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  "slug": "jose-alfredo-jimenez",
  "name": "José Alfredo Jiménez",
  "description": "José Alfredo Jiménez appears 2 times in our Mariachi list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/jose-alfredo-jimenez/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1950,
    "last": 1971
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 2,
    "list": "Mariachi"
  },
  "appearsOn": [
    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "mariachi",
      "name": "Mariachi",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/mariachi/",
      "entries": 2
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "jose-alfredo-jimenez--el-rey",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/jose-alfredo-jimenez--el-rey/",
      "title": "El Rey",
      "year": 1971,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A man with nothing insisting he is still the king. Jiménez could not read music and wrote a thousand songs; this is the one carved on his tomb.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Jos%C3%A9%20Alfredo%20Jim%C3%A9nez%20El%20Rey",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=0eSzutqhWBA",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 2,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "mariachi",
        "name": "Mariachi",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/mariachi/"
      },
      "artist": "José Alfredo Jiménez"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "jose-alfredo-jimenez--ella",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/jose-alfredo-jimenez--ella/",
      "title": "Ella",
      "year": 1950,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Drinking, dignity and a woman who left. Jiménez wrote the same song repeatedly for two decades and it was a very good song.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Jos%C3%A9%20Alfredo%20Jim%C3%A9nez%20Ella",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ae7PdKveUjY",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 8,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "mariachi",
        "name": "Mariachi",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/mariachi/"
      },
      "artist": "José Alfredo Jiménez"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}