Lydia Mendoza's Life in Music: La Historia de Lydia Mendoza: Norteno Tejano Legacies

by Yolanda Broyles-González

Lydia Mendoza began her legendary musical career as a child in the 1920s, singing for pennies and nickels on the streets of downtown San Antonio. She lived most of her adult life in Houston, Texas, where she was born. The life story of this Chicana icon encompasses a 60-year singing career that began with the dawn of the recording industry in the 1920s and continued well into the 1980s, ceasing only after she suffered a devastating stroke. Her status...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195308689
• ISBN13: 9780195308686
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Just reading and learning about Lydia and her life is already inspiring and fabulous, but having a CD included is pure magic!!! Viva Lydia Mendoza!!!