Chucho Monge

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{{Short description|Mexican composer}}

Jesús Monge Ramírez (November 9, 1910 – August 9, 1964), better known as Chucho Monge, was a Mexican composer best known for writing traditional songs. Born in Morelia, Michoacán, he is the writer of several well-known songs, including "México Lindo y Querido", "La Feria de las Flores", "Pobre Corazón", and "Cartas Marcadas", among others.{{Cite web |title=SACM Biografía Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México |url=https://www.sacm.org.mx/Informa/Biografia/08048 |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=SACM}}

Monge started his musical career competing against other composers like Agustín Lara and Alfonso Esparza Oteo in waltz composition contests. Later on, he became a radio artist in XEQ, XEW and XEB stations.{{Cite web |title=Famoso compositor de "México lindo y querido" demandó a Agustín Lara por "María bonita" |url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/espectaculos/2022/9/16/famoso-compositor-de-mexico-lindo-querido-demando-agustin-lara-por-maria-bonita-440282.html |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=El Heraldo de México |language=es}}

He developed a partnership with Lucha Reyes, who helped popularize his song “La Feria de las Flores”.{{Cite web |title=Lucha Reyes {{!}} Strachwitz Frontera Collection |url=https://frontera.library.ucla.edu/artists/lucha-reyes |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=frontera.library.ucla.edu}} The song was inspiration for a Disney movie that never happened, for legal reasons.{{Cite web |last=Editorial |date=2016-02-07 |title=Tono y son: Jesús Monge Ramírez |url=https://www.la-chicharra.com/?p=3124 |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=La Chicharra |language=es-MX}}

He co-founded the Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Música de México (Society of Authors and Composers of Music of Mexico), alongside composers Gonzalo Curiel, Alfonso Esparza Oteo, and Tata Nacho.{{Cite web |agency=Europa Press |date=2014-09-16 |title=Rinden homenaje a Chucho Monge, el creador de 'México lindo y querido' |url=https://www.notimerica.com/cultura/noticia-rinden-homenaje-chucho-monge-creador-mexico-lindo-querido-20140916135133.html |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Notimerica}}