Vicente Fernández is one of the singers of most important ranchera music in Mexico. It is no secret that his legacy is immeasurable, thanks to his peculiar voice, characteristic charro dress and wide-brimmed hat.
“These jealousies”, “Beautiful affection”, “A million springs”, “Divine Women” i “Here between us” these are just some of his biggest hits. However, there was a specific song with which he became one icon of our country.
Brief history of his life
Vicente Fernández Go’mez was born the 17 from February of 1940 in the town of Huentitán L’Alt, Jalisco. When he was just 14 years old he participated and won a singing contest in Guadalajara. From this time he began to singing in restaurants, weddings and family reunions.
In 1966, when ‘Chente’ he was 26, he signed his contract with the record company CBS Mexico (Currently called Sony Music Mexico). “Your Way and Mine”, “Sorry” and “Cantina de l’Barri” were his first successful songs.
Already in the decade of the 70, its artistic trajectory expands until the seventh art, Debuting in the film One and a half against the world (1973). He has since participated in more than 25 Mexican films.
The song by Vicente Fernández that made him famous
However, although its popularity had already reached impressive levels, in 1976 he did even more, When the composer Fernando Z. Maldonado he composed a song that talks about a male man who accepts that he was wrong and failed the woman he loves. His name? “Back, back”.
“The song broke all sales records and it was heard in all the spokes of the chariots, in all the stereos of the houses, and in all the rocks. This song made him one international star and so began his unforgettable and impressive hit list“, Reads in his official biography.
“Back, back” is so important for Vicente Fernández that a few years ago, during a concert, he and his son, Alejandro Fernández ‘El Poltre’, They sing this song and ‘Chente’ he states that he would like them to sing it while they are burying it.
“This song is for me very special. I think the day they bury me, everyone sang it“On television or wherever they are watching,” he said legendary singer in that presentation.