Yolanda del Rio
Encyclopedia
Yolanda del Río is a Mexican
film
actress and ranchera
singer. Some of her best-known films are Caminos de Michoacán (1979) and La India blanca (1982).
Born the youngest daughter of 4 children, she was inspired at a young age by famous golden age Ranchera singers Lola Beltrán
, Lucha Villa
, or Amalia Mendoza
played on the radio. Yolanda began voice training at a very early age to become a singer and with her trademark melancholic wailing style, she would eventually become one of the most prominent Ranchera singers of the 1970s and 1980s.
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...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
actress and 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...
singer. Some of her best-known films are Caminos de Michoacán (1979) and La India blanca (1982).
Born the youngest daughter of 4 children, she was inspired at a young age by famous golden age Ranchera singers Lola Beltrán
Lola Beltrán
Lola Beltrán was a Mexican film actress and one of the most acclaimed Mexican ranchera singers, nicknamed Lola la Grande .-Biography:...
, Lucha Villa
Lucha Villa
Lucha Villa is a singer in the ranchera style, and a film actress.Born Luz Elena Ruíz Bejarano, Villa was given her stage name by television producer Luis G Dillon . She has been a constant presence in popular music and film since the 1950s...
, or Amalia Mendoza
Amalia Mendoza
Amalia Mendoza was one of Mexico's most famous ranchera singers whose career lasted over 40 years. Distinguished for her special "husky" voice, Mendoza was one of the "Tres Señoras", along with Lola Beltrán and Lucha Villa.She was also known by the nickname of La Tariácuri...
played on the radio. Yolanda began voice training at a very early age to become a singer and with her trademark melancholic wailing style, she would eventually become one of the most prominent Ranchera singers of the 1970s and 1980s.