Known as the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, Cantinflas, Pedro Infante, María Félix, Agustín Lara, Pedro Vargas, Miguel Aceves Mejía, Pedro Armendáriz, Antonio Aguilar and José Alfredo Jiménez were among the luminaries seen at the Azteca Theater.
The country artist Luke Tan recorded a disc of his favorite Jiménez songs in Spanish, including some English translations.
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The album It also features eleven cover versions to the famous ranchera songs and one previously unreleased song "Vete A Volar" that were composed by Jaime Flores, Luis Carlos Monroy and Raúl Ornelas, includes covers by singers José Alfredo Jiménez, Cuco Sánchez, José Ángel Espinoza, Rubén Fuentes, Tomás Méndez, among other artists.
Beto Mendoza y los Pajaros Negros's early material is compared to acts such as Los Tres, Enrique Bunbury, José Alfredo Jiménez, Lila Downs, Eric Clapton kind of Blues and Caifanes.
The album was recorded in August 1994 during the promotional tour of the album Segundo Romance and included three Mexican standards composed by José Alfredo Jiménez and recorded for the first time by the artist with mariachi: "Si Nos Dejan", "Amanecí En Tus Brazos" and "El Rey".
Inspired by Spanish songwriting greats like José Alfredo Jiménez, Manuel Alejandro and Pablo Milanés, his words are playful and passionate full of the optimism and romance.