Lola Beltran

María Lucila Beltrán Ruiz, known as Lola Beltrán, was a Mexican singer and actress, specialized in the musical genres of ranchera, huapango and Sinaloan wind band. She is and was one of Mexico's most acclaimed singers of Ranchera and Huapango music. She collaborated with other Mexican music stars such as Amalia Mendoza, Juan Gabriel, and Lucha Villa. She was internationally renowned for her interpretation of the songs "Cucurrucucú paloma" and "Paloma Negra" and sang before world leaders. She was nicknamed Lola la Grande. Her song Soy infeliz was the opening music for Pedro Almodóvar's film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

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