# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tomas-mendez
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:47:05.400Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tomas-mendez"
name: "Tomás Méndez"
slug: "tomas-mendez"
description: "Tomás Méndez was a Mexican composer and singer of ranchera music. He was born in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico. He became famous in the 1950s due to his partnership with singer Lola Beltrán. Their first song together was Gorrioncillo Pecho Amarillo in 1954, and they continued to create further hits such as Cucurrucucú paloma, Tres días, and Bala Perdida. He died in Mexico City on 19 June 1995."
tagline: "Mexican ranchera singer and songwriter (1926–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom%C3%A1s_M%C3%A9ndez_(exposici%C3%B3n_compositores%2C_CDMX)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1926-07-25"
deathDate: "1995-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.23
  momentum:             0.2989130434782609
  historical:           6.160621333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/784148"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "توماس منديز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Tomás Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Tomás Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Tomás Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Tomás Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1f40799c-646d-4dbc-a4f8-af8b0a129297"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7820498"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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