Biography
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María Jiménez
Real name: María Jiménez Gallego
Effective period / Period of releases: 1976 - 2020
Spanish Flamenco singer, (born in Sevilla - 3 February 1950 – died 7 September 2023, Madrid)At age 15, she migrated to Barcelona to work as a housemaid. She started to perform as "Maria La Pippa" in tablaos (first in Barcelona and then in Madrid) and recorded her first album in 1976, with arrangements by Paco Cepero.
Her career was relaunched in 2002 when she collaborated in the song La lista de la compra with the group La cabra mecánica and released Donde más duele with songs by Joaquín Sabina.