Amalia Mendoza

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. 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==