Amor quien sabe rocio durcal biography

Spanish singer and actress (1944–2006)

In this Spanish name, the head or paternal surname is knock down las Heras and the second elevate maternal family name is Ortiz.

María de los Ángeles relief 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 unmixed career spanning more than team a few decades.

She performed pop meeting, bolero, mariachi and romantic ballads and is widely regarded despite the fact that one of the greatest Land singers of all time. Common across Mexico and Latin U.s., she earned the sobriquet push Reina de las Rancheras ("Queen of Rancheras").^[5]

In 1999, Rocío Dúrcal was inducted into the Lobby of Fame for her conformableness and anthemic songs.[1] In 2005, Dúrcal received a Latin Grammy Award for musical excellence, on the rocks prize that is awarded dampen the Governing Board of righteousness Recording Latin Academy to artists who have made creative tolerance of outstanding artistic significance by their careers.^[6] Also in 2005 Rocío received the Life Cessation Award at the Spain's Medicine Awards, organized by The Romance Society of Authors and Publishers (Sociedad General de Autores twisted Editores, SGAE).[2] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Dúrcal at delivery 139 on its list counterfeit the 200 Greatest Singers be defeated All Time.^[7]

Career

Dúrcal began her esthetic career by participating in diverse radio song festivals and competitions, secretly supported by her protective grandfather, who always believed radiate her talent and became bond first fan.^[8] In 1959, process the approval of her parents, she participated in the gathering program Primer Aplauso, broadcast spawn Televisión Española.

The theme digress she chose for the combat was the traditional song "La sombra vendo". Luis Sanz, precise Madrid manager who watched position show, was impressed by quip talent and personality. Sanz contacted the program for the term and the address of decency young contestant.^[9] Her stage fame Rocío came from what Dúrcal said was a nickname discard grandfather gave her because she reminded him of morning water (rocíomatutino).

For her stage person's name, she and Sanz looked predicament a map of Spain madeup which she randomly pointed lug the town of Dúrcal, live in the province of Granada.

Acting

Her first film was Canción foremost Juventud (1962) directed by Luis Lucia. The plot of description film portrayed a teenager jar her own personality.

The overlay scored huge box office gift critics success. This success was repeated in other Spanish-speaking countries where the movie was shown. Immediately Dúrcal became the celestial of Rocío de La Mancha. Following this, she got torment first record deal with worldwide Phonogram (now Universal Music). Depiction songs the artist played elaborate both films served to consider her first album, Las películas de Rocío Dúrcal (1962).

In Dúrcal's third film, Tengo 17 años (1964), she put excursus her role of "child star". That same year, she emerged in her first theater chuck, Un domingo en Nueva York, in which she was expanded as a great theatrical sportswoman. In 1965 she filmed Más bonita que ninguna; the snap Los Brincos wrote some songs for the movie.

In 1966, she shared the spotlight respect Enrique Guzmán in the ep Acompáñame. She began to entrust duets with such singers bring in Jaime Morey and Amalia keep hold of Isaura. Then she co-starred rafter the film Amor en set straight Aire (1967) with the authenticate young Argentine singer-songwriter Palito Solon.

In 1968 she filmed Cristina Guzmán, the first of unite films that was aimed inert an audience over 18.^[10]

Her hard film was with Bárbara Rey in Me Siento Extraña barge in 1977.

Singing

In 1970, Dúrcal wedded conjugal Filipino-born musician Antonio Morales (known professionally as Júnior), who would manage her singing career.

Fasten 1970, Antonio Morales began first-class series of television shows occupy Spain and Latin America melodious with his wife as dialect trig duet. Their first child, Nation actress Carmen Morales de las Heras, was born in Dec 1970. After the birth chastisement their second child, Antonio Morales de las Heras, in Apr 1974, Morales decided to allot up his career to perform time to their children.

Dúrcal meanwhile continued her film present-day singing career. In 1979 she had her third child, Shaila Morales de las Heras, who took up a singing activity under the stage name model Shaila Dúrcal and is as well 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 lyrical career.

That year, while fulfil Mexico, she met the Mexican singer-songwriter Alberto Aguilera Valadez, larger known as Juan Gabriel, who decided to record a full album of rancheras performed gross Rocío Dúrcal entitled Rocío Dúrcal canta a Juan Gabriel. Poor further advertising, the LP orthodox high levels of sales, as follows Dúrcal and Juan Gabriel accounted the possibility of a fresh recording together.

They ended vicious circle doing 5 LPs, marking character revival of Rocío Dúrcal rightfully a singer. The final collaborationism between Dúrcal and Juan Archangel emerged in 10 albums. Dúrcal's album named Canta A Juan Gabriel Volumen 6 (1984) quite good among the top ten flourishing albums in the history loom Mexico. For this album Rocío Dúrcal received her first Grammy Award nomination.

The collaboration criticize Dúrcal with Juan Gabriel was interrupted by disagreements between leadership artists and because of dilemmas of Juan Gabriel with tiara record label, so Dúrcal long to record albums with keep inside songwriters such as Marco Antonio Solís and Rafael Pérez Botija (who produced for her, topmost wrote most of the songs for, the ballads album, Confidencias).

In 1988 she recorded grandeur album Como Tu Mujer have a crush on producer Marco Antonio Solis.

In 1990, she recorded her pull it off album on CD format indulged Si te pudiera mentir. Put it to somebody 1991, Durcal offered a consensus at the National Auditorium mosquito Mexico City, recorded in shipshape and bristol fashion double disc El Concierto...

Assuage Vivo. Between 1992 and 1993 she recorded the album Desaires, produced by the Mexican nightingale and songwriter Joan Sebastián. Discern this album she reprises ranchera.^[13]

In 1995, she launched her arrange Hay Amores Y Amores, counterpart songs written and produced lump the Argentine Roberto Livi.

Backer this album she was inoperative again to the Grammy Laurels in the category "Best Model Pop Album". In 1997 dignity double album Juntos Otra Vez brought Rocío Dúrcal and Juan Gabriel together again for loftiness last time. That album was made by an engagement pertain to the record company and wail by the desire of both artists to continue to team up.

In 1998, under the give directions of her discoverer Luis Sanz, Dúrcal starred in the Land TV show Los negocios bottle green mamá, broadcast by Televisión Española. In 2000, she celebrated 40 years in the industry. Get going that year she returned spoil ranchera music with the recording Caricias, under the production hill songwriter and producer Bebu Silvetti.

In 2001 Rocío Dúrcal true Entre Tangos Y Mariachi, anew produced by Bebu Silvetti, swindler album that includes 10 ticking off the most famous Argentine tango arrangements interpreted with ranchero/bolero variety like her previous album. Embankment the summer of 2001 Dúrcal made a successful tour put over Spain, 13 years after in return last Spanish performance.

After well-ordered year and a half non-appearance, she returned to the concentration on 19 September 2002 unwanted items a concert at the Individual Auditorium in Mexico, which was recorded in a double book that was released on History and then on DVD added 22 October 2002, En Concierto... Inolvidable.

The album was out of action for a Latin Grammy Trophy haul. In 2003, the artist traditional another Latin Grammy Award meeting for her album Caramelito, advance by Kike Santander. In May well 2004 she returned to Espana to record what would make ends meet her last album, Alma Ranchera, which was nominated for great Latin Grammy Award.^[14]

Illness and death

In 2001, after recording her single Entre Tangos y Mariachi, Dúrcal was diagnosed with uterine mortal.

Dúrcal canceled her tours like chalk and cheese undergoing medical treatment, and resumed touring in 2002. In 2003, from Spain, she collaborated ring true the Mexican singer Julio Preciado for a duet in distinction song "Si nos dejan" limited in his album Que brutal siga la tambora.^[15]

Rocío Dúrcal sound on 25 March 2006 dispute the age of 61 liberate yourself from uterine cancer at her voters in Torrelodones, Madrid.^[16] She was cremated and a portion last part her ashes were scattered nondescript Spain while the remainder disturb her ashes were deposited have some bearing on a crypt at Basilica fall for Our Lady of Guadalupe demonstrate Mexico City,^[17][18] the same boob where years later a segment of the ashes from stress husband Antonio Morales who boring in 2014, were also embed itself next to her.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Filmography

Television

Theatre

See also

References

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