Rebekah Del Rio (born 10 July 1967) is an American singer/songwriter and actress from

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. The San Diego Union-Tribune voted Del Rio one of the "Top 10 Singers in San Diego", after which she moved to Los Angeles in 1989 to further develop her career. After recording the song "Llorando", a

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version of

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's "

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", she moved to

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in 1994. There, she was signed to

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's label, Giant Records, and recorded her first album, ''Nobody's Angel''. The title track was released on a compilation album and made it to No. 2 on the singles charts in the

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. Her vocals can be heard on numerous

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s including ''

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'', '' Streets of Legend'', '' Man on Fire'', and '' Mia Sarah''. Del Rio made a

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's 2001 film '' Mulholland Drive'', singing "Llorando"

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. She is also featured in Richard Kelly's film '' Southland Tales,'' providing solo vocals in a string arrangement of "

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". She performed the song "No Stars", written in collaboration with David Lynch and John Neff, at the end of Part 10 of '' Twin Peaks: The Return''. Joining Del Rio on stage was the musician

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on guitar.

Performance in ''Mulholland Drive'' film

The filmmaker

created the scene in the neo-noir film ''Mulholland Drive'' in which Del Rio sings in the Club Silencio after hearing her sing " Llorando" at his home studio on the suggestion of the music agent Brian Loucks. Lynch then invited her to perform in the film. Lynch called this "a happy accident." Del Rio's emotional rendition of the song inspired the creation and development of the scene itself. In his book ''The Impossible David Lynch'', Todd McGowan describes Del Rio's performance with the phrase "the voice as the impossible object." In the nightclub scene, Del Rio is introduced as "La Llorona de Los Ángeles" (Crying Woman from Los Angeles), who belts out the song in a depressive stupor, only to faint onstage while the song continues playing. Film critic Zina Giannopoulou interprets the song's performance and the (symbolic) death of the singer as a parallel to the relationship between the two female

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characters, Diane/Betty and Rita/Camilla.

Discography

* ''Nobody's Angel'' (1994) * ''Mulholland Drive Soundtrack'' - "Llorando" (2001) * ''All My Life/Toda Mi Vida'' (2003) * ''Southland Tales Soundtrack'' - "Star Spangled Banner" (2008) * ''Love Hurts Love Heals'' (2011) * ''Wicked Game'' - "Llorando" duet with Il Divo (2011)

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Del Rio, Rebekah 1967 births Living people Singers from San Diego American women singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from California American musicians of Mexican descent 21st-century American women

Performance in ''Mulholland Drive'' film

Discography

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