Lydia Mendoza's life in music norteño tejano legacies = La historia de Lydia Mendoza - Broyles-González, Yolanda (Oxford University Press, 2001)
Includes bibliographical references and index
About This Book; Brief Chronology; I: Let's weave that story by telling it; II: Vamos hilvanando aquella historia: platicándola; III: Background and analysis; Notes; Appendix; Index
Lydia Mendoza began her legendary musical career as a child in the 1920s, singing for pennies and nickels on the streets of downtown San Antonio. She lived most of her adult life in Houston, Texas, where she was born. The life story of this Chicana icon encompasses a 60-year singing career that began with the dawn of the recording industry in the 1920s and continued well into the 1980s, ceasing only after she suffered a devastating stroke. Her status as a working-class idol continues to this day, making her one of the most prominent and long-standing performers in the history of the recording
Keywords: Mendoza, Lydia; Mendoza, Lydia -- 1916-2007; Singers; MUSIC / Printed Music / General; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Composers & Musicians; Tejano music; Singers -- United States -- Biography; Tejano music -- History and criticism; USA; Biografie