Paloma Negra

Tomás Méndez wrote the ranchera. UCLA's Frontera collection holds an early recording by Méndez with Mariachi Guadalajara de Silvestre Vargas on a Peerless 78, undated, while Chavela Vargas released it in 1961 on her debut album for RCA Victor, at 3:18; which counts as the original is unresolved. Wikipedia names covers by Lola Beltrán, Vicente Fernández, Ángela Aguilar, Rocío Jurado, Vikki Carr and Jenni Rivera, and says it appears on the Frida soundtrack, without saying which version. Downs's version, track ten, is described by the Houston Press as a bluesy growl against the airier "Yanahuari Nin". The title means black dove.

Setlist.fm lists it at 43 performances, 16th among her songs, behind "La Cumbia del Mole" at 134 and "Zapata se queda" at 125. We found no artist quote, video or chart history, and do not know whether our upload is the album track or a live version.