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Sunday, October 23, 2022

LAS PAQUIRAS

Las Paquiras were two lovely Spanish ladies who specialized in cha cha and flamenco and they were active in the 60's.... GET IT HERE enjoy!

Dolores Jiménez Alcántara (La Puebla de Cazalla, Seville, 28 July 1909 – 14 June 1999), known as "Niña de la Puebla "(in Spanish: "The girl from La Puebla"; La Puebla is her birthplace) was one of the greatest flamenco and Andalusian copla singers. Jimenez was born on 28 July 1909, the daughter of a barber. An eye infection at a young age resulted in blindness.] At age 8 she moved with her family to Madrid and began music lessons and studied flamenco. In 1931 Jimenez debuts in Seville. Her style was known as dulce, or sweet. She married another singer in 1934, Lucas Soto Martin, and had five children, two of whom became flamenco professionals. This 7" came out in 1964.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!