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Norberto "Beto" Quintanilla Iracheta (May 23, 1948 – March 18, 2007) was a
Regional Mexican Regional Mexican music refers collectively to the regional subgenres of the country music of Mexico and its derivatives from the Southwestern United States. Each subgenre is representative of a certain region and its popularity also varies by ...
singer and songwriter. He was known as "El Mero León del
Corrido The corrido (Spanish pronunciation: Help:IPA/Spanish, oˈriðo is a famous narrative metrical tale and poetry that forms a Ballad (music), ballad. The songs often feature topics such as oppression, history, daily life for criminals, the vaqu ...
" (The Top Lion of the Corrido)


Biography

Beto Quintanilla was originally from Reynosa, a small town in
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. The date of his birth is unknown, but was some time around 1948. As a child, Quintanilla composed poems or odes to his mother, his teacher, his school, and his country. He left school after only a year of secondary education in order to work in fields alongside his father and his five brothers. His extended family also included three male relatives and two women. The farm was not enough to support the entire family and when he was 13 years old, young Beto relocated to Reynosa, Tamaulipas, where he had found a job milking cows. He did this for a year, and then worked with an aunt in a clothing store for several years. Quintanilla never had any formal musical training. Although he had always written poetry and songs, musical instruments and musical training were scarce, and he knew few musicians. However, at some time during his life on the ranch, he did meet a pair of musicians who played
bajo sexto The bajo sexto ( Spanish: "sixth bass") is a Mexican string instrument from the guitar family with 12 strings in six double courses. It is played in a similar manner to the guitar, with the left hand changing the pitch with the frets on a ...
and
accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...
. He began writing songs for them, and then songs for other groups. Eventually he came to the attention of Ruben Polanco, the artistic director of a record company, and Polanco encouraged him to sing his songs himself. Apparently Quintanilla initially objected that he did not know how to sing and felt out of place when he sang. Polanco told him not to waste time ith excuses that he (Polanco) wanted to sign artists like Quintanilla, and that he (Quintanilla) had a unique style and presence. Quintanilla died in Reynosa on March 18, 2007. The cause of death was a heart attack, said to be related to a drug overdose.


Discography

*''La Carrera Del Chucho'' (2015) *''La Ejecución De Juan'' (2009 *''Los Primeros 15 Rugidos Del León'' (2003) *''Más Corridos'' 2018) *''Corridos Famosos y El Gordo Paz'' (2001) *''El Ratoncito Orejon'' (1997) *''El Ondeao'' (1998) *''Al Filo De La Navaja'' (2001) *''Antonio Fonseca'' (2001) *''En Vivo Desde Linares, Nuevo León'' (2001) *''La Carga Del Diablo'' (2001) *''Pistoleros De Fama'' (2001) *''15 Éxitos de Beto Quintanilla'' (2002) *''Pa' La Raza'' (2002) *''Libertad de Expresión'' (2002) *''Corridos A La Mexicana'' (2003) *''15 Éxitos'' (2004) *''16 Éxitos'' (2004) *''Con Banda Suspiro'' (2004) *''En Vivo'' (2004) *''Gallo Fino'' (2004) *''Mi Historia Musical: 20 Exitos'' (2004) *''Pobreza Infeliz'' (2004) *''Pa' Cantar Hay Que Ser Gallo'' (2004) *''100% Corridos'' (with Lalo Mora) (2005) *''25 Aniversario: En Concierto'' (2005) *''25 Aniversario en Vivo y Directo'' (DVD) (2005) *''Las Clásicas'' (2005) *''Los Ángeles Van al Cielo'' (2004) *''Mi Vida En Canciones—15 Exitos'' (with DVD) (2005) *''Rafael Lucero'' (2005) *''Todo Quintanilla'' (2005) *''Abandone a Mi Amigo'' (2005) *''Corridos Famosos y El Gordo Paz'' (2006) *''Frente Al Frente'' (with Chuy Quintanilla) (2006) *''20 Exitos'' (2006) *''El Beso De Tierra'' (2007) *''Las Claves de Beto Quintanilla '' (2007) *''Mi Hijo No Es Un Cobarde'' (2007) *''Tragedias Reales de la Vida'' (2007) *''Las Viejas Bravas De ...'' (2007) *''Clasicas 15 Éxitos'' (2008) *''El Mero León Del Corrido'' (2000) *''El Pescado Enjabonado'' (2008) *''Le Compré La Muerte A Mi Hijo'' (2003) *''La Santisima Muerte'' (2008) *''Los Primeros Rugidos Del León'' (2008) *''Los Remixes Del Mero León Del Corrido'' (2008) *''Mi Historia Musical—20 Corridos'' (2008) *''Patrulla de Blanco y Negro'' (2008) *''Raquenel Villanueva'' (2000) *''Ratoncito Orejon'' (2008) *''Trans-Am 98'' (2008) *''Con la Banda Yurirense'' (2008) *''La Ejecución De Juan'' (2009) *''Los Remixes Del Mero Leon Del Corrido, Vol. 2'' (2011) *''Mujeres Buenas Malas Y Valientes'' (2011) *''El Mero León Del Corrido 2'' (2012) *''Para Toda La Leonada'' (2012) *''Las Clásicas'' (2013) *''Mis Primero Éxitos'' (2013) *''Puros Corridos, Vol. 1'' (2014)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quintanilla, Beto 1948 births 2007 deaths Singers from Nuevo León 20th-century Mexican male singers 21st-century Mexican male singers