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Los Tigres Del Norte

Los Tigres del Norte is one of the most popular norteño bands, from Rosa Morada, Sinaloa, Mexico. The group was started by Jorge Hernández, his brothers, and a cousin, and began recording after moving to San Jose, California in the late 1960s, when all the members were still in their teens. They were sponsored by a local record company, Discos Fama, owned by an Englishman named Art Walker, who took them under his wing and helped them find jobs and material, as well as recording all of their early albums. Image File history File links LosTigres4. ... Image File history File links LosTigres4. ... This article should be merged with Norteño (music). ... Sinaloa is a state in northwestern Mexico. ...


The Tigres were at first only locally popular, but took off after Jorge and Art Walker heard a Los Angeles mariachi singer perform a song in the early 1970s about a couple of drug runners, Emilio Varela and Camelia la Texana. There had been occasional ballads (corridos, in Mexican terminology) about the cross-border drug trade ever since Prohibition in the 1920s, but never a song as cinematic as this, featuring a woman smuggler who shoots the man and takes off with the money. After getting permission to record this song, Los Tigres del Norte released "Contrabando y Traición" ("Contraband and Betrayal") in 1972[1]. The song quickly hit on both sides of the border, inspired a series of movies, and kicked off one of the most remarkable careers in Spanish-language pop music. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In Norteño/conjunto form (a style featuring accordion that originated along the Texas border region), Los Tigres del Norte have been able to portray "real life" in a manner that most of the Americas can relate to, but also in a way most Americans are afraid to interpret through music. Many of their most popular songs consist of tales or corridos about life, love, and the struggle to survive in an imperfect world. They regularly touch on the subject of narcotics and illegal immigration, but they have also shared stories of love and betrayal between a man and a woman. Together, the band and its public has turned norteño music into an international genre. The band has modernized the music, infusing it with bolero, cumbia, rock rhythms, waltzes, as well as sound effects of machine guns and sirens integrated with the music. World map showing the Americas CIA political map of the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America[1] and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... The corrido is a popular narrative song and poetry form, a ballad, of the mestizo Mexican cultural area (which includes the Southwestern states of the United States, taken from Mexican sovereignty in the mid 19th Century). ... For the 1983 Genesis song, see Illegal Alien (song) Illegal immigration refers to immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. ... The bolero is a type of dance and musical form. ... Cumbia is originally a Colombian folk dance and dance music and is Colombias representative national dance and music along with vallenato. ... A waltz (German: , Italian: , French: , Catalan: ) is a ballroom and folk dance in   time, done primarily in closed position. ...


This band has performed before the United States Armed Forces in Japan and South Korea[2]. This band has earned several Grammys, the first for "Gracias America--Sin Fronteras" in 1986, and more recently for Best Norteño Album (Historias que contar[3] and Directo al corazón[4]), and sold 32 million records[5]. The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ... Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music...

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Members

  • Jorge Hernández: Director, Lead Vocals and Accordion
  • Hernán Hernández: Electric Bass, Vocals
  • Eduardo Hernández: Accordion, Saxophone, Bajo Sexto (12-String Norteño Guitar), Vocals
  • Luis Hernández: Bajo Sexto (12-String Norteño Guitar), Vocals
  • Oscar Lara: Drums

Former Members

  • Raúl Hernández: Bajo Sexto (12-String Norteño Guitar), vocals
  • Guadalupe Olivo: Saxophone and Accordion

Discography

These are all the Tigres' albums, excluding the many "greatest hits" packages assembled over the years:


Cuquita (1971) El Cheque (1972) Contrabando Y Traición (1974) La Banda Del Carro Rojo (1975) La Tumba Del Mojado - Internacionalmente Norteños (1976) Pueblo Querido (1976) Vivan Los Mojados (1977) Numero Ocho (1978) El Tahúr (1979) Plaza Garibaldi (1980) Un Dia A La Vez (1981) Padre Nuestro - Exitos Para Siempre (1982) Carrera Contra La Muerte (1983) Jaula De Oro (1983) A Ti Madrecita (1985) El Otro México (1986) Gracias América—Sin Fronteras (1986) Idolos Del Pueblo (1988) Corridos Prohibidos (1989) Triunfo Sólido - Mi Buena Suerte (1989) Para Adoloridos (1990) Incansables! (1991) Con Sentimiento Y Sabor - Tan Bonita (1992) Una Noche Con Los Tigres Del Norte (1992) La Garra De… (1993) Los Dos Plebes (1994) El Ejemplo (1995) Unidos Para Siempre (1996) Asi Como Tu (1997) Jefe De Jefes (1997) Herencia De Familia (1999) De Paisano A Paisano (2000) Uniendo Fronteras (2001) La Reina Del Sur (2002) Pacto De Sangre (2004) Directo al Corazon (2005) Historias que Contar (2006) Detalles y Emociones (2007)


References

  1. ^ Biography at Univision.com
  2. ^ Official site
  3. ^ Starmedia.com
  4. ^ LatinMusicNews.com
  5. ^ Fierce Enough to Bite, The Washington Post, February 18, 2007.

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Los Tigres del Norte have recorded more than 55 albums and have earned both gold and platinum records.
Los Tigres del Norte's popularity goes well beyond Mexico and the U.S., with fans all over the globe, from Central and South America to Japan, France and Spain.
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