Rocio Durcal

María de los Ángeles de las Heras Ortiz, known professionally as Rocio Durcal, was a Spanish singer and actress. She became known in the 1960s through the musical films she starred in as both actress and singer. Rocio Durcal went nude in Dites le Avec Des Fleurs (1974), and Me Siento Extrana followed in 1977. She was born on October 4, 1944, in Madrid, Spain, and died on March 25, 2006. Later she gave up acting to focus on music, singing canción melódica, boleros and rancheras. In Mexico people called her the Queen of rancheras, and many rank her among the greatest Spanish-language singers. In 2005 she received the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a similar honor at Spain's Premios de la Música.