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The best José Alfredo Jiménez songs

The top 3 according to 30 votes from people: El rey · La media vuelta · Si nos dejan. (Updated Mar 11, 2025.)

The king of the ranchera wrote more than three hundred songs; these are the ones all of Mexico can sing.

Alba Cano · · 12 items · 30 votes · 0 comments

Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original

Top 12

  1. 1

    El rey

    His most iconic song: pride and dignity in defeat.

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    3
  2. 2

    La media vuelta

    1963. Part of the traditional Mexican repertoire.

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    3
  3. 3

    Si nos dejan

    A song of hope.

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    3
  4. 4

    Ella

    Abandonment and wounded pride.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  5. 5

    Un mundo raro

    A love drifting away.

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    2
  6. 6

    Que te vaya bonito

    A generous farewell.

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    2
  7. 7

    Paloma querida

    A ranchera love song.

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    2
  8. 8

    Camino de Guanajuato

    Dedicated to his birthplace; an anthem of the state.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  9. 9

    Amanecí en tus brazos

    One of his most covered songs.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  10. 10

    Cuando el destino

    What fate tears apart.

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    1
  11. 11

    Tú y las nubes

    A love as far away as the sky.

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    0
  12. 12

    El jinete

    A rider riding with his sorrow.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

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