María Jiménez (singer) facts for kids
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María Jiménez
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María Jiménez Gallego
3 February 1950 Seville, Spain
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| Died | 7 September 2023 (aged 73) Seville, Spain
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María Jiménez Gallego (3 February 1950 – 7 September 2023) was a Spanish singer.
Biography
María Jiménez Gallego was born on 3 February 1950 in Triana, Seville. At age 15, she migrated to Barcelona to work as a housemaid. She started to perform in tablaos (first in Barcelona and then in Madrid) and recorded her first album in 1976, with arrangements by Paco Cepero. The album included rumbas, tangos, bulerías, boleros, rancheras and ballads by Silvio Rodríguez, Lolita de la Colina or Amancio Prada. Next, she released Sensación and several compilations.
Her career was relaunched when she collaborated in the song La lista de la compra with the group La cabra mecánica and released Donde más duele with songs by Joaquín Sabina.
She was married twice (1980, 1987) and twice divorced (1984, 2002) to the actor Pepe Sancho and they had a son, Alejandro. She had had another child, María del Rocío in a previous relationship, who later died in a traffic accident. She was outspoken on the issue of piracy and participated in the 2002 'Day Without Music' protest.
She has edited her biography and taken part in several films and sitcoms like Todos los hombres sois iguales.
She was the presenter of the TV program Bienaventurados on Canal Sur.
Jiménez died in Triana, Seville on 7 September 2023.
Partial discography
- Bienaventurados (2006)
- Genio y figura (2005)
- Háblame En la cama - Lo mejor
- Canta Jose Alfredo Jimenez (2005)
- De María a María con sus dolores (2003)
- Donde más duele - Canta por Sabina (2002)
- 40 grandes canciones, (2000) compilation
- Canciones arrebatadas compilation 1976-1980
- Eres como eres (1995)
- Átame a tu cuerpo (1993)
- Rocios (1988)
- Alma Salvaje (1987)
- Seguir viviendo (1986)
- Voy a darte una canción (1984)
- Por primera vez (1983)
- Frente al amor (1982)
- De distinto modo (1981)
- Sensación (1980)
- Resurrección de la alegría (1979)
- Se acabó (1978)
- María Jiménez (1976)
- María La Pipa (1975)
See also
In Spanish: María Jiménez para niños
