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Lydia Mendoza began her legendary musical career as a child in the 1920's, singing for pennies and nickels on the streets of downtown San Antonio. She lived most of her adult life in Houston, Texas, where she was born. The life story of this Chicana icon encompasses a 60-year singing career that began with the dawn of the recording industry in the 1920's and continued well into the 1980's, ceasing only after she suffered a devastating stroke. Her status as a working-class idol continues to this day, making her one of the most prominent and long-standing performers in the history of the recording

Singers --- Tejano music --- Música tejana --- Tex-Mex music --- Texas-Mexican music --- Folk music --- Mexican Americans --- Popular music --- History and criticism. --- Mendoza, Lydia. --- Mendoza, Lidya --- United States --- Biography --- Tejano music - History and criticism. --- Mendoza, Lidia

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"Corazón abierto: Mexican American voices in Texas music provides a wide view of the myriad contributions Mexican American artists have made to music in Texas and the United States. Based on interviews with longtime stalwarts of Mexican American music -- Flaco Jimenez, Tish Hinojosa, Ernie Durawa, Rosie Flores, and others -- and also conversations with newer voices like Lesly Reynaga, Marisa Rose Mejia, Josh Baca, and many more, Kathleen Hudson allows the musicians to tell their own stories in a unique and personal way. As the artists reveal in their free-ranging discussions with Hudson, their influences go far beyond traditionally Mexican genres like conjunto, norteño, and Tejano to extend into rock, jazz, country-western, zydeco, and many other styles. Hudson's survey also includes essays, poetry, and other creative works by Dagoberto Gilb, Sandra Cisneros, and others, but the core of the book consists of what she describes as 'a collection of voices from different locations in Texas. . . . Some represent voices from the edge, while others give us a view from the center.' Weaving together a tapestry that combines 'family, borders, creativity, music, food, and community,' the book presents an image as varied and difficult to define as the musicians themselves. By sharing the artists' accounts of their influences, their experiences, their family stories, and their musical and cultural journeys, Corazón abierto reminds us that borders can be gateways, that differences enrich, rather than isolate"--

Tejano (Musique) --- Americains d'origine mexicaine --- Musiciens americains d'origine mexicaine --- Tejano music --- Mexican Americans --- Mexican American musicians --- Histoire et critique. --- History and criticism. --- Texas. --- Texas --- Moeurs et coutumes. --- Social life and customs.