Rita Vidaurri Explained

Rita Vidaurri (May 22, 1924 – January 16, 2019)[1] was a Tejana singer from San Antonio, Texas, who worked with Nat King Cole, Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete and Eva Garza.[2] [3]

Gifted with a powerful voice from a musical family, Vidaurri had to hide her gift from her saloon-owning father. As a pre-teen, her mother would take her to a local amateur singing contest in San Antonio, where she won the five-dollar first prize 18 weeks in a row. Vidaurri was only 14 when her mother died. At the time, she would perform in one of her father's saloons with her sister as "Las Hermanas Vidaurri."[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rita Vidaurri, Ranchera Singer Who Reclaimed Her Career, Dies at 94 . Daniel E. . Slotnik . January 24, 2019 . . January 28, 2019. https://archive.today/20190125111845/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/obituaries/rita-vidaurri-dies.html . 2019-01-25 . live.
  2. Web site: Hector Saldaña . Rita Vidaurri 90th birthday bash full of surprises, emotion. Blog.mysanantonio.com. 2014-05-23. 2016-12-19.
  3. Web site: Rita Vidaurri, 'La Calandria' has passed away at 94. Jan 17, 2019. KSAT.
  4. Web site: Rita Vidaurri: Hailed as Lost Treasure of San Antonio's Westside. Axisoflogic.com. 2010-02-02. 2016-12-19.

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