Chayito Valdez
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Birth name | María del Rosario Valdez Campos |
Born | 28 May 1945 Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico |
Died | 20 June 2016 (aged 71) Coronado, California, United States |
María del Rosario Valdez Campos (28 May 1945 – 20 June 2016), known professionally as Chayito Valdez, was a Mexican singer and actress[1] who was born in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico. She was associated with and contributed to the folk music of Mexico.
Biography[]
Valdez started her music career at an early age participating in amateur competitions with songs such as "La Cigarra", "Historia de un amor", "La Bikina", and "Leña de Pirul". Her godmother was Amalia Mendoza, a successful singer known as "La Tariácuri", and in the early 1970s, she recorded four songs the Sinaloan city of Los Mochis: "Besos y Copas", "Una Noche me Embriagué", "Una Sombra", and "Amor que Muere", which earned her a reputation as a Mexican folk singer. She won the fifth Festival de la Canci��n Ranchera with the song "No me pregunten por él".
Valdez moved to Los Angeles, California in 1982 and became a US citizen. On September 17, 1985, she suffered an automobile accident that left her in a wheelchair, but after a long recovery began making public appearances again.[citation needed] In June 2003 she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and fell into a coma for 50 days. Her last show was in Nogales (a city in the Mexican state of Sonora). She spent her last days in a persistent vegetative state in a hospital in Coronado, California.[citation needed]
Works[]
Music[]
During her 30-year career, Valdez contributed over 300 hits and 1500 recorded songs to the Mexican musical heritage. Her musical legacy includes the following:
Corridos de Caballos (traditional Mexican ballads)[]
- "El Moro de Cumpas"
- "Caballo Prieto Afamado"
- "Caballo Prieto Azabache"
- "El alazán y el Rocío"
- "El Cantador"
- "Caballo Tequila"
- "Caballo Alazán Lucero"
- "Los Dos Alazanes"
Traditional Songs[]
- "San Juan del Río"
- "Mi Soldadita"
- "La Gallera"
- "Lindo Michoacán"
- "El Sinaloense"
- "Sonora Querida"
- "Acuarela Potosina"
- "Pelea de Gallos
Romantic Boleros[]
- "Comprendeme"
- "Mía Nomás"
- "Sentencia"
- "Besos Callejeros"
- "No Vuelvas"
- "Ojazos Negros."
Television[]
Valdez appeared in Mexican television programs such as:
- Siempre en Domingo
- Noches Tapatías
- El Estudio de Lola
- Hoy mismo
- Para gente Grande
- Aun hay más
- Nuestra Gente
Film[]
- (1980)
- El charro del misterio (1980)
- (1979)
- (1977)
- (1987)
- (1977)
- (1976)
- (documentary 2005)
References[]
- ^ Lent. "Pictures: Film Reviews - Tierra De Valientes." Variety (Archive: 1905-2000)329, no. 6 (Dec 02, 1987): 26.
External links[]
- Chayito Valdez at IMDb
- Periódico Región Biography Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- 1945 births
- 2016 deaths
- Mexican emigrants to the United States
- Mexican film actresses
- Mexican women singers
- People from Guasave
- Actresses from Sinaloa
- Singers from Sinaloa
- People from Chula Vista, California
- People with hypoxic and ischemic brain injuries
- People with disorders of consciousness
- Deaths by intracerebral hemorrhage
- Mexican singer stubs