Lupita Palomera Explained

Lupita Palomera
Birth Name:María Guadalupe Palomera Chávez
Birth Date:12 December 1913
Birth Place:La Yesca, Tepic Territory, Mexico
Death Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation:Singer
Instrument:Vocals
Associated Acts:Fernando Fernández

María Guadalupe Palomera Chávez (12 December 1913 – 16 November 2008),[1] known as Lupita Palomera, was a Mexican singer, one of the first and most notable bolero performers in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.[2] [3] [4] She was known for some time as "La Novia de la Canción" (The Sweetheart of Song) and was also called "La Voz más Dulce de la Radio" (The Radio's Sweetest Voice).

Life and career

María Guadalupe Palomera Chávez was born in 1913 in La Yesca, Tepic Territory,[5] which later became the State of Nayarit. Her father, Luis Palomera, was the municipal treasurer of La Yesca. Her family later moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco.

Palomera made her debut singing on Guadalajara's XED radio station. She made her first recording in 1937, but achieved her first great success with her 1938 recording of Gonzalo Curiel's "Vereda tropical".[6] She recorded exclusively for RCA Víctor and sang on programs for XEW. She also recorded several Mexican folk songs with her husband, singer Fernando Fernández, the father of her three daughters.[7]

Palomera died in November 2008[8] at the age of 94.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Martínez Frausto. Ernesto. Programa 12 de diciembre 2014. Lupita Palomera nació hace 98 años. Hasta que el Cuerpo Aguante. 10 June 2017.
  2. Book: Duenas. Pablo. Bolero: historia documental del bolero mexicano. 1993. Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Fonográficos. 97.
  3. Book: Krafft Vera. Federico. Tamargo Cordero. Elena. Bolero: clave del corazón. 2004. Alejo Peralta Fundación. 9685053324. 156.
  4. Book: Restrepo Duque. Hernán. Lo que cuentan los boleros: la historia de 100 hermosos boleros, de sus compositores y de sus mejores intérpretes. 1992. Centro Editorial de Estudios Musicales. 52–53.
  5. Book: Memorias políticas de Manuel Flores Flores. 2000. Janet Editores. 9687362464. 143–144.
  6. Liner notes on RCA Víctor album MKL-3059.
  7. News: Aguilar. Mayra. Lupita Palomera se repone del problema de osteoporosis. 10 June 2017. Crónica. 16 January 2006.
  8. News: Fallecieron varios artistas nacionales e internacionales en 2008. 4 May 2018. El Informador. 27 December 2008. Spanish.