Amparo Montes

Amparo Montes (aka Amparo Meza Cruz ; born April 22, 1925 in Tapachula ; † January 13, 2002 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican singer.

Amparo Meza Cruz made her debut as a singer at the age of fourteen on the XEQ channel in the Quiero trabajar program . During appearances in the XEW in 1943 Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta gave her the stage name Amparo Montes. She made a name for herself as one of the last great Mexican bolero singers. In 1970 she opened La Cueva de Amparo Montes , where she performed regularly for thirty years, accompanied by a guitarist and a pianist. Her repertoire included compositions by Agustín Lara , Gabriel Ruiz , Gonzalo Curiel , Alvaro Carrillo , Armando Manzanero , Mario Ruiz Armengol , Miguel Prado , Miguel Pous and others. She became known with titles such as Azul , Perfidia , Hay que saber perder , Piensa en mí , Cucurumbé , La Muñeca Fea , Ya Nada Soy , Pensando en ti and Tu ausencia .

In addition, Montes also worked as a singer in some film and television productions. Maricarmen de Lara made a documentary about her in 1993. The Museo de la Ciudad de México dedicated a tribute to her on the 60th stage anniversary under the title Señora Bolero , on which Pepe Jara and José Amado , among others, participated. Her last appearance was in November 2001 at the Barrio Antiguo de Monterrey Festival . Two days later she was hospitalized with pneumonia and died there in January 2002 of a heart attack.

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SURNAME	Montes, Amparo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Meza Cruz, Amparo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	mexican singer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 22, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tapachula
DATE OF DEATH	January 13, 2002
Place of death	Mexico city