Laura Canales Biography
Laura Canales was an American Tejano musician and an original inductee in the Tejano Roots Hall of Fame. Aka “La Reina de la Onda Tejana” (“Queen of the Tejano Wave”) was born in Kingsville, Texas and grew up in Kingsville in a Mexican-American middle-class family. She attended Henrietta M. King High School in Kingsville, where she made her stage debut in the early 1970s with the group Los Unicos and was well known for her remarkable vocals. After her graduation, her father, Perfecto, encouraged her to continue her pursuit of a Tejano music career. She made her recording debut in 1973 with Los Unicos while simultaneously singing with renowned Texas conjunto and norteño group Conjunto Bernal.
Laura Canales Age
Canales’ sunrise was on the 19th of August while his sunset was on the 16th of April 2005. She passed on at the age of 50.
Laura Canales Husband
Speaking of her personal life, Canales married drummer Balde Muñoz in 1981.
Laura Canales Cause Of Death
It was while going to graduate school that Laura Canales initially started encountering issues with her nerve bladder. Subsequent to experiencing routine nerve bladder medical procedure, Canales built up an instance of pneumonia and kicked the bucket all of a sudden on April 16, 2005.
Laura Canales Career
In 1981, Canales wedded drummer Balde Muñoz and framed the gathering Laura Canales and Encanto. Subsequent to marking with Freddie Records, the gathering appreciated colossal achievement.
The gathering’s single, Sí Viví Contigo, was their first real hit. In 1983, Texas Governor Mark White regarded her with the Yellow Rose of Texas Award, the state’s most astounding honor for craftsmen. From 1983 to 1986, Canales won both best female performer and female vocalist respects at the Tejano Music Awards, a record that remained until Selena broke it during the 1990s. In 1987, Canales completed a front of José’s Te Quiero Asi with Mazz’s Joe Lopez which showed up on the band’s collection Beyond.
In 1989, Canales and Balde Muñoz separated. Canales in this manner quit Encanto and went into semi-retirement. She managed a rebound during a flood in global notoriety of Tejano music during the mid-1990s and showed up with the Tejano band, Los Fabulosos Cuatro. As an independent craftsman, this rebound yielded a few understood hits, including Cuatro Caminos, Dame La Mano, and Dile a Tu Esposa.
In the long run, Laura Canales started getting ready for life past Tejano music. Recollecting a guarantee to her mom, she joined up with classes at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Canales graduated with Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Speech Therapy in 1997. Presently, Canales started taking alumni classes at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, progressing in the direction of a Master’s qualification in Communication Science Disorders.
During her breaks from college coursework, Canales started one more rebound by taking an interest with the Leyendas y Raices Tour which included individual Tejano entertainers Carlos Guzman, Augustin Ramirez, Sunny Ozuna, Freddie Martinez, Mario Montes, and Grupo Sierra. In 2000, Canales turned out to be a piece of the five stars of inductees to the Tejano Roots Hall of Fame.
Laura Canales Discography | Laura Canales Albums | Laura Canales Music
- 1990: No regrets
- 1996: Frente a Frente
- 1998: 30 Exitos Insuperables
- 2008: Las Divas De La Musica Tejana
- 2014: Gran Encuentro (20 Éxitos Originales)
- 2018: Visión 20.20 Éxitos