They called her the "Lark of the Border." Lydia Mendoza was the first star of recorded Tejano and Norteno music. Thanks to her 12-string guitar and her clear, heartfelt voice, she became a sensation ...

Lydia Mendoza lets go of her walker and gently drops into a loveseat. As her son-in-law raises the volume on one of her cassette tapes, she looks down and begins twisting her jewelry -- a thick black ...

SAN ANTONIO — Lydia Mendoza, a Tejano music pioneer known as "The Lark of the Border," has died. She was 91. Mendoza, who retired and moved from Houston to San Antonio in 1988 after a series of ...

She was one of the great singers of the 20th century, rising to icon status throughout the Spanish-speaking world with her songs of the Texas and Mexican borderlands. And her gift was worthy of ...

Lydia Mendoza, an early star of Mexican-American music whose passionate, despairing songs about working-class life on both sides of the border made her a trailblazer for the Tejano genre, has died.

For Hispanic Heritage Month, as part of our “Hidden Histories” series, we look back on the life of Lydia Mendoza, a Mexican American singer whose music bridged styles and cultures to tell the stories ...

The U.S. Postal Service kicked off its new Music Icons series with a stamp honoring the great Lydia Mendoza (1916-2007), one of the first and greatest female singers in Texas music. The stamp, ...

Lydia Mendoza Clarkston was born in El Paso, Texas on October 20th, 1938. She passed away on June 10th, 2024. She was one of six children born to her parents José & Gregoria Mendoza. As the only ...