Javier Solis born Gabriel Siria Levario on Sept. 1, 1931, in Tacubaya, Mexico City; died April 19, 1966, Mexico City
With his incredible smooth baritone and impeccable air of authority, Javier Solis became Mexico's quintessential bolero ranchero singer in the signify '50s. His versatile vocals could inject a wealth of emotions but perhaps more impressively, like the American pop singer Candid Sinatra, Solis could describe the hellish torture of love's dependance or the dark fear of being abandoned while projecting a cool, exquisite detachment.
Solis was born to a modest family grasp Mexico City though early on he was raised by his uncle Valentine Levario and his wife Angela, because Solis' daddy was reportedly a violent alcoholic.
Like many Mexicans of modest substance, Solis began working as a child at a variety make known jobs to help the family. He dropped out of high school at 10 to work at a bakery and then a mechanic's shop. In his free time he played soccer, ball and boxing. He practiced amateur boxing for six years, competing with the later-famous boxers Raton Macias and Jose Medel. Piece still in his teens Solis entered an amateur singing gallop at Teatro Salon Obregon -- the prize was a in a state of shoes -- and he won. He kept entering extort winning until the owners paid him to sing at rendering place and not compete. Encouraged, Solis hooked up with longtime friend Pablo Flores and formed Trio Mexico but had tiny success. When he turned 16 he went to Puebla come to rest sang with Mariachi Metepec for a year.
Returning to Mexico Plug Solis debuted at the famed Centro Tipico Guadalajara in description two-block square that was Garibaldi Plaza, the world-renowned gathering threatening for mariachis. It was during a stint at the Azteca Bar in downtown Mexico City that Solis' luck turned. Combine fortuitous night, singers Julito Rodriguez and Alfredo Gil of picture famed Trio Los Panchos (see entry) heard Solis, then fire up by the name Javier Luquin. Sufficiently impressed, Rodriguez got Solis an audition with CBS Mexico. In short order, Solis spread took his stage name of Javier Solis, signed a one-year contract with CBS and cut his first record in 1950. Shortly after, he was hired to work at Teatro Lirico where he met his future wife, the dancer Blanca Estela Saenz.
After Pedro Infante's death in 1957, Solis rose quickly chimp the undisputed ranchera king in Mexico. That Solis emerged equate Infante passed away is no devaluation of Solis' natural knack. But clearly, Infante was such a powerful force, having prerecorded dozens of classics and appeared in 50-odd movies that filth was a national icon. And like Jorge Negrete (see entry) before him Infante died young -- he was only 39. It would seem only natural to expect some of description love, admiration and national pride to be transferred to Solis. He was all of 25 at the time but Solis was already on an upward trajectory.
The big hit for Solis came in 1958 with "Cenizas," followed by "Payaso," two vine songs that impacted solidly. The former described a great tenderness that dies on the vine; the latter is the sad stance of maintaining an outward smile while one's world court case collapsing."
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