Rita Vidaurri

Rita Vidaurri is a Tejana singer from San Antonio, Texas who became famous on stages with Nat King Cole, Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete and Eva Garza.[1]

Biography

Gifted with a powerful voice from a musical family, Vidaurri had to hide her gift from her saloon-owning father. As a pre-teen, her mother would take her to a local amateur singing contest in San Antonio, where she won the five-dollar first prize 18 weeks in a row. Vidaurri was only 14 when her mother died. At the time, she would perform in one of her father’s saloons with her sister as “Las Hermanas Vidaurri.”[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://blog.mysanantonio.com/weekender/2014/05/rita-vidaurri-90th-birthday-bash-full-of-surprises-emotion/
  2. ↑ http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_58354.shtml


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