Tomás Méndez

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Tomás Méndez (born as Tomás Méndez Sosa) was a talented Mexican composer and singer of Mexican music and ranchera music. He was born on July 25, 1927 in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico. He obtained his first success in 1954 with the Mexican music song Gorrioncillo pecho amarillo and continued in the same year by the unforgettable huapangos like Cucurrucucu paloma and Desafío. He died in Mexico City on July 19, 1995. The song Cucurrucucu paloma was played in many movie pictures like The Last Sunset and Talk to her or interpreted by famous singers like Perry Como.

[edit] Notable Songs

• Gorrioncillo pecho amarillo
• Cucurrucucu paloma
• Golondrina presumida
• Huapango torero
• Las rejas no matan
• Que me toquen las golondrinas
• Paloma negra
• Puñalada trapera
• Tres días

[edit] External links

• Biografía de Tomás Méndez en la SACM (Spanish)