- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAnita Carmen María Isabel Vargas Lizano Jesus
- Chavela Vargas was born on April 17, 1919 in San Joaquin de Flores, Costa Rica. She was an actress, known for Frida (2002), Julieta (2016) and A Bigger Splash (2015). She died on August 5, 2012 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
- Awarded a Latin Grammy in 2007 for a career of musical excellence.
- Major Mexican singer.
- She had a difficult childhood: her parents divorced and left her under the care of an uncle.
- At age 17 she abandoned her native country due to lack of opportunities for a musical career, seeking refuge in Mexico, where an entertainment industry was burgeoning.
- Vargas sang the canción ranchera in her own peculiar style. The ranchera was sung from a man's perspective and with a mariachi accompaniment. Chavela sang this type of song as a solo, using only guitar and voice. She often slowed down the tempo of melodies to draw more dramatic tension out of songs, so they could be taken as naughtily humorous.
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