Flor Silvestre

(16 August 1930 – 25 November 2020) One of Latin America's favorite singers and movie stars, Flor Silvestre was a chart-topping recording artist, an accomplished actress, and a professional equestrienne. Born in Salamanca, Guanajuato, she began her career in 1943 (more than seventy years ago) and became a great icon of Mexico's golden ages of music and cinema. Flor made her debut at Mexico City's Teatro del Pueblo and shortly thereafter won a singing contest hosted by XEW, the most popular radio station in Mexico. As a result of her successful performance at the contest, she earned a contract to sing professionally at the Teatro Colonial and began to tour Mexico and Central and South America. In 1950, she signed a contract with Discos Columbia De México, S.A. and recorded her first hit single, 15857266. In 1957, she signed with RCA Victor and released the single 8636898. Cielo Rojo became one of her greatest hits. That same year she signed a new contract with the independent Mexican record label Musart, for which she recorded hundreds of songs. She is one of Musart's most successful artists and her hit singles with that label include 13429138, 13429100, 15857377, 15857296, and 15857335. She also recorded many hit albums. Flor also recorded several duets with her late husband and frequent co-star, Antonio Aguilar Barraza. She joined Aguilar's international rodeo show in the mid-1960s. Flor was the matriarch of a musical family. Her younger sisters Queta Jiménez "La Prieta Linda" and Mari Jimenez followed her footsteps. She is the mother of four singers: Dalia Inés, Marcela Rubiales, Antonio Aguilar Hijo, and Pepe Aguilar. Her grandchildren Majo Aguilar, Leonardo Aguilar (3), and Angela Aguilar recently made their recording debuts.