Artist: Fernando Fernández
LP: Hipocrita y Otros Exitos de Fernando Fernández
Song: "Amor Vendido"
(con Orquesta de Sergio Guerrero)
(con Orquesta de Sergio Guerrero)
[ listen ]
Last Saturday I watched a 1947 John Ford film called "The Fugitive," filmed entirely in México and starring Henry Fonda, Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz. In the film's opening credits I noticed there was a character called "The Singer" played by Fernando Fernández, whose 1967 greatest hits compilation I have in my collection. Born in Puebla, México in 1916, Fernando Fernández went on to become one of the premiere crooners of Latin America. He appeared in numerous films, some of them directed by his cousin/step-brother Emilio, others directed by his half-brother Jaime. Even a disfiguring car accident in 1960 didn't keep Fernando Fernández from appearing on the silver screen! You can read more about Fernando here, find a list of films in which he appeared here, and see his mug on a neat movie poster here. You'll find a video clip from one of his old movies, some difficult-to-photograph LP liner notes and a nice head shot of the handsome Sñr. Fernández included below.
Fernando Fernández on YouTube:
[ Fernando Fernández: November 3, 1916 — November 24, 1999 ]
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