Ranchera
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Ranchera is a genre of the traditional music of Mexico
Music of Mexico
The music of Mexico is very diverse and features a wide range of different musical styles. It has been influenced by a variety of cultures, most notably indigenous Mexican and European, since the Late Middle Ages...

 originally sung by only one performer with a guitar. It dates to the years of the Mexican Revolution
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz. The Revolution was characterized by several socialist, liberal, anarchist, populist, and agrarianist movements. Over time the Revolution...

 in the early 20th century. It later became closely associated with the mariachi
Mariachi
Mariachi is a genre of music that originated in the State of Jalisco, in Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments highly influenced by the cultural impacts of the historical development of Western Mexico. Throughout the history of mariachi, musicians have experimented with brass, wind,...

groups which evolved in Jalisco
Jalisco
Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

. Ranchera today is also played by norteño
Norteño (music)
Norteño , also norteña or conjunto, is a genre of Mexican music. The accordion and the bajo sexto are norteño's most characteristic instruments. The norteño genre is popular in both Mexico and the United States, especially among the Mexican community...

 (or Conjunto) or banda
Banda music
Banda is a brass-based form of traditional music. Bandas play a wide variety of songs, including rancheras, corridos, cumbias, baladas, and boleros. Bandas are most widely known for their rancheras, but they also play modern Mexican pop, rock, and cumbias...

. Drawing on rural traditional folk music, ranchera developed as a symbol of a new national consciousness in reaction to the aristocratic tastes of the period. The greatest exponents of ranchera are Antonio Aguilar
Antonio Aguilar
José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Barraza most commonly known as Antonio Aguilar, nicknamed "El Charro de México", was a Mexican film actor, singer, producer and screenwriter. During his career, he made over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and made 167 movies...

, Flor Silvestre
Flor Silvestre
Flor silvestre is a 1943 Mexican film, directed by Emilio Fernández and starring Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz. Is the first Mexican movie of Dolores del Río after her career in Silent and Golden Age's Hollywood films...

, Amalia Mendoza
Amalia Mendoza
Amalia Mendoza was one of Mexico's most famous ranchera singers whose career lasted over 40 years. Distinguished for her special "husky" voice, Mendoza was one of the "Tres Señoras", along with Lola Beltrán and Lucha Villa.She was also known by the nickname of La Tariácuri...

, Lucha Villa
Lucha Villa
Lucha Villa is a singer in the ranchera style, and a film actress.Born Luz Elena Ruíz Bejarano, Villa was given her stage name by television producer Luis G Dillon . She has been a constant presence in popular music and film since the 1950s...

, Cuco Sanchez
Cuco Sánchez
José del Refugio Sánchez Saldaña better known as Cuco Sanchez was a Mexican singer and songwriter who wrote dozens of hits, including Anillo de Compromiso, Anoche Estuve Llorando, Por qué Peca Esa Mujer, Fallaste Corazón, Cama de Piedra, "Siempre Hace Frio", and Arrieros Somos.His songs were...

, Rocío Dúrcal
Rocío Dúrcal
Rocío Dúrcal , born as María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortíz, was a Spanish singer and actress, known artistically as Rocío Durcal. Spanish is the best selling solo albums with more than 80 million to date...

, José Alfredo Jiménez
José Alfredo Jiménez
José Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....

, Lola Beltrán
Lola Beltrán
Lola Beltrán was a Mexican film actress and one of the most acclaimed Mexican ranchera singers, nicknamed Lola la Grande .-Biography:...

, Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

, Pedro Infante
Pedro Infante
José Pedro Infante Cruz , better known as Pedro Infante, is the most famous actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and is an idol of the Latinamerican people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled the Tres Gallos Mexicanos . He was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa,...

, Jorge Negrete
Jorge Negrete
Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno is considered one of the most popular Mexican singers and actors of all time....

, and Javier Solís
Javier Solís
Javier Solís was a popular Mexican singer of boleros and rancheras, and a film actor.-Early history:...

.

Ranchera defined

Traditional rancheras are about love
Love
Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. In philosophical context, love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection. Love is central to many religions, as in the Christian phrase, "God is love" or Agape in the Canonical gospels...

, patriotism
Patriotism
Patriotism is a devotion to one's country, excluding differences caused by the dependencies of the term's meaning upon context, geography and philosophy...

 or nature
Nature
Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general...

. Rhythms can be in 3/4, 2/4 or 4/4, reflecting the tempo of, respectively, the waltz, the polka, and the bolero. Songs are usually in a major key, and consist of an instrumental introduction, verse and refrain, instrumental section repeating the verse, and another verse and refrain, with a tag ending. Instrumentation may include guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

s, string
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

s, trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

s, and/or accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....

s, depending on the type of ensemble being utilised. Besides the typical instrumentation, ranchera music, as well as many other forms of traditional Mexican music, is also noted for the grito mexicano
Grito Mexicano
Grito Mexicano , or simply grito, is a part of Mexican culture. It is similar to the yahoo or yeehaw of the American cowboy during a hoedown, except with added trills and an onomatopoeia closer to "aaah" or "aaayyyeee". The first sound is typically held as long as possible, leaving enough breath...

, a yell that is done at musical interludes within a song, either by the musicians and/or the listening audience.

The normal musical pattern of rancheras is a/b/a/b. Rancheras usually begin with an instrumental introduction (a). The first lyrical portion then begins (b), with instrumental adornments interrupting the lines in between. The instruments then repeat the theme again, and then the lyrics may either be repeated or begin a new set of words. One also finds the form a/b/a/b/c/b used, in which the intro(a) is played, followed by the verse(b). This form is repeated, and then a refrain(c) is added, ending with the verse.

The most popular ranchera composers include Lucha Reyes
Lucha Reyes (Mexican singer)
Maria de luz Flores , better known as Lucha Reyes, was a famous Mexican mariachi singer. She was a native of Guadalajara, Jalisco. She used the last name Reyes as a homage to her stepfather....

, Cuco Sánchez
Cuco Sánchez
José del Refugio Sánchez Saldaña better known as Cuco Sanchez was a Mexican singer and songwriter who wrote dozens of hits, including Anillo de Compromiso, Anoche Estuve Llorando, Por qué Peca Esa Mujer, Fallaste Corazón, Cama de Piedra, "Siempre Hace Frio", and Arrieros Somos.His songs were...

, Antonio Aguilar
Antonio Aguilar
José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Barraza most commonly known as Antonio Aguilar, nicknamed "El Charro de México", was a Mexican film actor, singer, producer and screenwriter. During his career, he made over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and made 167 movies...

,Vicente Fernandez and José Alfredo Jiménez
José Alfredo Jiménez
José Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....

, who composed many of the best-known rancheras, with compositions totaling more than 1000 songs, making him one of the most prolific songwriters in the history of western music.

Another closely related style of music is the corrido, which is often played by the same ensembles that regularly play rancheras. The corrido, however, is apt to be an epic story about heroes and villains, whereas rancheras may not necessarily be heroic ballads, and also vary more in terms of tempo. However, two notable exceptions to this rule are the songs, 'Corrido de Chihuahua' and the 'Corrido de Monterrey', which are considered rancheras in spite of their names. Their lyrics are concerned with patriotism for the states of Chihuahua and Nuevo León
Nuevo León
Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...

, respectively.

The word ranchera was derived from the word rancho because the songs originated on the ranches and in the countryside of rural Mexico. Rancheras that have been adapted by conjuntos, or norteño
Norteño (music)
Norteño , also norteña or conjunto, is a genre of Mexican music. The accordion and the bajo sexto are norteño's most characteristic instruments. The norteño genre is popular in both Mexico and the United States, especially among the Mexican community...

 bands from northern Mexico and the southwestern US, are sometimes called norteños, from the Spanish word for northern.

Some well-known rancheras

  • Amanecí en Tus Brazos (I awoke in your arms) by José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....

    , Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal , born as María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortíz, was a Spanish singer and actress, known artistically as Rocío Durcal. Spanish is the best selling solo albums with more than 80 million to date...

    , Javier Solís
    Javier Solís
    Javier Solís was a popular Mexican singer of boleros and rancheras, and a film actor.-Early history:...

    , Luis Miguel
    Luis Miguel
    Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...

    , and others.
  • Amor Eterno (Eternal Love) by Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal , born as María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortíz, was a Spanish singer and actress, known artistically as Rocío Durcal. Spanish is the best selling solo albums with more than 80 million to date...

  • Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes!
    Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes!
    "Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes!" is a song written for the 1941 Mexican film ¡Ay Jalisco, no te rajes!, composed by Manuel Esperón with lyrics by Ernesto Cortázar. It is one of their most popular songs and has been covered by many artists...

     (Hey, Jalisco, don't back down),by Jorge Negrete
    Jorge Negrete
    Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno is considered one of the most popular Mexican singers and actors of all time....

  • Camino de Guanajuato (Road to Guanajuato) by José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....

     and Pedro Fernández
    Pedro Fernández
    José Martín Cuevas Cobos , known professionally as Pedro Fernández, is a Mexican recording artist and actor.-Discography:*1979: La De La Mochila Azul*1989: Vicio*1990: Por Un Amigo Más*1991: Muñecos De Papel...

  • Carta a Eufemia (Letter to Eufemia) by Pedro Infante
    Pedro Infante
    José Pedro Infante Cruz , better known as Pedro Infante, is the most famous actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and is an idol of the Latinamerican people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled the Tres Gallos Mexicanos . He was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa,...

  • Cielito Lindo
    Cielito Lindo
    "Cielito lindo" is a popular Ranchera song from Mexico, written in 1882 by Quirino Mendoza y Cortés . It is roughly translated as "Lovely Sweet One". Although the word "cielo" means sky or heaven, it is also a term of endearment comparable to sweetheart or honey. "Cielito" can thus be translated as...

     (Lovely little Heaven) by Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

     and many others.
  • Cien Años (One hundred years) by Pedro Infante
    Pedro Infante
    José Pedro Infante Cruz , better known as Pedro Infante, is the most famous actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and is an idol of the Latinamerican people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled the Tres Gallos Mexicanos . He was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa,...

  • Corazón, Corazón (My heart, my heart) by Lola Beltrán
    Lola Beltrán
    Lola Beltrán was a Mexican film actress and one of the most acclaimed Mexican ranchera singers, nicknamed Lola la Grande .-Biography:...

     and Lucha Villa
    Lucha Villa
    Lucha Villa is a singer in the ranchera style, and a film actress.Born Luz Elena Ruíz Bejarano, Villa was given her stage name by television producer Luis G Dillon . She has been a constant presence in popular music and film since the 1950s...

    .
  • Corrido de Chihuahua (The Chihuahua corrido) by Lucha Villa
    Lucha Villa
    Lucha Villa is a singer in the ranchera style, and a film actress.Born Luz Elena Ruíz Bejarano, Villa was given her stage name by television producer Luis G Dillon . She has been a constant presence in popular music and film since the 1950s...

    , Miguel Aceves Mejía
    Miguel Aceves Mejía
    Miguel Aceves Mejía was a Mexican actor, composer, and singer.Miguel Aceves Mejía, or "the King of the falsetto" as he was popularly known, was born in Ciudad Juárez in the state of Chihuahua...

     and Antonio Aguilar
    Antonio Aguilar
    José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Barraza most commonly known as Antonio Aguilar, nicknamed "El Charro de México", was a Mexican film actor, singer, producer and screenwriter. During his career, he made over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and made 167 movies...

  • Corrido de Monterrey
    Monterrey
    Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...

     (The Monterrey corrido) by David Zaizar
    David Záizar
    David Záizar was a Mexican ranchera singer and actor who appeared in many Mexican films. He was active from the 1940s up until his death in 1982 due to a respiratory infection. What earned him the title of the "Rey del Falsete" or "King of the Falsetto" was the fact that he displaced Miguel Aceves...

    , Lorenzo de Monteclaro
    Lorenzo de Monteclaro
    Lorenzo de Monteclaro is a singer of Mexican ranchera music. He was born with the name of Lorenzo Hernández en Cuencamé de Ceniceros, Durango, and sang for the first time on radio in the late 1950s on a Sunday talent contest called "Aficionados de los Ejidos" on XEDN...

     and Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

  • Costumbres (Customs) by Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal , born as María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortíz, was a Spanish singer and actress, known artistically as Rocío Durcal. Spanish is the best selling solo albums with more than 80 million to date...

  • Cuatro Caminos (Four roads) by José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....

     and Lola Beltrán
    Lola Beltrán
    Lola Beltrán was a Mexican film actress and one of the most acclaimed Mexican ranchera singers, nicknamed Lola la Grande .-Biography:...

  • Cu-cu-rru-cu-cú Paloma (Cooing dove) by Lola Beltrán
    Lola Beltrán
    Lola Beltrán was a Mexican film actress and one of the most acclaimed Mexican ranchera singers, nicknamed Lola la Grande .-Biography:...

     and Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal , born as María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortíz, was a Spanish singer and actress, known artistically as Rocío Durcal. Spanish is the best selling solo albums with more than 80 million to date...

    .
  • De Qué Manera Te Olvido (How can I forget you) by Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal , born as María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortíz, was a Spanish singer and actress, known artistically as Rocío Durcal. Spanish is the best selling solo albums with more than 80 million to date...

    , Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

    . and others.
  • Echame a Mí la Culpa (Blame me) by José Ángel Espinoza "Ferrusquilla", Javier Solís
    Javier Solís
    Javier Solís was a popular Mexican singer of boleros and rancheras, and a film actor.-Early history:...

    , Luis Miguel
    Luis Miguel
    Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...

    , Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal , born as María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortíz, was a Spanish singer and actress, known artistically as Rocío Durcal. Spanish is the best selling solo albums with more than 80 million to date...

    . and others.
  • El Crucifijo de Piedra (The stone crucifix) by Miguel Aceves Mejía
    Miguel Aceves Mejía
    Miguel Aceves Mejía was a Mexican actor, composer, and singer.Miguel Aceves Mejía, or "the King of the falsetto" as he was popularly known, was born in Ciudad Juárez in the state of Chihuahua...

  • Ella (She) by José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....

    , Pedro Fernández
    Pedro Fernández
    José Martín Cuevas Cobos , known professionally as Pedro Fernández, is a Mexican recording artist and actor.-Discography:*1979: La De La Mochila Azul*1989: Vicio*1990: Por Un Amigo Más*1991: Muñecos De Papel...

    , Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

    , and others.
  • El Pastor (The shepherd) by Miguel Aceves Mejía
    Miguel Aceves Mejía
    Miguel Aceves Mejía was a Mexican actor, composer, and singer.Miguel Aceves Mejía, or "the King of the falsetto" as he was popularly known, was born in Ciudad Juárez in the state of Chihuahua...

  • El Rey (The king) by José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....

    , Luis Miguel
    Luis Miguel
    Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...

     and Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

    .
  • El Siete Mares (The Seven Seas), by José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....

  • La Cruz De Olvido (The cross of forgetfulness), by Juan Zaizar and Alvaro Torres.
  • La Puerta Negra (The black door), by Antonio Aguilar
    Antonio Aguilar
    José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Barraza most commonly known as Antonio Aguilar, nicknamed "El Charro de México", was a Mexican film actor, singer, producer and screenwriter. During his career, he made over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and made 167 movies...

  • Media Vuelta (Half Turn) , by Javier Solís
    Javier Solís
    Javier Solís was a popular Mexican singer of boleros and rancheras, and a film actor.-Early history:...

    , Lucha Villa
    Lucha Villa
    Lucha Villa is a singer in the ranchera style, and a film actress.Born Luz Elena Ruíz Bejarano, Villa was given her stage name by television producer Luis G Dillon . She has been a constant presence in popular music and film since the 1950s...

    , Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal , born as María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortíz, was a Spanish singer and actress, known artistically as Rocío Durcal. Spanish is the best selling solo albums with more than 80 million to date...

     and Luis Miguel
    Luis Miguel
    Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...

    .
  • México Lindo y Querido (Lovely and beloved Mexico), by Jorge Negrete
    Jorge Negrete
    Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno is considered one of the most popular Mexican singers and actors of all time....

    , Alejandro Fernández
    Alejandro Fernández
    Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...

  • Noches Eternas (Eternal nights), by Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

  • Pa' Todo el Año (For the whole year), by José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....

    , Pedro Fernández
    Pedro Fernández
    José Martín Cuevas Cobos , known professionally as Pedro Fernández, is a Mexican recording artist and actor.-Discography:*1979: La De La Mochila Azul*1989: Vicio*1990: Por Un Amigo Más*1991: Muñecos De Papel...

    , Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

    , and others.
  • Payaso (Clown), by Javier Solís
    Javier Solís
    Javier Solís was a popular Mexican singer of boleros and rancheras, and a film actor.-Early history:...

  • Poco a Poco (Little by little), by Javier Solís
    Javier Solís
    Javier Solís was a popular Mexican singer of boleros and rancheras, and a film actor.-Early history:...

  • Por Tu Maldito Amor (For your cursed love), by Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

  • Por Una Mujer Casada (For a married woman), by David Zaizar
  • Si Nos Dejan (If they let us), by Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal , born as María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortíz, was a Spanish singer and actress, known artistically as Rocío Durcal. Spanish is the best selling solo albums with more than 80 million to date...

    , José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....

    , Lola Beltrán
    Lola Beltrán
    Lola Beltrán was a Mexican film actress and one of the most acclaimed Mexican ranchera singers, nicknamed Lola la Grande .-Biography:...

    , Vikki Carr
    Vikki Carr
    Vikki Carr is an American singer and humanitarian from El Paso, Texas. She has performed in a variety of music genres, including jazz, pop and country, but has enjoyed her greatest success singing in Spanish.-Career:After taking the stage name 'Vikki Carr', she signed with Liberty Records in 1962...

    , Luis Miguel
    Luis Miguel
    Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...

    . and others.
  • Sombras (Shadows), by Javier Solís
    Javier Solís
    Javier Solís was a popular Mexican singer of boleros and rancheras, and a film actor.-Early history:...

  • Un Puño de Tierra (A handful of earth), by Antonio Aguilar
    Antonio Aguilar
    José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Barraza most commonly known as Antonio Aguilar, nicknamed "El Charro de México", was a Mexican film actor, singer, producer and screenwriter. During his career, he made over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and made 167 movies...

  • Volver, Volver (Come back, come back), by Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...


Celebrated ranchera singers

  • Miguel Aceves Mejía
    Miguel Aceves Mejía
    Miguel Aceves Mejía was a Mexican actor, composer, and singer.Miguel Aceves Mejía, or "the King of the falsetto" as he was popularly known, was born in Ciudad Juárez in the state of Chihuahua...

  • Antonio Aguilar
    Antonio Aguilar
    José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Barraza most commonly known as Antonio Aguilar, nicknamed "El Charro de México", was a Mexican film actor, singer, producer and screenwriter. During his career, he made over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and made 167 movies...

  • Pepe Aguilar
    Pepe Aguilar
    José "Pepe" Aguilar Jiménez is a popular singer-songwriter of ranchera, mariachi and pop music. Pepe is the son of Mexican icon Antonio Aguilar and folkloric actress Flor Silvestre.-Career:...

  • Lola Beltrán
    Lola Beltrán
    Lola Beltrán was a Mexican film actress and one of the most acclaimed Mexican ranchera singers, nicknamed Lola la Grande .-Biography:...

  • Aida Cuevas
    Aida Cuevas
    Aida Cuevas is a Mexican singer and actress also known as "The Queen of Ranchera". She has released 27 albums and has won numerous awards including a Grammy Award....

  • Yolanda Del Rio
    Yolanda del Rio
    Yolanda del Río is a Mexican film actress and ranchera singer. Some of her best-known films are Caminos de Michoacán and La India blanca ....

  • Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal
    Rocío Dúrcal , born as María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortíz, was a Spanish singer and actress, known artistically as Rocío Durcal. Spanish is the best selling solo albums with more than 80 million to date...

  • Alejandro Fernández
    Alejandro Fernández
    Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...

  • Pedro Fernández
    Pedro Fernández
    José Martín Cuevas Cobos , known professionally as Pedro Fernández, is a Mexican recording artist and actor.-Discography:*1979: La De La Mochila Azul*1989: Vicio*1990: Por Un Amigo Más*1991: Muñecos De Papel...

  • Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández
    Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

  • Pedro Infante
    Pedro Infante
    José Pedro Infante Cruz , better known as Pedro Infante, is the most famous actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and is an idol of the Latinamerican people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled the Tres Gallos Mexicanos . He was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa,...

  • José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez
    José Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....

  • Lorenzo de Monteclaro
    Lorenzo de Monteclaro
    Lorenzo de Monteclaro is a singer of Mexican ranchera music. He was born with the name of Lorenzo Hernández en Cuencamé de Ceniceros, Durango, and sang for the first time on radio in the late 1950s on a Sunday talent contest called "Aficionados de los Ejidos" on XEDN...

  • Jorge Negrete
    Jorge Negrete
    Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno is considered one of the most popular Mexican singers and actors of all time....

  • Lucha Reyes
    Lucha Reyes (Mexican singer)
    Maria de luz Flores , better known as Lucha Reyes, was a famous Mexican mariachi singer. She was a native of Guadalajara, Jalisco. She used the last name Reyes as a homage to her stepfather....

  • Cuco Sánchez
    Cuco Sánchez
    José del Refugio Sánchez Saldaña better known as Cuco Sanchez was a Mexican singer and songwriter who wrote dozens of hits, including Anillo de Compromiso, Anoche Estuve Llorando, Por qué Peca Esa Mujer, Fallaste Corazón, Cama de Piedra, "Siempre Hace Frio", and Arrieros Somos.His songs were...

  • Flor Silvestre
    Flor Silvestre
    Flor silvestre is a 1943 Mexican film, directed by Emilio Fernández and starring Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz. Is the first Mexican movie of Dolores del Río after her career in Silent and Golden Age's Hollywood films...

  • Javier Solís
    Javier Solís
    Javier Solís was a popular Mexican singer of boleros and rancheras, and a film actor.-Early history:...

  • Chavela Vargas
    Chavela Vargas
    Isabel Vargas Lizano is a Costa Rican-born Mexican singer. She is especially known for her rendition of Mexican rancheras genre - a folkloric musical genre widely popular in Mexico - but she is also recognized for her contribution to other popular Latin American song genres...

  • Lucha Villa
    Lucha Villa
    Lucha Villa is a singer in the ranchera style, and a film actress.Born Luz Elena Ruíz Bejarano, Villa was given her stage name by television producer Luis G Dillon . She has been a constant presence in popular music and film since the 1950s...


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