Hilda Murillo

Hilda Murillo
Born
Hilda Murillo Saavedra

(1951-12-15) December 15, 1951 (age 73)
Guayaquil, Ecuador
OccupationSinger
Political partySocial Christian
Spouse
Pío Cupello
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(died 2011)​
Parents

Hilda Murillo Saavedra (born December 15, 1951) is an Ecuadorian singer, also known as "La Triunfadora de América".

Biography

Hilda Murillo was born in Guayaquil on December 15, 1951, the daughter of singer and music teacher Fresia Saavedra and guitarist and composer Washington Murillo.[1][2] Singing since age four, at seven she recorded a disc of children's tunes with the Orquesta América.[1] This produced the hit songs "La Marcha de las Letras" and "La Canción de los Domingos".[3] She would later record more Ecuadorian songs together with her mother.[2] In her youth she studied medicine, but dropped out in her third year to dedicate herself to music, particularly the genres of pasillo, bolero, and ballad.[1][2]

The title track of her 1973 album Palabras, Palabras was a #1 hit on Miami radio, and was awarded a gold record.[4][5] She was declared Woman of the Year by Vanidades magazine, in addition to being named the most successful Latina artist by the Association of Latin Entertainment Critics.[2]

Hilda Murillo represented Ecuador at the OTI Festival 1974 in Mexico. She has also been a television presenter, and president of the Association of Professional Artists of Guayas (ASAPG).[2]

In 2018, she received a Boca en Boca Award for her musical career from TC Televisión in Guayaquil. That year she also released her album Hilda Murillo para siempre.[6] In the same year she sang with her mother at the Museum de Pasillo in Quito where people had gathered to recognise the 87 year old singer Héctor Jaramillo [es].[7]

She was a candidate for the National Assembly in 2021, representing District 2 of Guayas Province for the Social Christian Party, but did not receive sufficient votes to be elected.[8]

Her husband, businessman Pío Cupello, died in 2011.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Hilda Murillo cumple 55 años en la música" [Hilda Murillo Reaches 55 Years in Music]. El Universo (in Spanish). December 2, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Los 60 años de carrera musical de Hilda Murillo" [The 60-Year Musical Career of Hilda Murillo]. El Comercio (in Spanish). December 2, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  3. ^ Niurka, Norma (April 20, 1984). "La Murillo: profeta en su tierra" [La Murillo: Prophet in Her Land]. El Miami Herald (in Spanish). p. 9. Retrieved July 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Hot Latin LP's". Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 37. Nielsen Business Media. September 15, 1973. p. 19. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved July 1, 2021 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Hilda Murillo gana Búho de Oro en Panamá" [Hilda Murillo Wins Golden Owl in Panama]. Panamá América (in Spanish). March 29, 1999. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  6. ^ "Hilda Murillo cierra su año con proyectos y reconocimientos" [Hilda Murillo Closes Out Her Year With Projects and Awards]. El Universo (in Spanish). December 1, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  7. ^ "Presidencia de la República del Ecuador » Reconocidos artistas nacionales fueron homenajeados en el Museo del Pasillo". www.presidencia.gob.ec. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  8. ^ "Candidatos 'famosos' no lograron los votos suficientes para ocupar una curul en la Asamblea de Ecuador" ['Famous' Candidates Do Not Get Sufficient Votes to Occupy a Seat in the Ecuadorian Assembly]. El Universo (in Spanish). February 16, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.