Pedro Infante

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• Born: November 18, 1917 to Delfino infante Cruz and María Del Refugio Cruz Aranda in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico

• Third of 5 children

• Father was a musician

• Very poor

• Learned carpenter trade of his father

• Pedro's love for music came from his father

• 1933 father forms group (in Guamuchil) called "La Rabia". Pedro is in group at 16 years of age

• At 20 joins orchestra of Don Luis Ibarra. Gets father into group

• Meets future wife while in Ibarra group

• Moves to Mexico City and takes María with him

• 1940 - audition for program at XEB radio station

• Sings on program 3 times a week

• Later in 1940 appears in first film "Puedes Irte De Mi'. This film launches his film career

• "La Feria De Las Flores" is first film that brings him into the public mainstream

• 1943 Don Guillermo Kornhauser offers Pedro contract with "Discos Peerless"

• First recorded song is "El Duranzo"

• March 25, 1948 release of film "Nosotros Los Pobres". Most widely viewed film in Mexican cinema history.

• 1949 in first of two plane crashes

• 1950 to 1954 appears in 27 films

• 1956 father dies

• April 15, 1957 Pedro Infante dies in plane crash

• 59 total films

• Javier Solís may have been the undisputed king of the Bolero, but, Pedro Infante is the only singer to give him a run for his money