María Jiménez (singer) explained

Birth Name:María Jiménez Gallego
Birth Date:3 February 1950
Birth Place:Seville, Spain
Death Place:Seville, Spain

María Jiménez Gallego (3 February 1950 – 7 September 2023) was a Spanish singer.

Biography

María Jiménez Gallego was born in Triana, Seville on 3 February 1950.[1] At age 15, she migrated to Barcelona to work as a housemaid.[2] She started to perform in tablaos (first in Barcelona and then in Madrid) and recorded her first album in 1976, with arrangements by Paco Cepero. The album included rumbas, tangos, bulerías, boleros, rancheras and ballads by Silvio Rodríguez, Lolita de la Colina or Amancio Prada. Next, she released Sensación and several compilations.

Her career was relaunched when she collaborated in the song La lista de la compra with the group La cabra mecánica and released Donde más duele with songs by Joaquín Sabina.

She took part in the 2002 'Day Without Music' protest against piracy.[3]

Jiménez edited her biography and took part in several films and sitcoms like Todos los hombres sois iguales.

Jiménez was the presenter of the television program Bienaventurados on Canal Sur.

María Jiménez died in Triana, Seville on 7 September 2023, at the age of 73.[4]

Partial discography

Filmography

Film
Television

Accolades

Notes and References

  1. Web site: María Jiménez, la artista que empezó de limpiadora, sufrió la pérdida de una hija y sigue reinventándose al grito de ¡se acabó!. El Mundo. 20 July 2021. Ana García. Romero.
  2. Web site: Las tres bodas de María Jiménez y Pepe Sancho. Vanity Fair. 8 June 2019. Raquel. Piñeiro.
  3. Web site: Protest 'day' turns into hours or minutes. LLewellyn. Howell. 29 June 2002. Billboard. 55. 29 May 2010.
  4. https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5170340/0/muere-artista-maria-jimenez-los-73-anos.amp.html Muere la artista María Jiménez a los 73 años
  5. Web site: De "Hostal Royal Manzanares" a "Amar en Tiempos Revueltos": las series y películas de María Jiménez que no te puedes perder. El Confidencial. 7 September 2023. B.. Pallarés.
  6. Web site: Muere María Jiménez, la inventora del 'Se Acabó'. El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica. 7 September 2023. Ramón. Vendrell.