Rigo Tovar
Often credited with modernizing the sound of Mexican popular music by adopting
electric guitars and synthesizers, singer Rigoberto Tovar García, aka Rigo
Tovar, was born in the city of Matamoros on March 29, 1946. He relocated to
Houston, Texas, during his early adulthood with the hopes of making it as a
professional musician and, in 1971, he released his first album Matamoros
Querido. In 1976, the album Amor y Cumbia cemented his reputation as a bonafide
hitmaker, catapulting him into international stardom. During that time, he
scored some of the biggest hits of his career, incl...
