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Los Tigres del Norte (The Tigers of the North in English) are a Grammy and Latin Grammy winning norteño-band ensemble, from Rosa Morada, Sinaloa, Mexico. The group was started by Jorge Hernández, his brothers, and his cousins. They began recording after moving to San José, California in the late 1960s, when all the members were still in their teens.^{[citation needed]} They were sponsored by a local record company, Discos Fama, owned by an Englishman named Art Walker, who took them under his wing and helped them find jobs and material, as well as recording all of their early albums.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] History

The Tigres were at first only locally popular, but took off after Jorge and Art Walker heard a Los Angeles mariachi singer perform a song in the early 1970s about a couple of drug runners, Emilio Varela and Camelia la Texana. There had been occasional ballads (corridos, in Mexican terminology) about the cross-border drug trade ever since Prohibition in the 1920s, but never a song as cinematic as this, featuring a woman smuggler who shoots the man and takes off with the money. After getting permission to record this song, Los Tigres del Norte released "Contrabando y Traición" ("Contraband and Betrayal") in 1974^[1]. The song quickly hit on both sides of the border, inspired a series of movies, and kicked off one of the most remarkable careers in Spanish-language pop music.

In Norteño/conjunto form (a style featuring accordion that originated along the Texas border region), Los Tigres del Norte have been able to portray "real life" in a manner that strikes a chord with people across the Americas. Many of their most popular songs consist of tales or corridos about life, love, and the struggle to survive in an imperfect world. They regularly touch on the subject of narcotics and illegal immigration, but they have also shared stories of love and betrayal between a man and a woman. Together, the band and its public has turned norteño music into an international genre. The band has modernized the music, infusing it with bolero, cumbia, rock rhythms, waltzes, as well as sound effects of machine guns and sirens integrated with the music.

The band has won five Latin Grammy Awards and sold 32 million records. ^[2].

The band has performed before the United States Armed Forces in Japan and South Korea^[3].

[edit] Members

Jorge Hernandez: Director, Lead Vocals and Accordion
Hernan Hernandez: Electric Bass, Vocals
Eduardo Hernández: Accordion, Saxophone, Bajo Sexto, Vocals
Luis Hernández: Bajo Sexto, Vocals
Oscar Lara: Drums.

[edit] Former members

Raúl Hernández: Bajo Sexto, vocals
Guadalupe Olivo: Saxophone and Accordion
Freddy Hernandez: Percussions(Deceased)

[edit] Discography

This list excludes many "greatest hits" compilations.

Juana La Traicionera/Por el Amor a Mis Hijos (1968)
Sufro Porque te Quiero/La Cochicuina (1969)
Mi Caballo Ensilado (Single) (1970)
Si,Si,Si/Chayo Chaires (1971)
El Cheque (1972)
No Llorare (Single) (1973)
Contrabando Y Traición (1974)
La Banda Del Carro Rojo (1975)
La Tumba Del Mojado Internacionalmente Nortenos (1976)
Pueblo Querido (1976)
Vivan Los Mojados (1977)
Numero Ocho (1978)
Hermosa Luna (Single)(1979)
El Tahúr (1979)
En La Plaza Garibaldi (1980)
Un Dia A La Vez (1981)
Padre Nuestro - Éxitos Para Siempre (1983)
Carrera Contra La Muerte (1982)
Adolfo Mi Compadre (Single) ( 1984)
Jaula De Oro (1985)
A Ti Madrecita (1985)
El Otro México (1986)
Gracias América—Sin Fronteras (1987)

Ídolos Del Pueblo (1988)
Corridos Prohibidos (1989)
Triunfo Sólido - Mi Buena Suerte (1989)
Para Adoloridos (1990)
Incansables! (1991)
Con Sentimiento Y Sabor - Tan Bonita (1992)
Una Noche Con Los Tigres Del Norte (1992)
La Garra De (1993)
Los Dos Plebes (1994)
El Ejemplo (1995)
Unidos Para Siempre (1996)
Jefe de Jefes (1997)
Así Como Tú (1997)
Herencia De Familia (1999)
De Paisano A Paisano (2000)
Uniendo Fronteras (2001)
La Reina del Sur (2002)
Pacto de Sangre (2004)
Directo al Corazón (2005)
Historias que Contar (2006)
Detalles y Emociones (2007)
Raíces (album) (2008)
Tu Noche con Los Tigres del Norte (2008)
La Granja (2009)

[edit] References

^ Biography at Univision.com
^ article in Washington Post, February 18, 2007
^ Official site

[edit] External links

[univision-biography-0] Biography at Univision.com

[1] rticle in Washington Post, February 18, 2007

[official-2] Official site

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