Laura Canales

Quick Facts

Full Name	Laura Canales
Occupation	World Music Singer
Date Of Birth	Aug 19, 1954(1954-08-19)
Age	70
Date Of Death	2005-04-16
Birthplace	Kingsville
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Leo

Laura Canales Biography

Laura Canales is one of the most popular and richest World Music Singer who was born on August 19, 1954 in Kingsville, Texas, United States. The pioneer of Tejano music, who has been inducted into the Tejano Roots Hall of Fame.

Linda Ronstadt sang the original version of “Midnight Blue,” which Canales did a cover of.

In the mid-1970s, Canales was a founding member of tejano band Snowball & Company, which also went by the name, Felicidad. The band released several full-length albums and singles under both group names on San Antonio label, Fireball Records, including a cover of the song Midnight Blue, the first regional hit of Canales’ career. Snowball choose the recording engineer & producer Paul Westbrook since he was recording and producing most of the hits in the Tejano music scene in those early days. Members included Laura Canales (lead vocals), Oscar Soliz (keyboards, accordion, bass, harmonica), Miro Valdez (guitar, vocals), Juan Rodriguez (bass, vocals, accordion), and Balde Muñoz (drums, percussion). The band was managed by Oscar Muñoz.

Laura Canales was raised in Kingsville, Texas, a small ranching town located fifty miles southwest of Corpus Christi, Texas. She attended Henrietta M. King High School in Kingsville, where she was well known for her remarkable vocals. After graduation, her father, Perfecto, encouraged her to continue her pursuit of a tejano music career. She made her recording debut in 1973 with Los Unicos while simultaneously singing with renowned Texas conjunto and norteño group Conjunto Bernal.

She was born living in Kingsville, Texas, a ranch town located fifty miles away away from Corpus Christi.

Laura Canales Net Worth

Laura Canales is one of the richest World Music Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Laura Canales 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The choir director at her high school advised her to write music, and she began performing with a popular version to “Midnight Blue.”

She received numerous accolades for her singing talents, such as Female Entertainer of the Year in 1981 and Female Vocalist of the Year in the year 1981.

Laura Canales (August 19, 1954 – April 16, 2005) was an American Tejano musician and an original inductee in the Tejano Roots Hall of Fame. Canales was born in Kingsville, Texas.

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Who is Laura Canales Dating?

According to our records, Laura Canales married to Balde Muñoz. As of December 1, 2023, Laura Canales’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Laura Ranked on the list of most popular World Music Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Laura Canales celebrates birthday on August 19 of every year.

Top Facts about Laura Canales

1. Laura Canales was a Tejano music pioneer.
2. She was born on August 19, 1954 in Kingsville, Texas.
3. Canales began her music career at age six.
4. Her debut album “Ingrato Corazon” was released in 1975.
5. Canales won the Tejano Music Award for Female Vocalist of the Year five times.
6. She recorded over a dozen albums throughout her career.
7. Canales passed away on April 16, 2005 at age 50 due to complications from diabetes.
8. She is considered one of the most influential female artists in Tejano music history.
9. Canales’ hit songs include “Triste y Abandonado” and “Siempre Junto a Ti.”
10. In 2010, she was posthumously inducted into the Tejano Roots Hall of Fame.

What happened to Laura Canales?

Illness and death. It was while attending graduate school that Laura Canales first began experiencing problems with her gall bladder. After undergoing routine gall bladder surgery, Canales developed a case of pneumonia and died suddenly on April 16, 2005.

Did Selena meet Laura Canales?

It’s unclear whether Selena and Laura met at the Tejano Awards, but they did know each other. There’s no proof that two of Tejano music’s most high- profile women ever had a convo in the powder room. But, according to Encyclopedia.com, Canales was a mentor to Quintanilla in the early days of Los Dinos.

How old was Laura Canales when died?

50 years (1954–2005)

Was Laura Canales Mexican?

Laura Canales, known as “La Reina de la Onda Tejana” (“Queen of the Tejano Wave”), was born on August 19, 1954, in Kingsville, Texas. She grew up in Kingsville in a Mexican-American middle class family.

What happened to Johnny Canales?

Canales’ wife, Nora, said they tried to film a pilot in 2008 but the project came to a standstill after he suffered a series of health problems including a stroke. After heart surgery and physical therapy he has made a full recovery. He continues to have health problems to this day.