|
Canada-0-EngineersDesigning Azienda Directories
|
Azienda News:
- Lydia Mendoza - Wikipedia
Lydia Mendoza (May 31, 1916 – December 20, 2007) was a Mexican-American guitarist and singer of Tejano and traditional Mexican-American music
- Lydia Mendoza - National Endowment for the Arts
Mexican American Singer Lydia Mendoza was born May 13, 1916, in Houston, Texas Her father worked as a mechanic on the rail line that linked Laredo, Texas, with Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico He was assigned to work both sides of the border and usually took his family with him
- Lydia Mendoza - Museo
Lydia Mendoza became one of the most popular Mexican American recording artists of all time She was called “La Alondra de la Frontera” and “La Cancionera de los Pobres” for the ways that her music reflected and validated the experiences of working class Mexican Americans and migrants
- Lydia Mendoza | Strachwitz Frontera Collection
Starting humbly as a child singing with her impoverished family for tips, Mendoza quickly emerged as a pioneer in the field of Mexican-American popular music She became the genre’s first female superstar at a time when the business of vernacular music was still in its infancy, and dominated by men
- The life of Lydia Mendoza, the 1st queen of Tejano music - PBS
During her seven decades singing career Lydia Mendoza was known by many nicknames, the Lark of the Border, the Songstress of the Poor, the Glory of Texas Mendoza was the first queen of Tejano
- How a Houston-Born Singer Became a Tex-Mex Star in the 1930s
Lydia was too busy memorizing the melody to later arrange on her guitarra doble By the late 1930s, Mendoza was the most beloved Mexican American performer of the common man Accounts of her first appearance in Los Angeles in 1937 described thousands in the street outside the Mason Theater
- Lydia Mendoza | Humanities Texas
Her success opened doors for other Tejana singers Nicknamed the "Lark of the Border," Mendoza recorded hundreds of songs and toured until a stroke ended her legendary career Mendoza was inducted into the Tejano Music Hall of Fame and awarded the National Medal of the Arts
- First Queen of Tejano Music - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
From the beginning of her career in 1927 with La Familia Mendoza, her stardom shone through, and she achieved resounding success as a solo performer in the 1930s, continuing until her retirement in 1988
- Lydia L Mendoza, 80 - Rialto, CA - Has Court or Arrest Records
Sometimes Lydia goes by various nicknames including Magdaline L Mendoza, Magoalia L Mendoza, Lydia M Mendoza and Lydia Argiro Lydia has many family members and associates who include Armando Mendoza, Robert Argiro, Lydia Mendoza, Victor Sanchez and Teresa Stretz
- Lydia Mendoza - Texas Cultural Trust
In her four-decade career as a soloist, she usually accompanied herself on a twelve-string guitar and was considered a uniquely artful and dramatic interpreter of Spanish-language songs Among her most famous singles were “Mal Hombre” and “Delgadina ”
|
|