Mexicans celebrate 50-year career of 'ranchera' king Vicente Fernandez
Fernandez has won countless awards during a career spanning five decades.
GUADALAJARA (Reuters) - With lively songs and cheers, fans of Mexico’s famed "King of the Ranchera," Vicente Fernandez, came out to pay tribute to the star’s 50-year career.
Fernandez has won countless awards during a career spanning five decades and released more than 100 albums and appeared in some 25 motion pictures.
Fernandez is considered a folk hero in Mexico, and has attracted a huge following in other Latin American countries as well.
Fernandez is considered the quintessential Mexican crooner. Expansive sombreros, intricately embroidered mariachi suits, a stark black mustache and a rich tenor give him the perfect persona for singing traditional Mexican songs of love and loss.
