Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández was a Mexican mariachi singer, actor and film producer who became a cultural icon, earning nicknames like "Chente" and "El Rey de la Música Ranchera." His influence on Mexican music is hard to overstate.
Orígenes
Active from 1966, he started out as a busker before rising to national fame, going on to record more than 100 albums and contribute to over 150 films across a career that lasted until 2021.
El sonido
His repertoire centered on rancheras and other Mexican classics, including waltzes, delivered in the powerful, heart-on-sleeve mariachi style.
Legado
Known as "El Ídolo de México," Fernández came to embody ranchera music itself, and his enormous catalog of recordings and films made him a lasting symbol of Mexican popular culture.
Canción insignia
El Rey
"El Rey" is perhaps his signature anthem, a proud, defiant ranchera that became inseparable from his larger-than-life persona.
Canciones destacadas
- 1
El Rey ★
El Idolo De Mexico · 1972
- 2
Hermoso Cariño
Vicente Fernández · 1993
- 3
Por Tu Maldito Amor
Por Tu Maldito Amor · 1989
- 4
Mujeres Divinas
El Cuatrero · 1982
- 5
Volver, Volver
Arriba Huentitan · 1972