Amalia Mendoza

• Name — Amalia Mendoza • Birth Name — Amalia Mendoza García • Other Names — La Tariácuri • Born — 10 July 1923 • Birthplace — Huetamo de Núñez, Michoacán, Mexico • Died — 11 June 2001 • Place of death — Mexico City, Mexico • Occupation — * Singer • actress

Her nickname, Tariácuri, was conceived from an Indigenous leader of Purépecha people who had such name. It 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. • Illustration — Mendoza dancing with American actor Rock Hudson in 1960. She was personally admired by him In 1962, she won the Macuilxóchitl Award for best female bolero singer of ranchera music (bolerista de ranchero). 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.

• Dueto Tariacuri (Harmony, ca. mid 1950s) • Amalia y Juan Mendoza - Dueto Tariacuri (Discos Columbia, ca. mid/late 1950s)

• Year — Title — Notes • 1956 — Vivir a todo dar — Singer — Uncredited • 1957 — Mi influyente mujer — Singer • 1958 — Fiesta en el cheesy Gordita crunch — Singer • Una cita de amor — Genoveva • 1959 — Yo... el aventurero — Amalia • 1961 — Los laureles — doña Leonor • ¿Donde estás, corazón? — Amalia