Villa continued performing even after suffering a heart attack during surgery in 1997. She also recorded songbook tributes to Jiménez and Juan Gabriel, and was saluted herself by Gabriel for his 1996 Las Tres Señoras (with Lola Beltran and Amalia Mendoza). Enamorado sin remedio, Jos Alfredo invitaba a Chavela Vargas a dar gallo en la Ciudad de Mxico a las conquistas de ambos, acompaados nicamente por una guitarra y una botella de tequila, se entendan bien de borracho a borracho, haba perfecta complicidad y la gente que los vea en la calle no saba si la serenata era para la novia de Chavela o la de. During the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, she recorded dozens of albums and appeared in dozens of pictures, including the 1973 screwball comedy Mecánica Nacional, which won the Ariel award (Mexico's version of the Oscar). Her biggest early hit was a version of the José Alfredo Jiménez standard 'Media Vuelta,' and after several minor film roles, she became a star with the 1965 cockfighting feature El Gallo de Oro.Īs with her music, Villa specialized in rural and ranchera pictures, a genre especially connected to American audiences familiar with Westerns.

Born in the Chihuahua state town of Ciudad Camargo in the mid-'30s, young Luz Elena Bejarano entered a number of talent contests and was dubbed Lucha Villa by television producer Luis Dillon (the name is a contraction of Pancho Villa and the Chihuahua village where he spent time). (aged 47) Mexico City, Cuauhtémoc Borough, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Mexico's most famous ranchera singer, Lucha Villa earned more notice than Lola Beltran thanks to a long, successful film career in addition to her recording work. Dolores Hidalgo, Dolores Hidalgo Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico.

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