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Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán
Mexico • b. 1897-01-01
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán is credited on 875 releases across 236 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
875
Pressings credited
236
Albums
8
Decades active
11
In collections
Biography
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán is a Mexican folk ensemble of mariachi music founded in 1897 by Gaspar Vargas. Beginning in 1950 it was under the artistic guidance of the late Rubén Fuentes. The group's musical direction had been the responsibility of Don Jose "Pepe" Martínez from 1975 to around 2013–2014. Now the ensemble is under the direction of Carlos Martínez (ex-director of Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlan).
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
875 releases · 236 albums · active 1952–2023
- Other credits · 1,026
- Performance · 73
Studios: Estudios Polygram México · Soundabout Studios · EMI Capitol De Mexico, S.A. De C.V. · The Complex
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Miguel Aceves Mejia
- Yolanda Del Rio
- Juan Gabriel
- José Alfredo Jiménez
- Amalia Mendoza
- Lucha Villa
- Jorge Negrete
- Estela Nuñez
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