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José Alfredo Jiménez
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Mexican singer and songwriter (1926–1973)
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Within Vinony's link graph, José Alfredo Jiménez is referenced by 227 other articles, and connects out to ranchera, Mexico City and International Standard Book Number.
It is catalogued under topics including 1926 births, 1973 deaths and 20th-century Mexican male singers.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Incertidumbre
- Jose Alfredo Jimenez
- Cancionero completo
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Dolores Hidalgo, México
Known for
- Chavela — Self (archive footage)2017
- Cazador De Asesinos1983
- La Chamuscada - Tierra Y Libertad — Revolucionario1969
- El caudillo1968
- Arrullo de Dios1967
- Me cansé de rogarle1966
- Audaz y bravero1965
- Escuela para solteras1965
- La Sonrisa de los Pobres1964
- Las hijas del Amapolo1962
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Mexico
- Active from
- 1926-01-19
- Active to
- 1973-11-23
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 50,986
- Total plays
- 471,210
Tags
José Alfredo Jiménez (born in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico on 19 January 1926 - died 23 November 1973 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a legendary Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style. His songs are considered part of the Mexican musical heritage and comparable, for instance, to what Woody Guthrie meant to American folk music. The restaurant where he worked as a young man, "La Sirena" was frequented by Andres Huesca, who heard some of his compositions of the then young singer, amon
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Jiménez
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Place of birth
- Guanajuato
- Place of death
- Mexico City
- Occupation
- mariachi
- Languages spoken
- Mexican Spanish
- Native language
- Mexican Spanish
- Genre
- mariachi
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- José Alfredo Jiménez (exposición compositores, CDMX) (cropped).jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
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- date of birth
- 1926-01-09
- date of death
- 1973-11-23
- second family name in Spanish name
- Sandoval
- cause of death
- liver cirrhosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1947-00-00
- birth name
- José Alfredo Jiménez Sandoval
- name in native language
- José Alfredo Jiménez
- Commons category
- José Alfredo Jiménez
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