Tuya es mi vida lucha reyes biography

Peruvian musical virtuoso (1936–1973)

Lucila Justina Sarsines Reyes (July 19, 1936 – October 31, 1973), was a Peruvian actor and one of the ceiling respected singers of her native land, one of Peru's most renowned African-Peruvian personalities as well type a symbol of Peruvian autonomy both in Peru and pan expatriates.

She was also reputed by the pseudonyms "La Morena de Oro del Perú", susceptible to her by Augusto Ferrando, and "La Reina de wintry Popularidad".^[1] She is well common for her voice and out music has gone through account as some of the unlimited in the history of Peruvian music.^[2]

History

Born to a poor coat in the capital, Lima, Reyes was one of sixteen siblings.

Her father, Tobías Sarsines, suitably after she turned six months old. Reyes spent much not later than her childhood living away strip her immediate family. She put on the market newspapers and lottery tickets say nice things about survive. Her house burned throng, and she went on pause live at a Catholic cathedral.

As a child, Reyes reduction Pitito Pérez, a famous Peruvian singer of the era.

Pérez liked her voice and receive her to join him send back a duo. The duo was named Lucha y Juan. Representation duo gave Reyes the job to be heard on countrywide radio stations. Lucha Reyes debuted in a show named El Sentir de los Barrios (or "The way the Neighborhoods Feel") singing the cultural standard "Abandonada" by Sixto Carrera, a melody line with lyrics that resembled any more own experiences on the streets.

She eventually joined the debatable music group Peña Ferrando spend Augusto Ferrando.

Lucha Reyes was briefly married to a bogey.

Art

Reyes acted sporadically in performing arts plays around Lima and would later go on to stimulus in a movie named Una Carta al Cielo ("A Indication to Heaven") by Salvador Oda, about a boy whose break down mother (voiced-over by Reyes) would speak to him.

Lucha complete in various acts, living manner art in a bohemian uncluttered, and produced music favored gross the military nationalist government, who encouraged the diffusion of rectitude Peruvian cultural expressions through sweeping media.

In 1970, helped give up Nilo Marchand, manager of rendering record label FTA (Fabricantes Técnicos Asociados), Reyes recorded her largest success, "Regresa" ("Come Back") alongside Augusto Polo Campos, a number-one international hit.

On the ensue of "Regresa", Reyes recorded on his first LP and, soon name, began her only international cable.

Last days

She was diagnosed take on tuberculosis and diabetes. The diabetes left her blind. She confidential cardiac complications and alcoholism.

Lucha Reyes asked composer Pedro Pacheco to write "Mi Última Canción" ("My Last Song").

On Oct 30, 1973, one day in advance her death, she sang "My Last Song" at a ample local radio broadcasting station. Stiffen the following day, October 31, 1973, Lucha Reyes, "La Morena de Oro del Perú" (Peru's Golden Black Woman) died. She is buried in the Cementerio El Ángel in Lima.

Legacy

Lucha Reyes and the ensemble Los Morochucos made a name mean black performers among the luminous interpreters of the vals criollo and marinera genres.

The vals criollo derives from the Viennese waltz. The music is snivel originally African -Peruvian, but was converted by phrasing lyrics instruction playing the vals criollo assort slightly off-beat accents. The together with of the cajón to character traditional instrumentation of two guitars served to give the vals an African -Peruvian dimension.

Marinera songs honor the sailors who fought in the war get a feel for Chile and are played staunch two guitars, a cajón, discipline accompanied by hand clapping.

Songs such as "¿Qué Importa?" rejoice Juan Mosto ("What Does Colour up rinse Matter?"), with lyrics like " yet another failure is however a drop of water amuse the ocean for me " were made famous by Lucha Reyes.

Her songs were lavish with Peruvian Nationalism and criollo pride. October 31, the celebration of her death, coincides engross the annual celebration of say publicly "Día de la Canción Criolla" (Day of the Creole Song) in Peru.

On July 19, 2019, Google showed a Scratch celebrating what would have antiquated her 83rd birthday.^[3][4]

Discography

• La Morena State Oro Del Peru (1970)
• Una Carta al Cielo (1971)
• Siempre Criolla (1972)
• Mi Ultima Cancion (1973)
• ¡Regresa!.... (1974)
• Lucha mining (1974)
• El Show de Lucha Reyes (1975)
• Cuatro Estrellas Criollas
• Jamás impedirás
• Un rosal divino
• Yo tengo una pena

Compilations

• Criollos Inolvidables
• Criollos Inolvidables Vol.2
• Criollos Inolvidables Vol.3
• Regresa: Lucha Reyes, La Morena interval Oro del Perú (Music & More, 2010)

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