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Adolfo Urías y su Lobo Norteño ("Adolfo Urías and his Northern Wolf") is a Mexican norteño

Norteño (music)

Norteño , also norteña or conjunto, is a genre of Mexican music. The accordion and the bajo sexto are norteño's most characteristic instruments. The norteño genre is popular in both Mexico and the United States, especially among the Mexican community...

band headed by Adolfo Urías. Although actually a band, most Mexicans think of him as a solo singer (e.g., Julio Preciado

Julio Preciado

Julio Preciado y su Banda Perla de Pacifico is a banda singer based in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. His music is based on norteño songs, such as those of Los Cadetes de Linares, and sometimes includes accordions in addition to bass instruments. Julio Preciado was a former member of La Banda el Recodo...

, El Coyote, Marco Antonio Solis, and Antonio Aguilar). His music, like Los Rieleros del Norte

Los Rieleros del Norte

Los Rieleros Del Norte is a Mexican norteño band. Founded in Zacatecas, Close to Villanueva Zacatecas. Los Rieleros del Norte are from Fresa Zacatecas. One of the oldest norteño bands still playing today...

, Polo Urías

Polo Urías

Polo Urías is a norteño singer and played bajo sexto from Ojinaga, Chihuahua Mexico. Polo Urías was formerly the lead singer of Los Rieleros del Norte, but in the 1990s, he went on to form his own band, Polo Urías y su Maquina Norteña...

, and Los Diamantes de Ojinaga, uses both the accordion

Accordion

The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....

and saxophone

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

, thus creating a unique Ojinaga

Ojinaga

Ojinaga Municipality is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Ojinaga, a rural bordertown on the U.S.-Mexico border...

-flavored musica norteña, while most other norteño groups play the accordion solo. Adolfo Urías, born in Ojinaga

Ojinaga

Ojinaga Municipality is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Ojinaga, a rural bordertown on the U.S.-Mexico border...

, Chihuahua, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, learned to play the accordion at age 13. His hit, "Corazón Chiquito," was extremely popular on the regional Mexican

Regional Mexican

Regional Mexican is a radio format for music radio, typically defined to include Banda, Ranchera, Mariachi and Norteña. It is the most popular radio format targeting Hispanic Americans in the United States....

radio in 2002. Recently, his song "Qué Chulos Ojos" became another big hit. His songs are in traditional ranchera

Ranchera

Ranchera is a genre of the traditional music of Mexico originally sung by only one performer with a guitar. It dates to the years of the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century. It later became closely associated with the mariachi groups which evolved in Jalisco. Ranchera today is also played...

form, but the lyrics feature modern themes. Adolfo Urías' uncle, Polo Urías

Polo Urías

, is also a norteño singer.

The band

Adolfo Urías - Main performer, primary singer, director; also the accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....

player until Orlando Holguin took over in 2004.
Orlando Holguin - Accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....

; new member
David Palma - Saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
Julio Cesar Urías - Bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Sergio Urías - Bajo sexto
Bajo sexto
A bajo sexto is a musical instrument with 12 strings in 6 double courses, used in Mexican music. It is used primarily in norteño music of northern Mexico and across the border in the music of south Texas known as "Tex-Mex", "conjunto, or "música mexicana-tejana".A similar instrument with five...

, second vocals
Efrain Alvarez - Drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...

s, percussion

Mi Tesoro

Mi Tesoro was released on 29 October 2001 by Fonovisa, Inc.

1. Mi Tesoro
2. Adios California
3. Angel del Amor
4. He Decidido
5. Se Esta Muriendo un Corazon
6. Huellas de Pasion
7. Adonde Se Fue
8. Decepcion
9. Desconfiada
10. Carta Abierta

Divino Amor Eterno

Divino Amor Eterno was released on 29 July 2003.

1. Divino Amor Eterno
2. Tarde Por Tarde
3. Quédate
4. Amor Bésame
5. Cautivaste Mi Corazón
6. Que Me Lleve el Diablo
7. Como le Hago
8. Besos de Papel
9. Hoja Por Hoja
10. Qué Es el Amor

Eternamente Enamorado

Eternamente Enamorado was released on 24 May 2004, just one day before Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo is a holiday held on May 5. It is celebrated nationwide in the United States and regionally in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the holiday is called El Dia de la Batalla de Puebla...

1. Volver a Vernos
2. Retirada
3. Penas en Mi Alma
4. Eres la Flor
5. Alegre de Zacatecas
6. Por Primera Vez
7. Se Acabaron las Caricias
8. Cuatro Paredes
9. Si Quisieras
10. Soy Mexico
11. Gaviota
12. Qué Chulos Ojos

Románticas Del Corazón

Románticas Del Corazón was released on 8 June 2004.

1. Golpe Con Golpe
2. Angel del Amor
3. Recuerdo Bendito
4. Amor Besame
5. Prenda Fina
6. Donde Se Fue
7. Huellas de Pasion
8. Que Es el Amor
9. Ya No Quiero Ni Pensar (Yo No Quiero Ni Pensar)
10. Decepcion

15 Grandes Temas Con Amor

15 Grandes Temas Con Amor was released on 2 November 2004.

1. Penas en Mi Alma
2. Eres la Flor
3. Divino Amor Eterno
4. Quedate
5. Cautivaste Mi Corazon
6. Que Me Lieve el Diablo
7. Como le Hago
8. Que Es el Amor
9. Angel del Amor
10. Amor Besame(:

Intimamente

Intimamente was released on 15 February 2005, the day after Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496...

1. Una Limosna
2. la Luna
3. Convencete
4. Enamorados
5. Volviste Tarde
6. Dueña de Mi Alma
7. Cuatro Carreras
8. Gracias Amor
9. Paraiso de Amor
10. Querras Volver Conmigo
11. Estrellita Marinera