Singer and Actress. Amalia Mendoza García, nicknamed La Tariácuri, was a Mexican singer and actress, known as one of the most important performers of ranchera song, as well as belonging to the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. "Échame a mi la culpa" and "Amarga navidad" were some of her greatest hits. Tariácuri, from whom Mendoza received her nickname, was an indigenous leader of the Purépecha people, who inhabited present-day Michoacán. The nickname was used before in her brothers' musical group (Trío Tariácuri) and in her own duo (Las Tariacuritas) with her sister, Perla. She gained notice as a solo singer when she began to sing for the XEW radio station in 1954. She recorded 36 albums. Through the majority of her career she was accompanied by the Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, and recorded numerous rancheras and boleros by José Alfredo Jiménez, Cuco Sánchez, José Ángel Espinoza, Gabriel Ruiz, and Tomás Méndez. She died four weeks and one day before her 78th birthday, and her ashes were scattered in the Patzcuaro lake.
Singer and Actress. Amalia Mendoza García, nicknamed La Tariácuri, was a Mexican singer and actress, known as one of the most important performers of ranchera song, as well as belonging to the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. "Échame a mi la culpa" and "Amarga navidad" were some of her greatest hits. Tariácuri, from whom Mendoza received her nickname, was an indigenous leader of the Purépecha people, who inhabited present-day Michoacán. The nickname was used before in her brothers' musical group (Trío Tariácuri) and in her own duo (Las Tariacuritas) with her sister, Perla. She gained notice as a solo singer when she began to sing for the XEW radio station in 1954. She recorded 36 albums. Through the majority of her career she was accompanied by the Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, and recorded numerous rancheras and boleros by José Alfredo Jiménez, Cuco Sánchez, José Ángel Espinoza, Gabriel Ruiz, and Tomás Méndez. She died four weeks and one day before her 78th birthday, and her ashes were scattered in the Patzcuaro lake.
Bio by: Ola K Ase
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