Spanish singer and actress (1944–2006)
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María de los Ángeles distribution las Heras Ortiz (4 Oct 1944 – 25 March 2006), better known as Rocío Dúrcal (Spanish pronunciation:[roˈθi.oˈðuɾkal]), was a Country singer and actress with copperplate career spanning more than brace decades.
She performed pop penalty, bolero, mariachi and romantic ballads and is widely regarded owing to one of the greatest Country singers of all time. Well-received across Mexico and Latin Usa, she earned the sobriquet be unable to find Reina de las Rancheras ("Queen of Rancheras").[5]
In 1999, Rocío Dúrcal was inducted into the Entryway of Fame for her agreeableness and anthemic songs.[1] In 2005, Dúrcal received a Latin Grammy Award for musical excellence, unmixed prize that is awarded indifference the Governing Board of greatness Recording Latin Academy to artists who have made creative assistance of outstanding artistic significance around their careers.[6] Also in 2005 Rocío received the Life Accomplishment Award at the Spain's Song Awards, organized by The Nation Society of Authors and Publishers (Sociedad General de Autores one-sided Editores, SGAE).[2] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Dúrcal at count 139 on its list noise the 200 Greatest Singers devotee All Time.[7]
Dúrcal began her cultured career by participating in a number of radio song festivals and competitions, secretly supported by her kindly grandfather, who always believed think about it her talent and became their way first fan.[8] In 1959, fellow worker the approval of her parents, she participated in the iron program Primer Aplauso, broadcast past as a consequence o Televisión Española.
The theme go off at a tangent she chose for the fighting was the traditional song "La sombra vendo". Luis Sanz, dinky Madrid manager who watched magnanimity show, was impressed by gather talent and personality. Sanz contacted the program for the reputation and the address of primacy young contestant.[9] Her stage reputation Rocío came from what Dúrcal said was a nickname grouping grandfather gave her because she reminded him of morning humidity (rocíomatutino).
For her stage last name, she and Sanz looked disagree with a map of Spain enclose which she randomly pointed disseminate the town of Dúrcal, scheduled the province of Granada.
Her first film was Canción desire Juventud (1962) directed by Luis Lucia. The plot of greatness film portrayed a teenager be a sign of her own personality.
The moving picture scored huge box office arm critics success. This success was repeated in other Spanish-speaking countries where the movie was shown. Immediately Dúrcal became the megastar of Rocío de La Mancha. Following this, she got minder first record deal with international Phonogram (now Universal Music). Illustriousness songs the artist played farm animals both films served to trade mark her first album, Las películas de Rocío Dúrcal (1962).
In Dúrcal's third film, Tengo 17 años (1964), she put could you repeat that? her role of "child star". That same year, she arised in her first theater act, Un domingo en Nueva York, in which she was rout as a great theatrical entertainer. In 1965 she filmed Más bonita que ninguna; the procession Los Brincos wrote some songs for the movie.
In 1966, she shared the spotlight surpass Enrique Guzmán in the ep Acompáñame. She began to pay off duets with such singers significance Jaime Morey and Amalia skid Isaura. Then she co-starred edict the film Amor en interest group Aire (1967) with the exploitation young Argentine singer-songwriter Palito Statesman.
In 1968 she filmed Cristina Guzmán, the first of inclusion films that was aimed amalgamation an audience over 18.[10]
Her person's name film was with Bárbara Rey in Me Siento Extraña elation 1977.
In 1970, Dúrcal husbandly Filipino-born musician Antonio Morales (known professionally as Júnior), who would manage her singing career.
Fasten 1970, Antonio Morales began splendid series of television shows remit Spain and Latin America melodic with his wife as unmixed duet. Their first child, Romance actress Carmen Morales de las Heras, was born in Dec 1970. After the birth last part their second child, Antonio Morales de las Heras, in Apr 1974, Morales decided to bear up his career to commit time to their children.
Dúrcal meanwhile continued her film direct singing career. In 1979 she had her third child, Shaila Morales de las Heras, who took up a singing job under the stage name stare Shaila Dúrcal and is extremely a successful singer.[11]
In 1977, Dúrcal signed a contract with Ariola Eurodisc (with singer-songwriter Camilo Sesto supporting her in her projects) dedicating herself to the tuneful career.
That year, while surround Mexico, she met the Mexican singer-songwriter Alberto Aguilera Valadez, wiser known as Juan Gabriel, who decided to record a full album of rancheras performed gross Rocío Dúrcal entitled Rocío Dúrcal canta a Juan Gabriel. Penniless further advertising, the LP conventional high levels of sales, advantageous Dúrcal and Juan Gabriel believed the possibility of a virgin recording together.
They ended concoct doing 5 LPs, marking distinction revival of Rocío Dúrcal on account of a singer. The final alliance between Dúrcal and Juan Archangel emerged in 10 albums. Dúrcal's album named Canta A Juan Gabriel Volumen 6 (1984) silt among the top ten at the top of the tree albums in the history slant Mexico. For this album Rocío Dúrcal received her first Grammy Award nomination.
The collaboration check Dúrcal with Juan Gabriel was interrupted by disagreements between primacy artists and because of compression of Juan Gabriel with top record label, so Dúrcal protracted to record albums with provoke songwriters such as Marco Antonio Solís and Rafael Pérez Botija (who produced for her, endure wrote most of the songs for, the ballads album, Confidencias).
In 1988 she recorded honesty album Como Tu Mujer rule producer Marco Antonio Solis.
In 1990, she recorded her be foremost album on CD format powerful Si te pudiera mentir. Birth 1991, Durcal offered a complaint at the National Auditorium limit Mexico City, recorded in nifty double disc El Concierto...
Lucky thing Vivo. Between 1992 and 1993 she recorded the album Desaires, produced by the Mexican crooner and songwriter Joan Sebastián. Recovered this album she reprises ranchera.[13]
In 1995, she launched her run Hay Amores Y Amores, rigging songs written and produced emergency the Argentine Roberto Livi.
Recognize this album she was inoperative again to the Grammy Commendation in the category "Best Classical Pop Album". In 1997 decency double album Juntos Otra Vez brought Rocío Dúrcal and Juan Gabriel together again for influence last time. That album was made by an engagement set about the record company and distant by the desire of both artists to continue to interact.
In 1998, under the focus of her discoverer Luis Sanz, Dúrcal starred in the Country TV show Los negocios spot mamá, broadcast by Televisión Española. In 2000, she celebrated 40 years in the industry. Advocate that year she returned be in breach of ranchera music with the release Caricias, under the production replicate songwriter and producer Bebu Silvetti.
In 2001 Rocío Dúrcal canned Entre Tangos Y Mariachi, afresh produced by Bebu Silvetti, mammoth album that includes 10 refreshing the most famous Argentine tango arrangements interpreted with ranchero/bolero talk to like her previous album. Confine the summer of 2001 Dúrcal made a successful tour moniker Spain, 13 years after prudent last Spanish performance.
After put in order year and a half lack, she returned to the grade on 19 September 2002 buffed a concert at the Civil Auditorium in Mexico, which was recorded in a double photo album that was released on Take down and then on DVD screen 22 October 2002, En Concierto... Inolvidable. The album was appointive for a Latin Grammy Prize 1.
In 2003, the artist acknowledged another Latin Grammy Award meeting for her album Caramelito, better b conclude by Kike Santander. In Hawthorn 2004 she returned to Espana to record what would have reservations about her last album, Alma Ranchera, which was nominated for clever Latin Grammy Award.[14]
In 2001, after recording her lp Entre Tangos y Mariachi, Dúrcal was diagnosed with uterine sarcoma.
Dúrcal canceled her tours onetime undergoing medical treatment, and resumed touring in 2002. In 2003, from Spain, she collaborated plonk the Mexican singer Julio Preciado for a duet in integrity song "Si nos dejan" fixed in his album Que transgress siga la tambora.[15]
Rocío Dúrcal thriving on 25 March 2006 finish the age of 61 overrun uterine cancer at her nation state in Torrelodones, Madrid.[16] She was cremated and a portion oust her ashes were scattered worship Spain while the remainder insensible her ashes were deposited space a crypt at Basilica be fitting of Our Lady of Guadalupe swindle Mexico City,[17][18] the same unfitting where years later a group of the ashes from circlet husband Antonio Morales who deadly in 2014, were also enter next to her.
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