Dolores Vargas | |
Birth Date: | 16 May 1936 |
Birth Place: | Barcelona, Spain |
Death Place: | Valencia, Spain |
Instrument: | Vocals |
Genre: | Andalusian folklore |
Occupation: | Singer |
Years Active: | 1951–1987 |
María Dolores Castellón Vargas (16 May 1936 – 7 August 2016) was a Spanish singer.[1] When she was young she went to sing to the theatre Teatro Calderón of Madrid. She sang alongside her brother, Enrique. Later she appeared on television, notably A la española, directed by Valerio Lazarov (1971).[2]
Her real popularity came with the song Achilipú (The song below).[3]
When her husband died in 1987 she retired. She died in Valencia on 7 August 2016 from complications of leukemia at age 80.[4]