Birth name Tomas Mendez Sosa Name Tomas Mendez | Role Composer | |
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Genres Mexican music and ranchera music Occupation(s) musician, composer, singer Died July 19, 1995, Mexico City, Mexico Albums Tomas Mendez y Sus Canciones Similar People Ruben Fuentes, Norma Winstone, Alvaro Carrillo, Alberto Angel "El Cuervo", Ernest Gold | ||
Music director The Last Sunset, Paradise | ||
Popurri Tomas Mendez
Tomás Méndez (born Tomás Méndez Sosa; July 25, 1927 – June 19, 1995) was a Mexican composer and singer of Mexican music and ranchera music. He was born in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico. He obtained his first success in 1954 with the Mexican music song "Gorrioncillo pecho amarillo" and continued in the same year with the huapangos like "Cucurrucucú paloma" and "Desafío". He died in Mexico City on June 19, 1995. The song "Cucurrucucú paloma" was played in many movie pictures like The Last Sunset, Happy Together, Talk to Her and The Five Year Engagement and has also been performed by notable singers such as Harry Belafonte, Perry Como, Lola Beltrán and Caetano Veloso.
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Homenaje tom s m ndez cucurrucucu paloma
Notable Songs
Songs
Las Rejas No Matan
Cucurrucucú paloma
El Ramalazo
References
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