Raquel Meller

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Raquel Meller (9 March 1888 – 26 July 1962), born as Francisca Romana Marqués López, was a Spanish diseuse, cuplé, and tonadilla singer and actress. She was an international star in the 1920s and 1930s, appearing in several films and touring Europe and the Americas. A vaudeville performer, she sang the original versions of well known songs such as "La Violetera" and "El relicario", both written by José Padilla Sánchez. Francisca Romana Marqués López was born in Tarazona, Aragón in the neighborhood of Cinto. Her father, Telesforo Marqués Ibañez, worked as a blacksmith and her mother, Isabel López Sainz, ran a grocery store. Her family was one of the oldest in Aragón and were quite wealthy before becoming impoverished during the Carlist Wars. At the age of four, her family moved to Barcelona. Her father died when she was not yet 10 years old and she was placed under the care of her aunt, Sister María del Carmen, an abbess in the convent at Figueras. When her aunt asked her to become a nun, she escaped from the convent with the help of a gardener's ladder. She moved back to Barcelona where she worked as a seamstress, embroidering the robes of priests and bishops. She sang as she worked, eventually drawing crowds who would stand on the street outside of the dressmaker's shop. Aged 13, she sang at a small cabaret in Valencia. She later appeared in Madrid where she attracted the attention of the King and Queen of Spain. It was at that time that she met the famous singer Marta O

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Raquel Meller, Vol. 1 (Remastered)

Musical Historical Documents No. 1: Raquel Meller

Más que a todo

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Amar en tiempos revueltos

Raices de la Canción Española, Vol. 1

Vintage Spanish Song Nº7 - EPs Collectors

Vintage Spanish Song Nº8 - EPs Collectors

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El Chotis Madrileño En La Revista Musical Española

Desengaño

Si yo tuviera un millón

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Cuples Vol.1

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Coplas de Oro

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