Few songs summarize the identity and feeling of Mexican popular culture as 'El Rey', the summit composition of José Alfredo Jiménez. This top piece of ranchera music not only consolidated the career of the prolific singer-songwriter of Dolores Hidalgo, but it became a true mariachi anthem in every corner of the world. Composed in the 1970s —a few years before the unfortunate death of the artist in 1973 — the song was born in a context of full cr…
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Few songs summarize the identity and feeling of Mexican popular culture as 'El Rey', the summit composition of José Alfredo Jiménez. This top piece of ranchera music not only consolidated the career of the prolific singer-songwriter of Dolores Hidalgo, but it became a true mariachi anthem in every corner of the world. Composed in the 1970s —a few years before the unfortunate death of the artist in 1973 — the song was born in a context of full cr…