La Mona Jiménez
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{{family name hatnote|Jiménez|Rufino|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = La Mona Jiménez
|image = Mona_Jimenez_-_oct2008_(6).jpg
|caption = Mona Jiménez in La Falda (2008).
|image_size = 200px
|landscape = Yes
|background = solo_singer
|birth_name = Juan Carlos Jiménez Ruffino
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|1|11|df=y}}
|birth_place =Córdoba, Argentina
|genre = Cuarteto
|occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician
|website = {{official website|http://www.cmj.com.ar/}}
}}
Juan Carlos Jiménez Rufino (born 11 January 1951), known as La Mona Jiménez, is a cuarteto singer and songwriter, heralded as one of the most prominent performers of the genre.
Early life
Juan Carlos Jiménez Rufino was born on 11 January 1951 in Córdoba, Argentina.{{cite book|title=Juan Carlos Jiménez Rufino, La Mona|last=Cuadrado|first=Jorge|date=2010|location=Córdoba|publisher=Raíz de dos|language=es|isbn=9789872471767}} He is of Afro-Argentine descent.{{cite thesis|url=https://rdu.unc.edu.ar/bitstream/handle/11086/14983/Ram%C3%ADrez%20-%20%E2%80%9CC%C3%B3rdoba%20es%20afrodescendiente%E2%80%9D.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y|title="Córdoba es afrodescendiente": Etnografía sobre la emergencia de identificaciones "afrocordobesas" y la organización de la Mesa Afro Córdoba.|last=Ramírez|first=Agustín|date=2018|location=Córdoba|publisher=National University of Córdoba|language=es|page=98|type=Licenciatura}}{{cite news|url=https://www.eldiariocba.com.ar/culturales/2022/9/10/africa-en-cordoba-algo-mas-que-un-tostado-en-la-piel-80118.html|work=El Diario de Córdoba|title="África en Córdoba", algo más que un tostado en la piel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910172422/https://www.eldiariocba.com.ar/culturales/2022/9/10/africa-en-cordoba-algo-mas-que-un-tostado-en-la-piel-80118.html|archive-date=10 September 2022|date=10 September 2022|access-date=11 January 2023|language=es}} He earned the nickname La Mona ("the she-monkey") from his parents, who noted his resemblance to Cheeta the Chimpanzee from the Tarzan TV series.{{cite news|url=http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernota.asp?id_nota=300792&noredirect=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927035028/http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernota.asp?id_nota=300792&noredirect=1|date=2 September 2011|archive-date=27 September 2011|title=Internaron a la "Mona" Jiménez|work=La Gaceta|language=es}}
Musical career
He started singing with Cuarteto Berna when he was 15 years old after winning a contest among 40 other singers. With this group he recorded five albums.{{cite news|url=https://www.lavoz.com.ar/ciudad-equis/carli-jimenez-heredero-de-la-fuerza/|work=La Voz del Interior|title=Carli Jiménez: heredero de la fuerza|last=Playo|first=José|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518130816/https://www.lavoz.com.ar/ciudad-equis/carli-jimenez-heredero-de-la-fuerza/|archive-date=18 May 2021|date=25 February 2016|access-date=11 January 2023|language=es}}
His first hit was La flaca Marta ("Skinny Marta") from the album Para toda América ("For All America"), released in 1984. His success allowed him to buy three brand-new cars and a house in the barrio of Cerro de Las Rosas, and to pay off a mortgage.
In 40 years of musical career Jiménez has recorded more than 85 CDs and sold more than 36 million copies all over Argentina. His 62nd CD, titled Beso a beso con La Mona ("From kiss to kiss with La Mona") sold more than one hundred thousand copies just in Córdoba. He received the Platinum Konex Award for best Cuarteto soloist/band of the 1985–1995 decade in 1995 and of the 1995–2005 decade in 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.fundacionkonex.org/b1808-carlos-la-mona-jimenez|work=Fundación Konex|title=Carlos "La Mona" Jiménez|access-date=11 January 2023|language=es}}
He has two daughters, Lorena and Natalia, and a son, Carli, who is also a cuarteto musician.{{cite news|url=https://www.lavoz.com.ar/vos/tv/natalia-la-hija-de-la-mona-jimenez-rompio-el-silencio-intente-muchas-veces-vincularme-con-mi-papa/|work=La Voz del Interior|title=La hija extramatrimonial del ídolo del cuarteto habló en televisión sobre un encuentro que mantuvo con Juana y reveló que el músico no la recibe.|date=20 September 2022|access-date=11 January 2023|language=es}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140820154823/http://tunga-tunga.com.ar/ Tunga Tunga] — Cuarteto Website.
- {{official website|http://www.cmj.com.ar/}} {{in lang|es}}
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Category:Afro-Argentine musicians