Las Jilguerillas | |
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| Origin | Cañada de Ramírez, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Genres | Ranchera |
| Years active | 1955–2021[1] |
| Labels | COSMOS Records[1] |
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Las Jilguerillas was a Mexican ranchera duo that was formed in the mid-1950s by sisters Imelda and María Amparo Higuera.[1]
The municipal president of Numarán considers them icons of ranchera music,[2] and they have had several successful tours in both Mexico and the United States.[3] They have also have appeared in several Mexican films.[3]
Sisters Imelda and María Amparo Higuera started singing together as children and were discovered by another Mexican sibling duo, Dueto América, in the 1950s.[1] They released their first official single, Chaparrita Consentida, on 5 July 1955.[3] Almost immediately, they became a huge success, selling records both in their country and among the Hispanic population in the United States.[4]
Their records were first arranged and produced by Gilberto Parra, and later by Cornelio Reyna, and accompanied instrumentally by various Mexican musicians. After the death of Imelda on 20 July 2004,[5] María Amparo continued to perform until she was joined by Mercedes Castro in 2007.[3][4]
The group has won many awards throughout its career, including the Eréndira State Prize of the Arts in 2017.[3] In 2018, the municipality of Numarán erected a commemorative plaque at their childhood home in Cañada de Ramírez at a ceremony attended by María Amparo.[2]
In 2021, María Amparo Higuera died due to cardiac arrest[6] and the group was therefore disbanded.