Ojos tapatios jorge negrete biography

Mexican actor and singer (1911–1953)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Negrete and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.

Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈxoɾxeneˈɣɾete]; 30 November 1911 – 5 December 1953) was a Mexican singer and actor.

He specialized in the musical genre of ranchera. His posthumous album "Fiesta Mexicana Volumen II" has been ranked by critics at No. 163 on their list of the greatest Latin albums of all time.^[3]

Life and career

Negrete was born in the city of Guanajuato and had two brothers and three sisters; his father was a Mexican Army Colonel who fought with the Revolutionary faction called Northern Division (División del Norte);^[4] however, around 1920, he quit his military career and moved with his family to Mexico City.

There he found a job as a math teacher in several institutions, such as the German College "Alexander Von Humboldt"; there