Rosalino Sanchez

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I started liking his music when i first heard a song from chalino called “nieves de enero”. Rosalino "Chalino" Sanchez was a Mexican singer and writer perhaps best known for his narcocorrido recordings. On May 16, 1992, he was murdered in Culiacán.
Born in August 30, 1960 in Badiraguato Mexico, and raised in a poor family on a ranch called Las Flecha, Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico. His father was Santos Sánchez and his mother Sannorina Felix. He had seven siblings: Armando, Lázaro, Régulo, Lucas, Espiridión , Francisco, and Juana. From an early age Chalino experienced tragedies and poverty. When he was six years old his father died, throwing his family into turmoil. His sister Juana was raped by a local "mafioso" who lived nearby, prompting Chalino to react by killing the man. He later emigrated to California to escape Mexican authorities.
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Many say that he was the "Rey de los Corridos" (King of Corridos) and that he was one of the best singers ever to sing in Mexico. He made his breakthrough, in terms of publicity, on January 20, 1992. That evening, he was performing at a club in Coachella, California when a patron came up to the stage, pulled a gun, and shot Chalino in the side. Chalino immediately pulled a gun of his own and returned fire.
Chalino Sanchez son Adán Santos Sánchez was an American–Mexican singer who performed under the stage name Adan "Chalino" Sánchez, honoring his famous father who was assassinated in 1992.Sánchez felt that he had to continue on the path of his father’s musical career because his dad wasn’t able to finish the career himself. Songs like “Corona de mi Padre,” “Te Vengo a Ver,” and “Homanaje de mi Padre” were directly influenced by Sánchez’s dad and were Sanchez’s way of mourning his father’s

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