# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lydia-mendoza
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:49:05.577Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lydia-mendoza"
name: "Lydia Mendoza"
slug: "lydia-mendoza"
description: "Lydia Mendoza was a Mexican-American guitarist and singer of Tejano and traditional Mexican-American music. Historian Michael Joseph Corcoran has stated that she was \"The Mother of Tejano Music\", an art form that is the uniquely Texas cultural amalgamation of traditional Mexican, Spanish, German, and Czech musical roots. She recorded on numerous labels over the course of her six-decade career of live performing. The aggregate total of her records numbers an estimated 200 different Spanish-language songs on at least 50 LP record albums. In 1977, she performed at the Inauguration of President Jimmy Carter, as part of the line-up for the Inaugural Folk Dance and Concert. Her most well-known tune was \"Mal Hombre\", a song she had heard as a child."
tagline: "Mexican-American guitarist and singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lydia_Mendoza.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1916-05-31"
deathDate: "2007-12-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.8
  momentum:             2.238805970149254
  historical:           9.689094666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579323/"
    handle:    "nm0579323"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "ليديا مندوزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليديا مندوزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "لیدیا مندوزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Mendoza"
    title: "Lydia Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Mendoza"
    title: "Lydia Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Mendoza"
    title: "Lydia Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Mendoza"
    title: "Lydia Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Mendoza"
    title: "Lydia Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5"
    title: "リディア・メンドーサ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/df2a707c-9cdf-462e-8705-09b61087dec7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864524"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2413457"
    title: "Lydia Mendoza"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump