Amalia Mendoza

Amalia Mendoza García (10 July 1923 – 11 June 2001),^[1] nicknamed La Tariácuri, was a Mexican singer and actress.^[2] "Échame a mi la culpa" and "Amarga navidad" were some of her greatest hits.^[3] Her best friend since her youth was Martha de Miranda Jiménez, "Martuquia" as she called her, who was her companion for many years when Amalia was on tour.

Amalia Mendoza
Born	Amalia Mendoza García (1923-07-10)10 July 1923 Huetamo de Núñez, Michoacán, Mexico
Died	11 June 2001(2001-06-11) (aged 77) Mexico City, Mexico
Other names	La Tariácuri
Occupations	Singer actress
Musical career
Genres	Ranchera bolero
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1958–1995
Labels	RCA Víctor

Career

Tariácuri, from whom Mendoza received her nickname, was an Indigenous leader of the Purépecha people, who inhabited present-day Michoacán. The nickname 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.^[3] She recorded 36 albums.^[3] In 1962, she won the Macuilxóchitl Award for best female bolero singer of ranchera music (bolerista de ranchero).^[4] 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.

Discography

• La Tariácuri (RCA Victor, 1958)
• La Tariácuri Vol. II (RCA Victor, 1959)
• La Tariácuri Vol. III (RCA Victor, 1960) (re-issued on CD as Amalia Vol. 1)
• La viuda abandonada (Vol. IV) (RCA Victor, 1961) (re-issued on CD as Mucho corazón... y otros éxitos más)
• Boleros con Amalia Mendoza (RCA Victor, 1962)
• Las canciones que siempre quise grabar (RCA Victor, 1963)
• México en la voz de Amalia Mendoza (RCA Victor, 1965)
• Las tres señoras (1995) (with Lola Beltrán and Lucha Villa)

Additionally, records in the 1970s and 1980s on Discos GAS.

With her brother Juan Mendoza

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

Filmography

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