Yolanda del Río facts for kids
Yolanda del Río is a famous Mexican singer and actress. She was born Yolanda Jaen López on May 27, 1955, in a place called Ixmiquilpan, in Hidalgo, Mexico. She is well-known for her beautiful ranchera music and for acting in several films. Some of her most popular movies include Caminos de Michoacán (from 1979) and La India blanca (from 1982).
Yolanda was the youngest of four children. When she was very young, she loved listening to famous ranchera singers like Lola Beltrán, Lucha Villa, and Amalia Mendoza on the radio. These singers inspired her a lot. She started training her voice at a very early age because she wanted to become a singer too.
Her Unique Singing Style
Yolanda del Río became one of the most important ranchera singers in the 1970s and 1980s. She had a special singing style that was often described as "melancholic wailing." This means she sang with a lot of emotion, often sounding sad or longing, which made her songs very powerful and touching.
Popular Songs and Albums
Many of Yolanda del Río's songs became very popular. Two of her songs, "Valgame Dios" and "Una Intrusa," even made it onto the Billboard Latin music charts. This showed how much people loved her music.
She recorded many albums throughout her career. One of her early albums was:
- La hija del nadie, released in 1972 by Arcano Records, which was part of RCA Records.
See also
In Spanish: Yolanda del Río para niños
