Episode 2501
Lola Beltrán
Fri, 2024-Mar-08 02:03 UTC
Length - 1:29
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With 389,127 views on Thursday, 7 March 2024 our article of the day is Lola Beltrán.
María Lucila "Lola" Beltrán Ruiz (7 March 1932 – 24 March 1996) was a Mexican actress and singer.
She is and was one of Mexico's most acclaimed singers of Ranchera and Huapango music. She collaborated with other Mexican music stars such as Amalia Mendoza, Juan Gabriel and Lucha Villa. She was internationally renowned for her interpretation of the songs "Cucurrucucú paloma" and "Paloma Negra" and sang before world leaders. She was nicknamed Lola la Grande ("Lola the Great"). Her song Soy infeliz ("I'm Unhappy") was the opening music for Pedro Almodóvar's film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:03 UTC on Friday, 8 March 2024.
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