Lola flores cuban singer 1950 biography

Lola Flores, Singer (1923 - 1995)

Lola Flores was born María de los Dolores Flores Ruiz in Jerez de la Frontera on January 21st, 1923.

Her family were poor and from as young as ten she would earn a few pesetas pocket money by singing in the local bars.

Lola flores cuban singer 1950 biography

At the age of fifteen, Lola was in a group with other artists who formed a variety show: "Mary Paz" and in 1940 she managed to convince her father to sell the bar he owned and move the family to Madrid.

The first film she took part in was "Martingala", in which she sang a copla.

At the same time she started taking classes in the academy of the well-known teacher, Quiroga.

Together with Manolo Caracol, they took the musical "Zambra" on tour throughout Spain between 1944 and 1951.

A year later she visited Latin-America for the first time and enjoyed a successful debut being in Mexico. Lola Flores would return numerous times to the American Continent in the years to come. She became known as "La F