Javier Solís

Javier Solís ( born September 1, 1931, in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, † April 19, 1966 in Mexico City; born Gabriel Siria Levario ) was a Mexican singer and actor who mainly by well-known songs such as " Media Vuelta " or " Sombras " came into existence as a ranchera singer.

Early life

Javier Solís was born as the first of three children of Francisco Siria Mora baker and the clerk Juana Levario Plata in Nogales. His childhood was very mixed, so he had to, for example, to stop his school career to support his family in everyday life. At a young age Javier Solís professional boxer wanted to be; he trained in his spare time and had initially also success. Only after a series of failures, his father advised him to give up boxing career. Still, it was not Solís ' father, who brought him to sing: During his youth, the Mexicans worked in a butcher's shop, whose chief Solís once heard him singing and suggested a career as a singer embark. At the age of 16 years he moved Solís to Puebla, where he met the two members of the musical group " Los Panchos " Julito Rodriguez and Alfredo Gil. This helped him to his first recording under the Columbia Records in 1950.

Career as a singer

During his first album recordings in the early 1950s Solís also sang at the " Teatro Lirico ", where he met his future wife, the dancer Blanca Estela Saenz. His first known title was " Lloraras ", which was produced by Felipe Valdes Leal. His producer gave him the stage name " Javier Solís ," before he was still under the name Gabriel Siria Levario been known. Solís was active as a singer in the business from 1957, he combined the style of Ranchera with Bolero elements. As of 1959, Solís also worked as an actor, he worked in a total of more than 20 films.

Death

Javier Solís died on April 19, 1966 in Mexico City, after he had become before surgery on the gallbladder and it was then come to complications. His doctor had forbidden him to drink, which is why he said shortly before his death:

"Que Riegen con mucha agua mi tumba, se que me voy a morir esto no tiene remedio. " ( Engl. about: You will need beschütten my grave with lots of water, I know I 'm going to die, there is no cure ) "

The singer Vikki Carr in memory of Solís (Eng. memory of Javier Solís ) in 1994 recorded the album " Recuerdo a Javier Solis ".

External links and sources

• Javier Solís at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Www.fiestaweb.org (Spanish)

• Mexican musician
• Singer
• Actor
• Pseudonym
• Mexican
• Born in 1931
• Died in 1966
• Man