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Their 1954 recording of She's My Babe was the first top 40 R&B recording by a Latino band. In the southwestern United States, Spanish guitar rhythms and Mexican musical influences may have inspired some of the music of American musicians Ritchie Valens, Danny Flores (of The Champs), Sam the Sham, Roy Orbison, and later, Herb Alpert.
This is a list of music artists and bands from Mexico, categorized according to musical genre. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Redbone The Vegas Brothers formed the Mexican-American/Native American funk rock band, Redbone Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of At the Drive-In , The Mars Volta , Bosnian Rainbows (emo-punk, progressive rock)
Mexico 1970–1995 [163] Mexican cumbia, grupera [163] Spanish — 25 million [164] Pedro Infante: Mexico 1939–1967 [165] Mariachi, bolero, rancheras [165] Spanish — 25 million [166] Antonio Aguilar: Mexico 1950–2005 [167] Regional Mexican [167] Spanish — 25 million [168] Romeo Santos: United States 2011–present [169] Bachata [169 ...
In music, several artists have re-located or started their career in Mexico because it is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world. Bands like La Quinta Estación started their career in Mexico because they think only a few Spanish artist become famous internationally and from Mexico they have been able to become known in Argentina ...
Pages in category "American musicians of Mexican descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 356 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Antonio Sánchez, a highly regarded jazz drummer and composer from Mexico City, has been performing with renowned U.S. musicians since he moved to the United States in the early 1990s. He has collaborated with artists such as Pat Metheny , Chick Corea , Michael Brecker , and Gary Burton , in addition to leading his own bands and ensembles.
Norteño band Los Tigres del Norte continued their success from the 1970s with their corridos involving social commentary such as "Jaula de oro" ("The Golden Cage") which tells of a Mexican man who crosses the Mexico-United States border illegally and raises a family in the United States who denies their Mexican heritage while the man longs to ...