AY! Amor….Tito Guizar

From the LP jacket:

“Ay! Amor is a natural title of any album that features Tito Guizar. In the commanding person of the man who long ago earned the title ‘Singing Idol of All the Americas,’ is represented as romantic a figure as has ever appeared from south of the border. Tito Guizar’s background is almost of storybook proportions. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, the son of a wealthy ranch owner, young Tito originally aimed at a medical career. His great natural musical talents, however, were not to be denied…Tito happens to be a superbly handsome six footer, whose athletic prowess includes the distinction of having been amateur middleweight boxing champion of Mexico and stellar member of his country’s Davis Cup Tennis Team.”

From The Hollywood Reporter:

“Born Federico Guizar y Tolentino on April 8, 1908, in Guadalajara, Mexico, Guizar appeared in more than 20 films and television shows starting in the 1930s. Most recently, he performed in the Spanish soap opera ‘La Usurpadora.’ He portrayed himself in ‘The Big Broadcast of 1938,’ starring Bob Hope, W.C. Fields, Dorothy Lamour and Martha Raye. In 1947, he appeared with Roy Rogers on the TV Western ‘On the Old Spanish Trail.’ Guizar was perhaps the first Mexican singing star to cross over to United States audiences. During the 1930s, he performed in a weekly bilingual radio program, ‘Tito Guizar and His Guitar,’ which was broadcast nationwide on CBS. Guizar died on December 24, 1999 from natural causes in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 91.”

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