Lark of the Border), Lydia was revered as a voice of the
working class and a masterful interpreter of songs. She was the first Texan
to receive the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship,
and was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1999 by then-President Bill
Clinton.
Born in Houston in 1916, Lydia Mendoza learned at a young age to play the
12-string guitar, touring the country with her family band. She scored her
first hit in 1934 with "Mal Hombre," a song that made her wildly popular on
both sides of the border and became her signature hit. Lydia went on to
record more than 200 songs on more than 50 albums, in a long and varied
career that lasted into the 1980s. She passed away in December 2007.
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Track List 1.Mal Hombre (Canción Tango) 2.Tú Dirás (Canción) 3.Adiós Muchachos (Canción Tango) 4.Delgadina (Corrido) 5.Piensa En Mi (Bolero) 6.Se Murió La Cucaracha (Canción Polka) 7.Medalla De Dios (Vals Ranchera) 8.Contestación A "Amor Que Malo Eres" (Bolero) 9.Aunque Me Odies (Canción) 10.Enredaste Mi Vida (Ranchera) 11.Si Fue Por Eso (Bolero) 12.No Es Culpa Mia (Vals Ranchera) 13.Besando La Cruz (Canción) 14.Luis Pulido (Corrido) 15.Amor Bonito (Ranchera) 16.Flores Negras (Bolero) 17.Pero Ay Qué Triste (Canción) |