Flor Silvestre

(16 August 1930 – 25 November 2020) One of Latin America's favorite singers and movie stars, Flor Silvestre was a chart-topping recording artist, an accomplished actress, and a professional equestrienne. Born in Salamanca, Guanajuato, she began her career in 1943 (more than seventy years ago) and became a great icon of Mexico's golden ages of music and cinema. Flor made her debut at Mexico City's Teatro del Pueblo and shortly thereafter won a singing contest hosted by XEW, the most popular radio station in Mexico. As a result of her successful performance at the contest, she earned a contract to sing professionally at the Teatro Colonial and began to tour Mexico and Central and South America. In 1950, she signed a contract with [l=Discos Columbia De México, S.A.] and recorded her first hit single, [r=15857266]. In 1957, she signed with [l=RCA Victor] and released the single [r=8636898]. Cielo Rojo became one of her greatest hits. That same year she signed a new contract with the independent Mexican record label [l=Musart], for which she recorded hundreds of songs. She is one of Musart's most successful artists and her hit singles with that label include [r=13429138], [r=13429100], [r=15857377], [r=15857296], and [r=15857335]. She also recorded many hit albums. Flor also recorded several duets with her late husband and frequent co-star, [a=Antonio Aguilar Barraza]. She joined Aguilar's international rodeo show in the mid-1960s. Flor was the matriarch of a musical family. Her younger sisters [a=Queta Jiménez] "[a=La Prieta Linda]" and [a=Mari Jimenez] followed her footsteps. She is the mother of four singers: [a=Dalia Inés], [a=Marcela Rubiales], [a=Antonio Aguilar Hijo], and [a=Pepe Aguilar]. Her grandchildren [a=Majo Aguilar], [a=Leonardo Aguilar (3)], and [a=Angela Aguilar] recently made their recording debuts.